How long have you been saying oraperl is going away.... hmm, let me see... At least since version 1.06 (actally I think it has officially been deprecated, since atleast the first versions of DBI-Oracle... I.E. for YEARS. Users have had PLENTY of time to convert. Those who have not, HAVE been adequately warned, and if that want to stay current, they should consider doing so asap.
We all appreciate your continued support of DBD-Oracle. If removing oraperl support will make that easier, do it, and don't look back. Lincoln -----Original Message----- From: Tim Bunce [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 9:27 AM To: Christian Mondrup Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: (Fwd) CPAN Upload: T/TI/TIMB/DBD-Oracle-1.14.tar.gz On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 01:37:56PM +0200, Christian Mondrup wrote: > Tim Bunce wrote: > > file: $CPAN/authors/id/T/TI/TIMB/DBD-Oracle-1.14.tar.gz > > size: 199667 bytes > > md5: ec364509df5dfd57a4c05e2c410f358f > > > >=head1 Changes in DBD-Oracle 1.14 27th March 2003 > > > > NOTE: OCI 7 and Oraperl will not be supported in future releases. > > Sad to hear that since all Oracle perl scripts (and they are many) used > by my organization, Scandiatransplant are based on Oraperl. Probably the > majority of these scripts origin from good old perl4 oraperl days. > > Would it be possible to > > 1. after all keep supporting Oraperl or I'll keep supporting Oraperl for anyone who keep paying me ;-) (FYI, no one pays me anything to support DBD::Oracle development. My current employer doesn't use it. It's all done on my own time and for no particular purpose as I don't even use it myself. The only income I've had from it is very occasional bit of consultancy, or payment for my time to add a specific feature.) Anyone wanting to establish a support contract for DBD::Oracle is invited to get in touch with me. > 2. to perform some "automagic" conversion of the scripts? There's nothing to stop you... a) not upgrading DBD::Oracle beyond 1.14 for systems using Oraperl. b) Copy and hack Oraperl.pm so it does a "use lib ...;" before a "use DBD::Oracle;" to load a separate DBD::Oracle <= 1.14 while still allowing non-Oraperl apps to use the latest DBD::Oracle. c) ... probably other variations on this theme ... Tim.
