The postGres comments are largely for the sake of levity, just to illustrate the
point. I know I can incorperate it and I've been
trying to work out the backup procedure as well.
I like mySQL and use it for many other project, just not this one.
And I have my own webmail for this app as well.
BUT if I pull out mySQL how many other third party apps will I break?
-Aaron
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charlie Brady" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Aaron Held" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 10:41 PM
Subject: Re: [e-smith-devinfo] E-Smith + 2.4 + XFS = aXon
>
> On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Aaron Held wrote:
>
> > I like the idea of aXon and what its goals are, a cutting edge distro
> > with all the packages I need at the expense of the large userbase
> > support and possible commercial help.
> >
> > Maybe we can have some type of compromise, use aXon as a resource for
> > a set of patches and how-tos to push your vanella eSmith box to the
> > edge (and replace MySQL with PostGres should be the top priority).
> > The more you customize the more you lose the benefits of the main
> > project.
>
> Mitel (previously e-smith) is, and has always been, happy to host any
> HOWTOs or patches or contributed packages. That hasn't and won't change.
>
> Moreover, with V5.0 the manager includes an interface which allows
> collections of add-on packages to be installed and configured directly
> from the manager. That way you will be able to "customise without losing
> the benefits of the mail project".
>
> [We are unlikely to replace MySQL with PostgreSQL, but are quite likely to
> offer it as an additional choice. MySQL was provided to store user
> preferences for webmail - an application for which it remains an ideal
> choice. There are certainly circumstances where PostgreSQL is a more
> appropriate choice, and we have no problem at all with anyone choosing
> PostgreSQL as their DB of choice. We'd be delighted to have that as a
> contrib RPM!]
>
> Charlie Brady [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Lead Product Developer
> Network Server Solutions Group http://www.e-smith.com/
> Mitel Networks Corporation http://www.mitel.com/
> Phone: +1 (613) 368 4376 or 564 8000 Fax: +1 (613) 564 7739
>
>
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