I agree with Brian here. The fact that it is indeed a fork is not the
important part, and should not be stressed. Drizzle is attempting to
fix problems that the regular MySQL server cannot or will not address
any time soon...and it is entirely a community-driven (organic OS as
Brian says) effort.
-jay
Brian Aker wrote:
> Hi!
>
> On Jul 16, 2008, at 5:21 PM, Sheeri K. Cabral wrote:
>
>> Understood, I guess the question is, is Drizzle "mysql-based" or "a
>> community fork of MySQL?"
>
> This is community. AKA this is what I call "Organic Open Source". Do I
> expect that Sun/MySQL will support it?
>
> Yep!
>
> I certainly hope so. From comments so far I believe there is an interest
> in doing so.
>
>> The latter has been used to describe it, which makes it *seem* more of
>> a drop-in replacement for MySQL.....I think you're right, it's not the
>> same subject matter (won't go in the log-bin) but we should probably
>> get our terminology straight lest we lead folks to believe it's "a
>> community fork of MySQL".
>
> It is a fork, but to me that is the boring part. The more interesting is
> how to make use of it.
>
> Cheers,
> -Brian
>
>
>>
>>
>> Because even if we give qualifiers ("A community fork of MySQL that
>> has this and that and doesn't have that and this") they'll only read
>> the first part.
>>
>> -Sheeri
>>
>> On 7/16/08, Brian Aker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi!
>>
>> On Jul 16, 2008, at 4:43 PM, Sheeri K. Cabral wrote:
>>
>> What do y'all think about a log-bin with speculation about that, or
>> more like a "we think it's going to happen sooner rather than later"
>> or "there are forks in active development..." without spilling the beans?
>>
>>
>> Sure.
>>
>> I really want people to realize though that this is about something
>> different, and not just a "we dislike the MySQL for Enerprise...".
>>
>> That was not the point. The point, for me, is to tackle a problem that
>> I see with the tool that I need. Plenty of places will need 5.0 (and
>> even 5.1 once it is GA'able), but they are not my target.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> -Brian
>>
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