Benjamin, The reason that there's focus on 0.11 and no stable release is because its the name for trunk. Trunk automatically gets the next version number so that we have something to refer to it by besides trunk. I'm not sure about the other bleeding edge citizens, but it at least helps me semi-cement in when certain features land.
I would say that the reason there aren't any hardcore nightlies available is because we just haven't had the resources/knowledge donated. I know Jan does CouchDBX releases and Mark does the Windows installer, but I wouldn't even know where to begin on automating such things. Plus there's the question of build servers. The ASF is absolutely wonderful in their support but I think a bit used to Java projects that don't require entire machines or VM's to do testing and builds. I must agree though. If we had a solid nightly system with push updates it would help us quite considerably in getting new checkins tested more extensively. HTH, Paul Davis On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 8:16 PM, Benjamin Schwarz <[email protected]> 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. > -- > >
