Since we don't officially support it, shouldn't we remove derby
profile and database project from our Maven build ?

On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Sorin Burjan <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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
>> >
>>
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