Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Lazarus Long <lazarus.l...@sapo.pt>
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 * Package name : sqlcl Version : 17.3.0 Upstream Author : Oracle USA, Inc. <https://www.oracle.com/corporate/contact/index.html> * URL : http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/sqlcl/overview/ * License : Proprietary Programming Lang: Java Description : Oracle SQL Developer Command-Line Oracle SQL Developer Command Line (SQLcl) is a free command line interface for Oracle Database. It allows you to interactively or batch execute SQL and PL/SQL. SQLcl provides in-line editing, statement completion, and command recall for a feature-rich experience, all while also supporting your previously written SQL*Plus scripts. - why is this package useful/relevant? It is a SQL*Plus (mostly) equivalent with the advantage of reduced requirements, dependencies and increased architecture compatibility. It offers a standard and classical interface to Oracle Database that every DBA knows and is used to. - is it a dependency for another package? No. - do you use it? Yes, on a daily basis. - if there are other packages providing similar functionality, how does it compare? sqldeveloper (a package created by a package wrapper: sqldeveloper-package) is a graphical application that is fully compatible to this one, however it has a higher level of requirements (i.e. a full JDK instead of simply a JRE) and isn't suited for servers or low end machines due to it's graphical nature. sqlline is a similar command line package, lacking the degree of specific SQL*Plus and Oracle Database compatibility that this one presents. - how do you plan to maintain it? I don't intend to package it directly. I'm only opening this ITP to avoid duplication of effort by someone else. What I intend to do is create a package wrapper that in turn will create this package, making it possible to include that one in Debian (this one falls in category 2.2.3 of the Debian Policy Manual). I have the intention to have that package close this ITP, so no loose end will remain. - do you need a sponsor? No. Thank you very much, - -- Lazarus -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iF0EARECAB0WIQT6ja0o8lKdd1y4TPqd6/XxTNdf7wUCWhEI/AAKCRCd6/XxTNdf 74i4AJ95jKw/5fsWg488wRV5glhKIry5BQCeN7CQmuQ9UzphPc+v0HUrFBnEpwk= =jDpT -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----