Re: Changes to make DBIS more efficient

2012-04-18 Thread Dave Mitchell
On Fri, Mar 02, 2012 at 05:04:29PM +, Dave Mitchell wrote: On Fri, Mar 02, 2012 at 03:23:30PM +, Dave Mitchell wrote: I'd be happy in principle, although some guidance would be welcome Also in particular, what needs to continue happening across an API change? Is it just that a

Re: Changes to make DBIS more efficient

2012-04-18 Thread Tim Bunce
Perfect! Applied. Many thanks Dave. Tim. On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 11:48:31AM +0100, Dave Mitchell wrote: On Fri, Mar 02, 2012 at 05:04:29PM +, Dave Mitchell wrote: On Fri, Mar 02, 2012 at 03:23:30PM +, Dave Mitchell wrote: I'd be happy in principle, although some guidance would be

Re: Changes to make DBIS more efficient

2012-03-05 Thread Jens Rehsack
Am 02.03.2012 16:11, schrieb Tim Bunce: [...] However, I'd still like to make the change. So I'm thinking it might be best to support *both* mechanisms for at least a few releases before removing the old one. The gives end users a safe zone where they can upgrade the DBI and then later upgrade

Re: Changes to make DBIS more efficient

2012-03-02 Thread Dave Mitchell
On Fri, Mar 02, 2012 at 03:11:17PM +, Tim Bunce wrote: On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 03:27:24PM +, Dave Mitchell wrote: I'm concerned that changing the API, and thus forcing all compiled drivers to be recompiled at the same time the DBI is installed, isn't worth the gain. Especially as

Re: Changes to make DBIS more efficient

2012-03-02 Thread Dave Mitchell
On Fri, Mar 02, 2012 at 03:23:30PM +, Dave Mitchell wrote: I'd be happy in principle, although some guidance would be welcome Also in particular, what needs to continue happening across an API change? Is it just that a driver, compiled and installed against an old DBI, must continue to work