Re: DBD::mysql path forward

2017-09-15 Thread Patrick M. Galbraith
Hi Paul! (long time!) we need to make sure we have these cases accounted for and test coverage. regards, Patrick On 9/14/17 9:24 PM, Paul DuBois wrote: On Sep 14, 2017, at 1:44 AM, p...@cpan.org wrote: MySQL server and its databases has some limitations, so reflect it: * it does not

Re: DBD::mysql path forward

2017-09-18 Thread Patrick M. Galbraith
Pali, Great! Now we can start moving forward. Sorry if my responses have been intermittent - first week at new job. Regards, Patrick On 9/16/17 4:35 AM, p...@cpan.org wrote: On Friday 15 September 2017 04:06:57 Patrick M. Galbraith wrote: On 9/13/17 9:31 AM, p...@cpan.org wrote

Re: DBD::mysql path forward

2017-09-14 Thread Patrick M. Galbraith
On 9/13/17 9:31 AM, p...@cpan.org wrote: On Tuesday 12 September 2017 11:32:36 Darren Duncan wrote: On 2017-09-12 11:05 AM, p...@cpan.org wrote: On Tuesday 12 September 2017 19:00:59 Darren Duncan wrote: I strongly recommend that another thing happen, which is re-versioning DBD::mysql to

DBD::mysql path forward

2017-09-12 Thread Patrick M. Galbraith
Hi all, After talking to Pali and looking at how other drivers have handled the issue, the best way forward will be to deal with solving the UTF-8 issue correctly as was attempted in May. This will be a problem for some, but only due to having to been accustomed to a work-around that relies

Re: DBD::mysql path forward

2017-09-12 Thread Patrick M. Galbraith
org wrote: On Tuesday 12 September 2017 19:00:59 Darren Duncan wrote: On 2017-09-12 8:54 AM, Dan Book wrote: On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 11:04 AM, Patrick M. Galbraith wrote: Pali, Yes, I agree, we'll have to create a fork pre revert and stop accepting PRs How might we allow peop

Re: DBD::mysql path forward

2017-09-12 Thread Patrick M. Galbraith
:31 Patrick M. Galbraith wrote: Hi all, After talking to Pali and looking at how other drivers have handled the issue, the best way forward will be to deal with solving the UTF-8 issue correctly as was attempted in May. This will be a problem for some, but only due to having to been accustomed

Re: DBD::mysql path forward

2017-09-24 Thread Patrick M. Galbraith
Thank you for concern, I completely understand. We have no intention of releasing anything that would do this (data corruption) and testing will ensure this. The main objective here is that DBD::mysql is on par with all the other drivers, the whole idea behind a driver that DBI can use and

Re: Fork DBD::mysql

2017-09-01 Thread Patrick M. Galbraith
Hi Pali, I would very much like to address these issues and fix the UTF issue you so kindly had a patch for that people had problems with and do so in a way that doesn't require forking. I'm very sorry about this as I was in between jobs and distracted but am free next week to discuss this. I

DBD::mysql next steps

2017-11-10 Thread Patrick M. Galbraith
Greetings all! Michiel and I have been talking, weighing options of what course to take in dealing with moving forward-- with the goal of both offering both stability and the choice to have the latest functionality and bug fixes as well as give contributors the opportunity to be part of overall

Re: DBD::mysql next steps

2017-11-10 Thread Patrick M. Galbraith
-connection switch) is actually the best and most elegant solution for satisfying all parties under the assumption that there are savvy developers who fully understand the problem and are able and willing to support such a more-complicated codebase. -- Darren Duncan On 2017-11-10 7:13 AM, Patrick M

Re: DBD::mysql path forward

2017-11-03 Thread Patrick M. Galbraith
:31 Patrick M. Galbraith wrote: Hi all, After talking to Pali and looking at how other drivers have handled the issue, the best way forward will be to deal with solving the UTF-8 issue correctly as was attempted in May. This will be a problem for some, but only due to having to been accustomed

Re: DBD::mysql path forward

2017-11-04 Thread Patrick M. Galbraith
Pali, I have given you co-maintainership to DBD::mysql and permissions on the repo - let's go ahead and move forward. Thank you, Patrick On 11/3/17 11:17 AM, Patrick M. Galbraith wrote: Pali, Sorry, I wanted to give it time for people, plus have been very busy. I'm ready, just let me

Re: DBD::mysql 4.044 released!

2018-01-31 Thread Patrick M. Galbraith
"Should I create a ticket?" Yes please. Thank you, Patrick On 1/25/18 3:44 AM, H.Merijn Brand wrote: On Tue, 23 Jan 2018 08:59:54 -0500, "Patrick M. Galbraith" <p...@patg.net> wrote: Dear Perl and MySQL community, I'm quite pleased to announce the release of DBD

DBD::mysql 4.046 released

2018-02-09 Thread Patrick M. Galbraith
to the Pali Rohár, Ville Skyttä, Michiel Beijen, and of course the community! Have a great day! -- Patrick M. Galbraith Principal Platform Engineer, Oracle + Dyn http://patg.net p...@patg.net patrick.m.galbra...@oracle.com

Re: DBD::mysql 4.046 released

2018-02-09 Thread Patrick M. Galbraith
Yes, I will look at this later today. On 2/9/18 5:34 AM, H.Merijn Brand wrote: On Fri, 9 Feb 2018 05:20:25 -0500, "Patrick M. Galbraith" <p...@patg.net> wrote: Greetings! I'm pleased to announce the release of DBD::mysql 4.046: * Use API function for reconnect; fixes compil

DBD::mysql 4.047 Released

2018-09-09 Thread Patrick M. Galbraith
ing The github repo can be found here: https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql CPAN: https://metacpan.org/pod/DBD::mysql Thank you for using DBD::mysql! Regards, Patrick -- Patrick M. Galbraith http://patg.net p...@patg.net

DBD::mysql 4.044 released!

2018-01-23 Thread Patrick M. Galbraith
e 2004 now, and look forward to future releases containing further improvements as discussed on the mailing lists and supporting new features in both MySQL and MariaDB. Thank  you! Patrick -- Patrick M. Galbraith Principal Platform Engineer, Oracle + Dyn http://patg.net p...@patg.net patric