+1, nice writeup Benoit. On Jun 25, 2013, at 4:24 PM, Noah Slater <[email protected]> wrote:
> +1! > > > On 25 June 2013 17:43, Benoit Chesneau <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> I propose to merge rcouch (http://rcouch,org) in the official Apache >> CouchDB repository to a new branch (i.e, *not* master). Once there, the >> full CouchDB developer community can begin the work to incorporate the >> code here into an official release. >> >> You do not need to respond if you are in agreement. If there is no >> response in 72 hours, I will assume lazy consensus. If we reach >> consensus, I will start the IP clearance process and then the merge. >> >> Work is available here: >> >> - couch core: http://github.com/refuge/couch_core >> - rcouch release build system: http://github.com/refuge/rcouch >> >> A tarball containing rcouch and all its dependencies is available here: >> >> http://dl.refuge.io/rcouch-0.7.1.tar.gz >> >> Installation instructions are available here: >> >> https://github.com/refuge/rcouch/wiki/Installation >> >> The full documentation is available on the rcouch wiki: >> >> https://github.com/refuge/rcouch/wiki >> >> # Informations about rcouch >> >> Rcouch is an alternative distribution of Apache CouchDB based for now on >> the 1.3 release. The goal of Rcouch is to provides a simple way to >> customize CouchDB to your needs and easily include it in your own >> architecture. Today you can embed couchdb in your Erlang Application or >> add your own extensions to it and deploy a static release on multiple >> platforms. >> >> supported platforms >> >> Rcouch supports the following platorms: >> >> - Linux x86 & x86_64, armv5, armv7a, armv8 >> - Freebsd i386/amd64, OpenBSD i386/amd64 (netbsd not tested) >> - Solaris >> - MacOSX 10.7 and sup >> >> Note: Windows support isn't implemented yet but it should be >> straightforward >> with latest tools from @dch. >> >> Rcouch works with the R15x and R16x versions of Erlang. >> >> Changes from Apache CouchDB >> Main changes from Apache CouchDB are: >> >> - Refactoring [1] of the codebase with a new release system based on Erlang >> reltools and rebar, a separations of the applications allowing more >> custumisations and an improved statibiliy of CouchDB (better >> supervision). With this refactoring A release can be fully relocatable >> and is statically linked. >> >> - View changes [2] - Rcouch offers you the possibility to get incremental >> view changes (ie using the changes API over a view index. View changes >> can be filtered using a javascript function or using the view parameters >> (you can get view changes for a key or a range). >> >> - View-based replication [3] - You can incrementally replication your >> document using a view to filter them. This replication is based on the >> view changes >> >> - Include deleted documents [4] in view results >> >> - Validate documents on read [5]- Validate if the document can be read by >> the current user. >> >> - Write-only databases [6]- Only admins and some readers are able to read a >> database. >> >> - Filter returned fields in changes results [7] >> >> - Some Optimisations and internal changes in the source code [8]. This >> changes has been added upon the time to fix issues or optimize some >> processing based on the user and customers feedback. >> >> - Custom extensions [9]- It is easy to add custom extensions to your build >> using the rcouch system. Extensions built-in are >> _random_docs and _db_updates. Some others extensions will be available in >> the refuge projects. >> >> >> Links: >> >> [1] https://github.com/refuge/rcouch/wiki/refactoring >> [2] https://github.com/refuge/rcouch/wiki/View-Changes >> [3] https://github.com/refuge/rcouch/wiki/Replication-with-view-changes >> [4] https://github.com/refuge/rcouch/wiki/View-Deleted-Documents >> [5] https://github.com/refuge/rcouch/wiki/Validate-documents-on-read >> [6] https://github.com/refuge/rcouch/wiki/Write-only-databases >> [7] >> https://github.com/refuge/rcouch/wiki/Couch-changes#filter-fields-in-included-doc-when-returned-from-a-_changes >> [8] https://github.com/refuge/rcouch/wiki/Source-Code-Changes >> [9] https://github.com/refuge/rcouch/wiki/Custom-Extensions >> > > > > -- > NS
