This is excellent news. Thanks for following up. I guess now we just keep a close eye on their releases and start using the library for a new backend implementation.
Thanks!! Alex On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 4:58 AM, Jörg Henne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alex, > > > Alex Karasulu wrote: > > On Feb 12, 2008 4:06 AM, Ersin Er <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Feb 12, 2008 11:04 AM, Jörg Henne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > ok, btw, what I wanted to mention: there seems to be a very promising > > > (albeit beta) implementation of B-Link trees at > > > http://code.google.com/p/simpledbm/ with excellent documentation. > > > > > > Unfortunately, it has the wrong license... > > > > We can just ask for a license change ;-) > > > > Yes yes can someone explore this option? Ersin, Jörg do you think you can > approach them? > > good news: I did approach him and he is open to releasing his project > under a license what would allow us to use it. In fact, he is working on > making SimpleDBM an optional storage backend for Derby, see > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-3351 and > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-3405.<https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-3405> > > He even recommended we use Derby itself, but the discussion in the issues > above indicates that this would not be a easy route to go: the tight > coupling of Derby's storage layer would probable prevent us from using it as > a backend engine just like it makes it hard for him to use SimpleDBM as a > Derby backend. > > So, in conclusion, I think that SimpleDBM is an option we should > definitely keep an eye on. > > Joerg Henne >
