Hey, I think we have some nightly builds running, but someone else is going to have to comment on that. As for distributing a binary. Erlang is an interpreted language, so CouchDB built on your system may not run on my system. You may find what you want with CouchDB X however. If you can think of a way of packing a binary for Linux, we welcome your patches!
Thanks, N On 21 Jan 2010, at 01:16, Benjamin Schwarz wrote: > Hi, > > I'm building the first new product for my business using couch, we're using > cloudant.com for persistance on our first builds - Between scouring the > documentation > online as soon as its been updated and chatting to developers in #couchdb on > irc > > I've found that alot of focus is on 0.11, due to its newer features - Yet > there is no stable release?! > > The issue here is two fold, the barrier to entry is raised significantly > higher than it should be: > > - CouchDB can be a very lengthy install from source (Thanks to erlang) > - There are no nightly binaries > > As a follower of the macruby project, I've found that I log more bugs because > I'm able to > install a nightly of macruby without much of an investment to keep up with > the details of LLVM > and its other dependencies. > > http://macruby.icoretech.org/ > > As for the 'binary' - While I was evaluating other NoSQL solutions I found > that mongo is available > in binaries. You're able to download it, untar it and execute it straight > away. > (We're talking less than 1 minute to have a running server) > > I believe that if these problems are solved that there will be a huge influx > of users who are able > to test edge code, file bug reports and feel closer to the development > without going to the lengths > of reading commits to the source tree. > > Please consider this as an urgent item for completion. > > Very relaxed, > > > > > -- > > Ben Schwarz > Web architect > > Web: http://www.germanforblack.com > Mobile: +61 407 339 418 > > -- > Please consider your environment before printing or distributing this > material. > -- >
