thanks!
On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 10:53 PM, Jan Lehnardt <[email protected]> wrote: > And we are live: https://blogs.apache.org/couchdb/entry/merging_rcouch > > Please tweets and stuffs! :) > > Thanks > Jan > -- > > On 16 Apr 2014, at 22:49 , Jan Lehnardt <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks Benoit! :) > > > > Glad you like it. Will post now. > > > > Best > > Jan > > -- > > > > On 16 Apr 2014, at 22:41 , Benoit Chesneau <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> awesome. LGTM. > >> > >> Thanks Jan! > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 10:29 PM, Jan Lehnardt <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> Here’s a draft. It’s already in the blog, formatted and all. Awaiting > your > >>> approval/edits/fixes, thanks! > >>> > >>> > >>> > https://blogs.apache.org/roller-ui/authoring/preview/couchdb/?previewEntry=merging_rcouchifyou > have access there. > >>> > >>> Source: > >>> > >>> <p>rcouch is a variant of CouchDB that is derived from the main Apache > >>> CouchDB code base. One way to look at it is as a “future port” of > CouchDB, > >>> that is for two reasons: > >>> </p> > >>> > >>> <p> > >>> <ol> > >>> <li>The internals are <strong>greatly improved</strong>. In simple > terms, > >>> if CouchDB would be started to day, it would look a lot like > rcouch.</li> > >>> <li>It comes with a number of <strong>nice new features</strong>.</li> > >>> </ol> > >>> </p> > >>> > >>> <p>So whether you are a CouchDB user or a CouchDB Erlang developer, > rcouch > >>> is <strong>good news</strong> for you!</p> > >>> > >>> <p>Since CouchDB has been around for a while, the internal codebase is > a > >>> little crufty. We are constantly working on improving that, but one of > the > >>> larger efforts have been done within the rcouch project by Apache > CouchDB > >>> committer <a href="https://twitter.com/benoitc";>Benoit > Chesneau</a>.</p> > >>> > >>> <p>At the same time, Benoit added a number of nice little features that > >>> benefit CouchDB users, just to name a few:</p> > >>> > >>> <p> > >>> <ul> > >>> <li>_changes for views.</li> > >>> <li>Replication from views.</li> > >>> <li>Write-only “Drop-Box” databases.</li> > >>> <li>Request validation on-read.</li> > >>> <li>_db_changes (actually, we nicked that one for Apache CouchDB 1.4 > >>> already :).</li> > >>> </ul> > >>> </p> > >>> > >>> <p>For more information, see the <a href="http://rcouch.org";>rcouch > >>> website</a>.</p> > >>> > >>> <p>Benoit has generously donated the rcouch project back to Apache > CouchDB > >>> and has worked on merging the rcouch and the CouchDB codebases. Now it > is > >>> time to review the merged code and get it into Apache CouchDB proper > and > >>> put it into a new release.</p> > >>> > >>> <p>With that, <strong>we need your help</strong>.</p> > >>> > >>> <p>How you can help, you ask? Easy!</p> > >>> > >>> <p>If you are a CouchDB user, and are not afraid to build CouchDB > >>> yourself, give the rcouch merge branch a spin:</p> > >>> > >>> <code> > >>> <pre> > >>> git clone https://github.com/apache/couchdb.git > >>> cd couchdb > >>> git checkout -b 1994-merge-rcouch origin/1994-merge-rcouch > >>> > >>> # Read the <a href=" > >>> https://github.com/apache/couchdb/blob/master/DEVELOPERS > ">DEVELOPERS</a> > >>> file to install all dependencies > >>> > >>> # build: > >>> make > >>> make rel > >>> > >>> # run: > >>> ./rel/apache-couchdb/bin/couchdb start > >>> > >>> # now CouchDB is running at <a href="http://127.0.0.1:5984";> > >>> http://127.0.0.1:5984/_utils/</a>, as usual, you just won’t see any > >>> output. > >>> > >>> </pre> > >>> </code> > >>> > >>> <hr> > >>> > >>> <p><strong>If you are an Erlang developer</strong>, we could use your > help > >>> with code reviews. Any small chunks will help!</p> > >>> > >>> <p>Please see <a href=" > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-1994";>the > >>> associated JIRA ticket for more information</a>.</p> > >>> > >>> <p>Thanks so much!</p> > >>> > >>> <hr> > >>> > >>> <h3>FaQ: how does this relate to BigCouch?</h3> > >>> > >>> <p>It doesn’t really, the BigCouch merge is ongoing and we will > announce > >>> updates and requests for review when the time is right. Well, > actually, if > >>> we can convince you to help with the review of the rcouch merge, we > can put > >>> even more resources on the BigCouch merge :)</p> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On 16 Apr 2014, at 16:34 , Benoit Chesneau <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> > >>>> On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 3:56 PM, Noah Slater <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> What about doing a blog post? > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> My time is very limited these days, if anyone want to take the lead on > >>>> this, that would be cool. > >>>> > >>>> - benoit > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> On 16 April 2014 15:36, Andy Wenk <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>>> On 16 April 2014 15:28, Benoit Chesneau <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 12:05 PM, Noah Slater <[email protected]> > >>>>> wrote: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Benoit, if you'd like review, can you put some info together? We > can > >>>>>>>> circulate this on dev@ at first, and then do a blog post, and > >>> promote > >>>>>>>> via social media. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> I did many posts during the merge here asking for a review: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>> > >>> > https://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=dev%40couchdb.apache.org&q=rcouch+status > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> That should help any dev interested in the review. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> COUCHDB-1994 can be used to track any review. wohali started some > >>> here: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-1994 > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Any information on the rcouch wiki are still valid also: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> https://wiki.refuge.io/display/RCOUCH/rcouch > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Hope it helps. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> - benoit > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> in addition one could have a look into this for testing > >>>>>> https://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40couchdb.apache.org/msg29495.html > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> On 6 April 2014 10:22, Benoit Chesneau <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>>>>>>>> On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 2:43 PM, Dave Cottlehuber < > >>>>> [email protected]> > >>>>>>>> wrote: > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> Hi again, > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> Benoit's mentioned that the rcouch import is more or less > complete > >>>>>>> from > >>>>>>>>>> his perspective. No doubt we'll have some mucking around wrt > docs, > >>>>>>>> fauxton, > >>>>>>>>>> build etc to sort out, but he feels its ready to go. > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> More or less from my perspective is nothing. I would be more > >>>>> interested > >>>>>>>> to > >>>>>>>>> see any activity from other developers in reviewing that code > >>>>> instead > >>>>>>> of > >>>>>>>>> adding new changes (except fixes) to the current code base. Right > >>>>> now > >>>>>>>>> neither the couchdb project or me see any benefit in my gift > since > >>>>>>> noone > >>>>>>>> to > >>>>>>>>> my knowledge did a real (and public) review it, started to use > it > >>>>> or > >>>>>>>> even > >>>>>>>>> considered to start to merge it upstream. Instead of spending all > >>>>> this > >>>>>>>> time > >>>>>>>>> for free in cleaning the code I could have just took a long > vacation > >>>>>>> and > >>>>>>>>> continue to ad improvements on my own, which I did since. > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> How are things going in bigcouch? > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> To be clear, we *should* make a decision of this magnitude in a > >>>>>>> separate > >>>>>>>>>> VOTE thread, but let's discuss > >>>>>>>>>> further here and I will try to summarise & shepherd towards a > >>>>>>> consensus. > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> We already have a consensus actually something near a consensus > >>>>> defined > >>>>>>>>> months ago: > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-1999 > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> In my perspective, we can probably start to define these > milestones. > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> - benoit > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> -- > >>>>>>>> Noah Slater > >>>>>>>> https://twitter.com/nslater > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> -- > >>>>>> Andy Wenk > >>>>>> Hamburg - Germany > >>>>>> RockIt! > >>>>>> > >>>>>> http://www.couchdb-buch.de > >>>>>> http://www.pg-praxisbuch.de > >>>>>> > >>>>>> GPG fingerprint: C044 8322 9E12 1483 4FEC 9452 B65D 6BE3 9ED3 9588 > >>>>>> > >>>>>> https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/andywenk.asc > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> Noah Slater > >>>>> https://twitter.com/nslater > >>>>> > >>> > >>> > > > >
