On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 12:18 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton <dennis.hamil...@acm.org > wrote:
> Good point. > > So even if there were a replacement, there would need to be legacy interop. > yes...somehow > > That's probably an interesting challenge to avoid with Base. > > So, we're back to the previously unanswered problem with regard to support > of HSQLDB and rotting bits (and version-specific Java dependencies) in Base. > Much investigation would need to be done with respect to the "interface" vs data store. > > - Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Damjan Jovanovic [mailto:dam...@apache.org] > Sent: Friday, April 05, 2013 00:17 > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: questions about Base---do we need an embedded DB? > > We can't really change the embedded DB, only add a new implementation - > compatibility with previous ODB files needs to be kept for a long long > time. > > Damjan > > On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 1:33 AM, Dennis E. Hamilton <orc...@apache.org > >wrote: > > > The link to OpenOffice.org Base is interesting. > > > > I wonder if the decision about SQLite (or a variant) should be > > reconsidered for a re-engineered AOO Base. It essentially depends on how > > important SQL is. And of course, it would be just to furnish a default > > built-in DBMS. > > > > - Dennis > > > > "Small. Fast. Reliable. Choose any three." I love the brass! > > <http://sqlite.org/> > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kay Schenk [mailto:kay.sch...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2013 14:05 > > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > > Subject: Re: questions about Base---do we need an embedded DB? > > > > [ ... ] > > > > > > You may want to take a look at this page from Wikipedia. Not guaranteed > of > > course. > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Free_database_management_systems > > > > [ ... ] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MzK "Achieving happiness requires the right combination of Zen and Zin."
