Hi Paul! Very good to hear from you! Wow, another book - that takes a LOT of one's life as I know. I look forward to reading another of your works.
Regards, Patrick On Apr 18, 2013, at 3:09 PM, Paul DuBois <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Apr 18, 2013, at 12:07 PM, Patrick Galbraith wrote: > >> Lyle, >> >> To be certain, they don't wish to "kill" DBD::mysql. They are really trying >> to define what Oracle supports and what they do not. The were very helpful >> in painstakingly migrating the bugs from their system manually to RT. >> Albeit, I have my work cut out for me now :) > > I'm not an official spokesman for Oracle, although I do work for them. > > I am unaware of any effort against DBD::mysql. Nor has Oracle made any effort > to dissuade me from writing about DBD::mysql, e.g., at > http://www.kitebird.com/mysql-book/. (You can view that URL as a shameless > plug or just evidence in support of the preceding claims, your choice. :-)) > >> >> Regards, >> >> Patrick >> >> On Apr 11, 2013, at 8:28 PM, Lyle <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On 12/04/2013 00:58, Darren Duncan wrote: >>>> On 2013.04.11 4:37 PM, Lyle wrote: >>>>> Hmm... Got a reply to my bug report and it's a bit worrying: >>>>> http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=68266 >>>>> >>>>> Seems like MySQL don't want to directly support DBD::mysql any more. >>>>> Whether you >>>>> like mysql or not, that's a heavily used DBD. >>>> >>>> I'm not aware that DBD::mysql was ever supported through the general MySQL >>>> bug reporter, and I understood it was a separate project. >>> >>> It most certainly was, for example: >>> http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=20153 >>> >>> The DBD::mysql docs still tell you to report bugs there. Even I was able to >>> submit a bug to their DBD::mysql category just last February, they've only >>> just removed it from the bug reporter. >>> >>>> I think Patrick Galbraith is the person you should ask about this matter, >>>> as Patrick has been the one releasing DBD::mysql on CPAN for many years, a >>>> full decade at this point. >>> >>> I've just joined the [email protected] mailing list. It'll be >>> interesting to see if that list stays or gets removed as well. >>> >>> >>> Lyle >>> >>>> >>>> -- Darren Duncan >>>> >>>> >>> >> >
