Ok, thanks for posting about the rcouch merge. Super excited. I followed the instructions, it all build and ran ok. I did get two test failures on make check. Here is the trimmed output:
https://gist.github.com/ryanramage/10953032 osx 10.9.2 make rel and starting couch was fine. Ryan On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 3:29 PM, Benoit Chesneau <[email protected]>wrote: > 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_rcouchifyouhave > 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 > > >>>>> > > >>> > > >>> > > > > > > > >
