On Thu, Feb 03, 2005 at 08:40:48AM -0800, David Wheeler wrote: > >That's planned for DBI v2, but it seems DBI v2 isn't going to happen > >anytime soon so I'm wondering if it's something I should squeeze > >into DBI v1. > > What's happened on the DBI v2 front?
Nothing much. The call for funding wasn't a great success: https://donate.perlfoundation.org/index.pl?node=Fund+Drive+Details&selfund=102 (The $500 at the top was actually a contribution for DBD::Oracle and was unrelated to the call for funding. So it raised $820.) I'm very grateful to all who contributed - especially as most were individuals rather than companies - but $820, or even $1320, doesn't buy a lot of time. After some reflection I decided this was, at least partly, a good thing! Clearly the world doesn't really need DBI v2. The world will need DBDI for parrot and a DBI for Perl 6 (only most of the world doesn't know that yet :-). So currently The Plan is to keep polishing DBI v1 incrementally while (trying to) write a new edition of the DBI book. Then focus on DBDI for parrot etc. I'll probably try to parcel up chunks of work and call for volunteers for each chunk. I'll may also suggest to The Perl Foundation that the DBI fund, such as it is, be used to compensate those volunteering, and deliverying, some of those chunks. Helping those who help others. Tim.
