If you open these adapter files, you'll find : Oracel Adapter : # Current maintainer: Michael Schoen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
SQLServer Adapter : # Current maintainer: Tom Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> No point in keeping them in core, as that'll just prolong the devlopment cycle and bug fixing process. So these stuff can probably go under the same roof that we discussed for ex-rails plugins. On 8/20/07, Anthony Eden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 8/20/07, Piyush Ranjan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > This reminds me to ask, are we gonna get rid of most of the adapters > > > from core for 2.0 ? I guess, only mysql and postgres and may be sqlite > > > deserves to be in core. Other adapter might be better off as external > > > libs. > > > > Shouldn't we also have Oracle adapter in the core? > > > > With an ever increasing popularity of Rails a lot of big companies are now > > using it for their production quality apps and most of these run on oracle. > > I do agree that it won't much of a difference whether Rails has oracle libs > > in built or are provided as external libs. > > However it would be a little easy to convince the CTOs to tip the favour > > towards Rails if it oracle support is provided out of the box. > > Which then leads one to ask the same thing about SQL Server. > > If some adapters are removed from the core then there are some things > which need to happen to make sure that non-core adapters do not become > stale: > > 1.) Each adapter needs a CI environment and it somehow needs to be > synced to changes in the core. > 2.) There needs to be an easy way to install adapters. > > Personally I'd like to see the entire adapter code be moved into its > own project. Having a common database layer that provides more beyond > DBI is a good thing, IMO, and usable in its own right. > > V/r > Anthony > > -- > Cell: 808 782-5046 > Current Location: Melbourne, FL > > > > -- Cheers! - Pratik http://m.onkey.org --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Core" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
