Hi Scott All right, seems doable, I'll look into it next week. Any specifics which version of MS SQL Server to use? I somehow missed the aspect of FF to get rid of the RDBMS – can you direct me to some info on it?
Andreas Am 04.09.2013 um 15:20 schrieb Scott Prater: > Hello, Andreas -- > > If you'd like to help out with the testing, that would be great. The > test plan is here: > > https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/FCREPO/Fedora+3.7.0+-+Test+Plan > > Ideally, you would build and test Fedora on either Windows XP or 7 > (Windows 7, preferably) using SQL Server as the backend database and > Java 6 to build and run it. Then repeat the same tests on the same > environment with Java 7. > > Clone the source from the 3.7.0-RC branch to run the tests: > > https://github.com/fcrepo/fcrepo/tree/3.7.0-RC > > The README file has instructions on how to build the source and run the > tests. You'll want to run all the unit tests, then all four integration > tests (configA, configB, configC, and configQ). > > https://github.com/fcrepo/fcrepo/blob/3.7.0-RC/README > > There are a few gotchas with building and running Fedora on Windows; I > can work with you on those issues offline, if you run into problems. > > To get it to build and run using SQLServer, you'll need to make some > changes to the codebase, as detailed > https://wiki.duraspace.org/download/attachments/30221037/Interfacing_Fedora_with_Microsoft_SQL_Server.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1251970272018 > > Those instructions may be fairly out of date, so you may need to do some > exploration and testing on your own to get it to all work. > > For extra credit, if you wanted to modify the code to implement support > for SQLServer out of the box, that would be great. In which case, I'd > recommend forking the fcrepo repository, creating a branch in your > forked repo, then make and test your changes there. Once it's done, we > can look at rolling it into the next Fedora 3 point release. > > There is some additional useful information here for contributing to > Fedora in general: > > https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/FCREPO/Committer%27s+Guide > > However, progress on Fedora 4 continues, and Fedora 3 is facing a very > finite lifespan. Depending on your own timelines, you may prefer to > wait for Fedora 4 to come out, rather than investing a lot of effort in > making Fedora 3 compatible with SQLServer. > > As I understand it, Fedora 4 will not have any RDBMS backend at all. > I'll let the Fedora 4 project managers comment more on that. > > -- Scott > > On 09/04/2013 07:18 AM, Andreas Nef wrote: >> Hi Scott >> >> After yet another request of one of our clients to do the fedora >> installation for a coming project on MS SQL Server I'd like to raise at >> least my voice not to drop this perspective completely. I have not done >> installations on MS SQL so far, but given these several requests and >> requirements of future projects I feel like I have to volunteer in this >> field. >> >> I'm happy to get more inputs on how and what to test. Is MS SQL really >> that uncommon for Fedora? Hard to believe, but the (lack of) responses >> does indicate so. >> >> Please let me know what you'd expect me to do, I'm happy to participate >> and keep the MS SQL line up. >> >> Andreas >> >> >> >> 2013/8/30 Scott Prater <pra...@wisc.edu <mailto:pra...@wisc.edu>> >> >> We're entering the last set of tests of the next Fedora 3 point release. >> On the agenda is to test Fedora 3 with SQLServer. SQLServer support >> has never been a part of the official Fedora distribution, but the Idaho >> National Laboratory did publish a guide for integrating SQLServer with >> Fedora several years ago: >> >> >> https://wiki.duraspace.org/download/attachments/30221037/Interfacing_Fedora_with_Microsoft_SQL_Server.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1251970272018 >> >> We're contemplating dropping SQLServer integration tests from the test >> plan, but before making that call, I'd like to find out if there are any >> SQLServer users out there who would benefit from tests of the latest >> releases of Fedora with it. >> >> If there's no outcry from the community, we'll drop it from our test >> plan. >> >> thanks, >> >> -- Scott >> >> -- >> Scott Prater >> Shared Development Group >> General Library System >> University of Wisconsin - Madison >> pra...@wisc.edu <mailto:pra...@wisc.edu> >> 5-5415 >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Learn the latest--Visual Studio 2012, SharePoint 2013, SQL 2012, more! >> Discover the easy way to master current and previous Microsoft >> technologies >> and advance your career. 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