We have now created http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Community/SupportStrategy which will hold our support strategies for Browsers and Databases, but more things can be added if we agree upon.
Regards, Sorin B. On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Vincent Massol <[email protected]> wrote: > This wasn't strictly a vote but everyone agreed with the proposal so it''s > now our official database support strategy! :) > > Sorin is going to make it available at > http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Community/DatabaseSupportStrategy > > Thanks everyone > -Vincent > > On Mar 23, 2012, at 11:47 AM, Vincent Massol wrote: > > > Hi devs, > > > > In the same spirit as what we have done for Browsers (see > http://xwiki.markmail.org/thread/pn45a7qaefuplpye ) here's a proposal for > Databases since we don't have a clear strategy ATM. > > > > I propose that by "supporting" we mean: > > - issues created for these DBs in jira are not closed as won't fix and > we make a best effort to fix them > > - we include these DBs in our tests (be them automated or manual) > > - when we create new features or modify existing features we make a best > effort to verify that they work on the supported list of DBs > > > > Proposal: > > > > * HSQLDB: only support the version bundled in the standalone zip > > * MySQL: We officially support the last major version, i.e. 5.0+ ATM > > * PostgreSQL: We officially support the last major version, i.e. 9.0+ > ATM > > * Oracle: We officially support the last major version, i.e. 11g ATM > > * DB2: We don't officially support it. This means that we don't test > against it, we don't ensure that new feature work on it but if someone > raises an issue in jira and it's easy to fix (or if someone provides a > patch) then we fix it. > > * Derby: Same as DB2 > > * Microsoft SQL Server: Same as DB2 > > * H2: Same as DB2 for the moment (it would change if we decide to > replace HSQLDB by H2 one day) > > * Others: Same as DB2 > > > > I also propose that in the Release notes for each version of XWiki we > mention the list of DBs we have tested against and that we "support". > > > > Here's my +1 > > > > Thanks > > -Vincent > > > > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
