[libreoffice-users] Re: [MariaDB Announce] MariaDB Galera Cluster 10.0.12 GA and MariaDB 10.1.0 Alpha now available

2014-07-08 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 05/07/2014 21:55, Charles-H. Schulz a écrit :
 HSQLDB has been replaced by Firebird...
 

No it hasn't, it is still considered, AFAIK, and thankfully so,
experimental, and very much a use at your own risk option that needs
to be specifically activated by the user, or did I miss something in the
4.3 announcement and did we decide to make Firebird generally
available ? If so, that was a big mistake :

- missing functionality compared to the embedded hsqldb ;
- no migration path for existing hsqldb ODB files ;
- still fairly unstable on anything other than Linux.



Alex


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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [MariaDB Announce] MariaDB Galera Cluster 10.0.12 GA and MariaDB 10.1.0 Alpha now available

2014-07-05 Thread Dale Erwin

On 7/4/2014 11:40 PM, Owen Genat wrote:

NoOp wrote

On 07/04/2014 12:37 AM, Tom Davies wrote:

Hi :)
There are a few reasons;
*  Base needs an external back-end but most new users wont be aware of
that

Interesting. I never knew that Base needs an external back-end...
Perhaps you can get the documentation folks to add that to the help
files and the Base docs

This will be unlikely to happen in the short term as the so-called split
configuration is considered to be for experts only. The idea behind the
embedded configuration (i.e., a database back-end inside an ODF container)
was developed to mask some of the database back-end detail and for
portability. While simpler, the embedded configuration is reported as
suffering greater data loss / corruption issues, due to the nature of the
packaging.

There are numerous threads over on the Apache OO forum about problems with
the embedded configuration. There is also a lengthy and detailed discussion
about  Base / ODF container portability
http://en.libreofficeforum.org/node/7876   that provides several links to
the mentioned Apache OO forum threads. Summary: In order for a split
configuration to become more widespread it would be ideal for some sort of
pack-n-go facility to be developed for Base to allow greater portability of
data in a manner more in keeping with office documents.


I thought Base had HSQLDB built into it, but COULD use a different back 
end if desired.  The only drawback I can see to using HSQLDB is that it 
needs to be accessed from a Java environment.  I have used standalone 
HSQLDB in Java apps and found it to be very robust and surprisingly fast 
in light of the fact that Java is an interpreted language.


Dale Erwin

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [MariaDB Announce] MariaDB Galera Cluster 10.0.12 GA and MariaDB 10.1.0 Alpha now available

2014-07-05 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)
No, the problem is much larger, as Owen states.

Data-loss is a very serious issue, especially in a database!!

Of course documentation tries to keep things as simple as possible!
Learning just enough about databases in order to create one is FAR more
difficult than learning just enough to use Writer/Word or Calc/Excel.  It
is POSSIBLE to create a database using the internal back-end and from there
the tables can be moved into a back-end if you are not happy about losing
data.


The version of HsqlDb that is used as a back-end right now is NOT a fair
representation of HsqlDb itself.  The one in the back-end doesn't update
and was heavily tweaked.  It is NOT just because it's dependant  on Java.

People who get the proper HsqlDb from it's own project's website and use it
as an external back-end tend to report seeing a vast improvement in quality
and none of the problems the internal one has.

When all the tweaks were put in place it was probably due to pressure to
force Base to act in a way it wasn't originally designed to be used in
order to be as limited as MS Access.


LO devs are working at replacing the in-built one with a more pure version
of something else.  Presumably this time making it easier to upgrade.
Regards from
Tom :)




On 5 July 2014 18:06, Dale Erwin dale.er...@casaerwin.org wrote:

 On 7/4/2014 11:40 PM, Owen Genat wrote:

 NoOp wrote

 On 07/04/2014 12:37 AM, Tom Davies wrote:

 Hi :)
 There are a few reasons;
 *  Base needs an external back-end but most new users wont be aware of
 that

 Interesting. I never knew that Base needs an external back-end...
 Perhaps you can get the documentation folks to add that to the help
 files and the Base docs

 This will be unlikely to happen in the short term as the so-called split
 configuration is considered to be for experts only. The idea behind the
 embedded configuration (i.e., a database back-end inside an ODF
 container)
 was developed to mask some of the database back-end detail and for
 portability. While simpler, the embedded configuration is reported as
 suffering greater data loss / corruption issues, due to the nature of the
 packaging.

 There are numerous threads over on the Apache OO forum about problems with
 the embedded configuration. There is also a lengthy and detailed
 discussion
 about  Base / ODF container portability
 http://en.libreofficeforum.org/node/7876   that provides several links
 to
 the mentioned Apache OO forum threads. Summary: In order for a split
 configuration to become more widespread it would be ideal for some sort of
 pack-n-go facility to be developed for Base to allow greater portability
 of
 data in a manner more in keeping with office documents.


 I thought Base had HSQLDB built into it, but COULD use a different back
 end if desired.  The only drawback I can see to using HSQLDB is that it
 needs to be accessed from a Java environment.  I have used standalone
 HSQLDB in Java apps and found it to be very robust and surprisingly fast in
 light of the fact that Java is an interpreted language.

 Dale Erwin


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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [MariaDB Announce] MariaDB Galera Cluster 10.0.12 GA and MariaDB 10.1.0 Alpha now available

2014-07-05 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
HSQLDB has been replaced by Firebird...

Best,

Charles.

Le Sat, 5 Jul 2014 19:14:02 +0100,
Tom Davies tomc...@gmail.com a écrit :

 Hi :)
 No, the problem is much larger, as Owen states.
 
 Data-loss is a very serious issue, especially in a database!!
 
 Of course documentation tries to keep things as simple as possible!
 Learning just enough about databases in order to create one is FAR
 more difficult than learning just enough to use Writer/Word or
 Calc/Excel.  It is POSSIBLE to create a database using the internal
 back-end and from there the tables can be moved into a back-end if
 you are not happy about losing data.
 
 
 The version of HsqlDb that is used as a back-end right now is NOT a
 fair representation of HsqlDb itself.  The one in the back-end
 doesn't update and was heavily tweaked.  It is NOT just because it's
 dependant  on Java.
 
 People who get the proper HsqlDb from it's own project's website and
 use it as an external back-end tend to report seeing a vast
 improvement in quality and none of the problems the internal one has.
 
 When all the tweaks were put in place it was probably due to pressure
 to force Base to act in a way it wasn't originally designed to be
 used in order to be as limited as MS Access.
 
 
 LO devs are working at replacing the in-built one with a more pure
 version of something else.  Presumably this time making it easier to
 upgrade. Regards from
 Tom :)
 
 
 
 
 On 5 July 2014 18:06, Dale Erwin dale.er...@casaerwin.org wrote:
 
  On 7/4/2014 11:40 PM, Owen Genat wrote:
 
  NoOp wrote
 
  On 07/04/2014 12:37 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
 
  Hi :)
  There are a few reasons;
  *  Base needs an external back-end but most new users wont be
  aware of that
 
  Interesting. I never knew that Base needs an external
  back-end... Perhaps you can get the documentation folks to add
  that to the help files and the Base docs
 
  This will be unlikely to happen in the short term as the so-called
  split configuration is considered to be for experts only. The
  idea behind the embedded configuration (i.e., a database
  back-end inside an ODF container)
  was developed to mask some of the database back-end detail and for
  portability. While simpler, the embedded configuration is reported
  as suffering greater data loss / corruption issues, due to the
  nature of the packaging.
 
  There are numerous threads over on the Apache OO forum about
  problems with the embedded configuration. There is also a lengthy
  and detailed discussion
  about  Base / ODF container portability
  http://en.libreofficeforum.org/node/7876   that provides several
  links to
  the mentioned Apache OO forum threads. Summary: In order for a
  split configuration to become more widespread it would be ideal
  for some sort of pack-n-go facility to be developed for Base to
  allow greater portability of
  data in a manner more in keeping with office documents.
 
 
  I thought Base had HSQLDB built into it, but COULD use a different
  back end if desired.  The only drawback I can see to using HSQLDB
  is that it needs to be accessed from a Java environment.  I have
  used standalone HSQLDB in Java apps and found it to be very robust
  and surprisingly fast in light of the fact that Java is an
  interpreted language.
 
  Dale Erwin
 
 
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [MariaDB Announce] MariaDB Galera Cluster 10.0.12 GA and MariaDB 10.1.0 Alpha now available

2014-07-05 Thread Girvin Herr


On 07/04/2014 04:16 AM, Jim Seymour wrote:

On Fri, 4 Jul 2014 08:37:46 +0100
Tom Davies tomc...@gmail.com wrote:

[snip]

*  Some distros have already moved from MySql to MariaDb

[snip]

How does a distro move from one dbms to another?  Admittedly: I
don't keep track of all the latest  greatest stuff on the FOSS world
(I presume MariaDb is FOSS?), but I'd never heard of MariaDb before.
Furthermore: Considering how even PostgreSQL, which has, technically
speaking, been around *longer* than MySQL, can gain little traction
as a backend dbms for many projects, I would think it would be
suicide for any distro to try to move from MySQL to such a thing.


snip

Moving from MySQL to Mariadb is very easy.  I use Slackware Linux and 
Slackware, with the 14.1 distribution, moved from MySQL to Mariadb.  My 
research on Mariadb has shown me that even the MySQL apps, such as 
mysql_install_db are fully supported in Mariadb and retain the app name 
so scripts should run without change.  So far, I have not encountered 
any significant differences between the interfaces of either back-end.  
I might add that the compatability is such that even the Oracle 
mysql-connector-java driver will interface with Mariadb as-is.


Years ago when I was researching the DBMS market to decide which one I 
wanted to use, at that time Postgresql had some limitations which MySQL 
did not.  I no longer remember what they were, but it seemed that MySQL 
was more mature and had more of the features that I wanted, so I 
committed to MySQL.  MySQL has worked for me and that is what counts.  
Postgresql may now have equivalent or better features, but I have made 
my commitment and do not want to spend the energy and resources required 
to switch to Postgresql.  I may not be alone in that, so that may be why 
you see no traction for Postgresql.


Suicide?  No.  Slackware does not do such things haphazardly. They 
only make such decisions if the software is proven to work and only 
after much testing.  Slackware has been known to drop packages that have 
refused to fix bugs in a reasonable time, especially security bugs.  I 
suspect Oracle's MySQL fits that category.


HTH.
Girvin Herr


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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [MariaDB Announce] MariaDB Galera Cluster 10.0.12 GA and MariaDB 10.1.0 Alpha now available

2014-07-04 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)
There are a few reasons;
*  Base needs an external back-end but most new users wont be aware of that
*  MariaDb was set-up for much the same reasons as LibreOffice and could be
considered a sister-project worthy of support
*  Some distros have already moved from MySql to MariaDb

This 'spam' is less than 1/month and there have been people on this list
who have appreciated getting them.

I really wish there was someone on the Postgresql mailing list who would
let us know each time they have a stable or LTS or such-like release.
Would also be nice to hear from various others such as the HsqlDb people.
Regards from
Tom :)






On 4 July 2014 04:26, NoOp gl...@sbcglobal.net wrote:

 On 07/03/2014 12:55 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
  Hi :)
  Just for those people interested in using MariaDb perhaps to replace
 MySql
  as a back-end for Base.  As others have pointed out there are many
 possible
  back-ends, such as Postgresql.
 
  Interesting to see the MariaDb people include links to their
 documentation
  and recent webinars and stuff.  I thought our announcements were good but
  haven't scrolled through ours for a while either.  So, maybe ours are
  better.
  Regards from
  Tom :)
 
 ...

 Perhaps you could explain again why you continue to spam MariaDB
 announcements to this list?




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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [MariaDB Announce] MariaDB Galera Cluster 10.0.12 GA and MariaDB 10.1.0 Alpha now available

2014-07-04 Thread Jim Seymour
On Fri, 4 Jul 2014 08:37:46 +0100
Tom Davies tomc...@gmail.com wrote:

[snip]
 *  Some distros have already moved from MySql to MariaDb
[snip]

How does a distro move from one dbms to another?  Admittedly: I
don't keep track of all the latest  greatest stuff on the FOSS world
(I presume MariaDb is FOSS?), but I'd never heard of MariaDb before.
Furthermore: Considering how even PostgreSQL, which has, technically
speaking, been around *longer* than MySQL, can gain little traction
as a backend dbms for many projects, I would think it would be
suicide for any distro to try to move from MySQL to such a thing.

 I really wish there was someone on the Postgresql mailing list who
 would let us know each time they have a stable or LTS or such-like
 release.

I'm not certain what would be the point to that.  Besides: If people
want to know: They can sign up to the PostgreSQL Announcements
mailing list.  (*All* PostgreSQL branches are LTS, btw.  Generally
they all have about a five-year lifespan.)

Regards,
Jim
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [MariaDB Announce] MariaDB Galera Cluster 10.0.12 GA and MariaDB 10.1.0 Alpha now available

2014-07-04 Thread Vitorio Delage
Le 4 juil. 2014 à 13:16, Jim Seymour jseym...@linxnet.com a écrit :

 [snip]
 *  Some distros have already moved from MySql to MariaDb
 [snip]
 
 How does a distro move from one dbms to another?  Admittedly: I
 don't keep track of all the latest  greatest stuff on the FOSS world
 (I presume MariaDb is FOSS?), but I'd never heard of MariaDb before.
 Furthermore: Considering how even PostgreSQL, which has, technically
 speaking, been around *longer* than MySQL, can gain little traction
 as a backend dbms for many projects, I would think it would be
 suicide for any distro to try to move from MySQL to such a thing.

Because MariaDB is a fork, so very compatible with MySQL (at least in the first 
versions) in the same way Libreoffice is very similar to Apache OpenOffice.
At the moment of the fork, it's very easy to go one way instead of the other 
one. A MySQL to PostgreSQL transition is not as simple.

Best regards,

Vitorio
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [MariaDB Announce] MariaDB Galera Cluster 10.0.12 GA and MariaDB 10.1.0 Alpha now available

2014-07-04 Thread Tanstaafl

On 7/4/2014 7:45 AM, Vitorio Delage wrote:

Because MariaDB is a fork, so very compatible with MySQL (at least in the first 
versions)


Mariadb has been around for a long time, and is still billed as a 
drop-in replacement for mysql, I don't think that is supposed to be 
changing any time soon.


In gentoo, it was as simple as emerge -c mysql and emerge mariadb. I put 
it off for a long time out of fear, and it was pretty much a non-event.


As for how a distro moves from one dbms to another, this question 
displays ignorance about how distro s work.


Pretty much all distros have 'default' system packages, including DB's. 
distros who have always used mysql as their default have been switching 
to mariadb as the new default. Doesn't mean  you can choose something 
else (mysql, or postgresql, etc)...


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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [MariaDB Announce] MariaDB Galera Cluster 10.0.12 GA and MariaDB 10.1.0 Alpha now available

2014-07-04 Thread Jay Lozier


On 07/04/2014 03:37 AM, Tom Davies wrote:

Hi :)
There are a few reasons;
*  Base needs an external back-end but most new users wont be aware of that
*  MariaDb was set-up for much the same reasons as LibreOffice and could be
considered a sister-project worthy of support
*  Some distros have already moved from MySql to MariaDb

This 'spam' is less than 1/month and there have been people on this list
who have appreciated getting them.

I really wish there was someone on the Postgresql mailing list who would
let us know each time they have a stable or LTS or such-like release.
Would also be nice to hear from various others such as the HsqlDb people.
Regards from
Tom :)

Many database gurus on this list recommend using a different backend 
such as MariaDB/MySQL or Postgresql instead of the default backend 
supplied with LO.




On 4 July 2014 04:26, NoOp gl...@sbcglobal.net wrote:


On 07/03/2014 12:55 PM, Tom Davies wrote:

Hi :)
Just for those people interested in using MariaDb perhaps to replace

MySql

as a back-end for Base.  As others have pointed out there are many

possible

back-ends, such as Postgresql.

Interesting to see the MariaDb people include links to their

documentation

and recent webinars and stuff.  I thought our announcements were good but
haven't scrolled through ours for a while either.  So, maybe ours are
better.
Regards from
Tom :)


...

Perhaps you could explain again why you continue to spam MariaDB
announcements to this list?




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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [MariaDB Announce] MariaDB Galera Cluster 10.0.12 GA and MariaDB 10.1.0 Alpha now available

2014-07-04 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)
MariaDb's stated aims were to remain a drop in replacement for MySql.
It's not easy!

Distros, especially gateway ones (for people new to GnuLinux) often have a
whole load of apps already installed.  It's usually fairly easy to install
others but many people are likely to stick with the default apps unless
they find a good reason to change.

So, when pretty much all distros swapped-out OpenOffice and started having
LibreOffice as their default office suite they effectively moved from
OpenOffice to LibreOffice.  Much the same is happening with MariaDb.

Regards from
Tom :)



On 4 July 2014 13:07, Tanstaafl tansta...@libertytrek.org wrote:

 On 7/4/2014 7:45 AM, Vitorio Delage wrote:

 Because MariaDB is a fork, so very compatible with MySQL (at least in the
 first versions)


 Mariadb has been around for a long time, and is still billed as a drop-in
 replacement for mysql, I don't think that is supposed to be changing any
 time soon.

 In gentoo, it was as simple as emerge -c mysql and emerge mariadb. I put
 it off for a long time out of fear, and it was pretty much a non-event.

 As for how a distro moves from one dbms to another, this question displays
 ignorance about how distro s work.

 Pretty much all distros have 'default' system packages, including DB's.
 distros who have always used mysql as their default have been switching to
 mariadb as the new default. Doesn't mean  you can choose something else
 (mysql, or postgresql, etc)...


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[libreoffice-users] Re: [MariaDB Announce] MariaDB Galera Cluster 10.0.12 GA and MariaDB 10.1.0 Alpha now available

2014-07-04 Thread NoOp
On 07/04/2014 12:37 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
 Hi :)
 There are a few reasons;
 *  Base needs an external back-end but most new users wont be aware of that

Interesting. I never knew that Base needs an external back-end...
Perhaps you can get the documentation folks to add that to the help
files and the Base docs:
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications#LibreOffice_Base_Handbook

Chapter 2 page 22:
New database using the internal HSQL engine
If a database with multiple users is not planned, or the user wishes to
gain some initial experience with a database, the internal database
engine will suffice. It is possible at some later stage to
transfer the database to an external HSQLDB environment, where multiple
users can have concurrent access to the database on the HSQLDB server.
This is described in the Appendix to this Handbook.

 *  MariaDb was set-up for much the same reasons as LibreOffice and could be
 considered a sister-project worthy of support

So? There are many projects that are forks of their base code. If they
are indeed a sister-project then we should see regular posts and
contributions by MariaDB folks related to LO.

https://mariadb.com/search/node/libreoffice
Your search yielded no results

 *  Some distros have already moved from MySql to MariaDb

OK, how about we auto connect all of the distro announcements to this
list as well? Would it be appropriate to post the ZDNet Shuttleworth
says Ubuntu is sticking with MySQL?

 
 This 'spam' is less than 1/month and there have been people on this list
 who have appreciated getting them.

Then perhaps you could instead point them to:
announce mailing list
annou...@mariadb.org
https://lists.askmonty.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/announce

I've certainly nothing against MariaDB, and yes I realise the benefits
of connecting to an external database such as MariaDB.
 Had the announcement has something, anything, in it related to
LibreOffice (e.g. information regarding  then I would have appreciated
the information. However I do think that sending MariaDB announcements,
particularly those that have nothing to do with LibreOffice, to this
list is spam.

Note: Posting the MySQL for Excel 1.3.1 RC has been released (July 2)
http://lists.mysql.com/announce/924 might have been more beneficial IMO.
At least that relates to something that may directly affect LO.

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[libreoffice-users] Re: [MariaDB Announce] MariaDB Galera Cluster 10.0.12 GA and MariaDB 10.1.0 Alpha now available

2014-07-04 Thread Owen Genat
NoOp wrote
 On 07/04/2014 12:37 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
 Hi :)
 There are a few reasons;
 *  Base needs an external back-end but most new users wont be aware of
 that
 
 Interesting. I never knew that Base needs an external back-end...
 Perhaps you can get the documentation folks to add that to the help
 files and the Base docs

This will be unlikely to happen in the short term as the so-called split
configuration is considered to be for experts only. The idea behind the
embedded configuration (i.e., a database back-end inside an ODF container)
was developed to mask some of the database back-end detail and for
portability. While simpler, the embedded configuration is reported as
suffering greater data loss / corruption issues, due to the nature of the
packaging. 

There are numerous threads over on the Apache OO forum about problems with
the embedded configuration. There is also a lengthy and detailed discussion
about  Base / ODF container portability
http://en.libreofficeforum.org/node/7876   that provides several links to
the mentioned Apache OO forum threads. Summary: In order for a split
configuration to become more widespread it would be ideal for some sort of
pack-n-go facility to be developed for Base to allow greater portability of
data in a manner more in keeping with office documents.

Best wishes, Owen.



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[libreoffice-users] Re: [MariaDB Announce] MariaDB Galera Cluster 10.0.12 GA and MariaDB 10.1.0 Alpha now available

2014-07-03 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)
Just for those people interested in using MariaDb perhaps to replace MySql
as a back-end for Base.  As others have pointed out there are many possible
back-ends, such as Postgresql.

Interesting to see the MariaDb people include links to their documentation
and recent webinars and stuff.  I thought our announcements were good but
haven't scrolled through ours for a while either.  So, maybe ours are
better.
Regards from
Tom :)




On 30 June 2014 12:29, MariaDB Announce List annou...@mariadb.org wrote:

 The MariaDB project is pleased to announce the immediate availability
 of:
 - MariaDB Galera Cluster 10.0.12 GA
 - MariaDB 10.1.0 Alpha

 MariaDB Galera Cluster 10.0.12 is a Stable (GA) release.

 MariaDB 10.1.0 is the first release of MariaDB 10.1. It's an alpha release.

 See the Release Notes and Changelogs for details.

 - - Links  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

 MariaDB Galera Cluster 10.0.12 GA
  - Release Notes:
 https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-galera-cluster-10012-release-notes/
  - Changelog:
 https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-galera-cluster-10012-changelog/
  - Downloads: https://downloads.mariadb.org/mariadb-galera/10.0.12/

 MariaDB Galera Cluster 10.1.0 Alpha
  - Release Notes: https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-1010-release-notes/
  - Changelog: https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-1010-changelog/
  - Downloads: https://downloads.mariadb.org/mariadb/10.1.0/

  APT and YUM Repository Configuration Generator:
   - https://downloads.mariadb.org/mariadb/repositories/


 - - MariaDB Webinars - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

 SkySQL has held several MariaDB-focused Webinars recently which are
 available on an on-demand basis at:

  - http://www.skysql.com/why-skysql/webinars/

 They are also planning several more MariaDB-focused webinars that will
 be held over the comming months. Details available at the above link.


 - - MariaDB Books  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

 The recently published MariaDB Cookbook contains nearly 100 recipes
 covering a variety of features in MariaDB 10.0.
  - http://www.packtpub.com/exclusive-and-unique-features-of-mariadb/book

 Another book, Getting Started with MariaDB is a how-to guide for
 beginners to help them get up to speed quickly with MariaDB. No prior
 database experience required.
  - http://www.packtpub.com/getting-started-with-mariadb/book


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 MariaDB includes a User Feedback plugin. This plugin is disabled by
 default. If enabled, it submits basic, completely anonymous MariaDB
 usage information. This information is used by the developers to track
 trends in MariaDB usage to better guide development efforts.

 If you would like to help make MariaDB better, please add
 feedback=ON to your my.cnf or my.ini file!

 See http://mariadb.com/kb/en/user-feedback-plugin for more
 information.


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 The project always strives for quality, but in reality, nothing is
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 If you would like to contribute to the MariaDB Foundation, please see
 the contributing and donations pages. We also have merchandise
 available in a cafepress store. All proceeds go to support the MariaDB
 Foundation.

  - https://mariadb.com/kb/en/contributing

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[libreoffice-users] Re: [MariaDB Announce] MariaDB Galera Cluster 10.0.12 GA and MariaDB 10.1.0 Alpha now available

2014-07-03 Thread NoOp
On 07/03/2014 12:55 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
 Hi :)
 Just for those people interested in using MariaDb perhaps to replace MySql
 as a back-end for Base.  As others have pointed out there are many possible
 back-ends, such as Postgresql.
 
 Interesting to see the MariaDb people include links to their documentation
 and recent webinars and stuff.  I thought our announcements were good but
 haven't scrolled through ours for a while either.  So, maybe ours are
 better.
 Regards from
 Tom :)
 
...

Perhaps you could explain again why you continue to spam MariaDB
announcements to this list?




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