> well. Sure, someone mentioned the possability of some money for > development, but that doesn't cover the long term maintianence, which is > what the core devs are looking for.
If someone is offering to pay for development of a feature that will enable them to use the framework for their software, do you really think they're going to neglect the maintenance of this feature in the long run? On May 11, 11:47 am, Waylan Limberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2007-05-10 at 22:58 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I think what you're overlooking is that in some cases the issue of > > whether its the "best solution" is irrelevant. If the database is > > already in production or the policies are already set or controlled by > > an external entity, then debating the merits of the single DB, single > > connection philosophy is pointless. > > > Since we're all into historical anecdotes :) lets take a look at the > > COM/CORBA school of thought. > > What you seem to be missing is that the core devs are not questioning > that. Rather, they are all in situations were they don't need multi-db > support. Some here seem to have taken their explaination to mean they > don't want mutli-db support. But that it *not* what they said. In fact, > when the multi-db branch started (over a year ago) they seemed eager to > see something they could include into trunk. Unfortunelty, that > something has not materialized as noone (that needs that feauture and > can therefore adequeatly test it etc.) has stepped up to the plate to > finish development and comitt to long term maintanence. Remember, the > core devs are all doing this in their free time not-for-pay. Therefore, > they are are scratching their own itch. Your welcome to scratch yours as > well. Sure, someone mentioned the possability of some money for > development, but that doesn't cover the long term maintianence, which is > what the core devs are looking for. > > This same debate has been played over and over for all of the stagnet > branches and, quite frankly, I'm getting tired of the pointlesness of it > all. No wonder Adrian and Jacob never (rarely?) respond to these kinds > of messages anymore. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To post to this group, send email to django-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
