Hi Pim, Pim Bliek wrote: > ... > I know MySQL support is still work in progress. I got it working > without any troubles however. Kudos for that! >
Well, we know that for some it works flawlessly, yes, that's why the code is still in. > However, when I read through the MySQL related issues in the trac on > edgewall, I find this issue: > http://trac.edgewall.org/ticket/5556 > > Look at the first comment by user cboos, apparently the maintainer of > this part of the code (??). He argues that MySQL support is too much > work and might be ditched in the near future. > Well, "ad-hoc maintainer" would be more correct... Look at http://trac.edgewall.org/ticket/986 for the history of the mysql support. It's true that I did a lot of support in the mysql area, well, mainly because nobody else was interested in fixing those issues. But in the end that was too much of a time sink, for a feature in which I had only superficial interest, hence my statement above. That statement was also a kind of wake up call that this subsystem was lacking a real maintainer... > I am very worried about his statement. What are current feelings > among developers about this? What is the roadmap for MySQL support in > say the next year? The organisation I work for now really wants to know. > > I can only tell you that *I* won't spend more time on that. OTOH, the main issues we're seeing with mysql support are coming from the versioncontrol cache, which I actually intend to rework for 0.12. The design of the new cache, whatever that ends to be, will be done in a way that takes into account the limitations of mysql. > If this user indeed is the lead developer for this part of the code, > could he react please? Also, if there are serieus plans about > ditching the official support, I would like to know what the big > issues are with supporting MySQL and why it is so difficult. It might > be -small chance but you never know- that others might be interested > in supporting it if really really needed. > No, I don't think we'll actually ditch mysql support. As I said, it mostly works, and the situation will improve by itself on the 0.12 horizon. Of course, getting a more dedicated maintainer for this part of the code would be a pleasant surprise for us ;-) > Thanks a lot in advance for answering this question and of course > thanks again for making this beautifull product. > You're welcome. -- Christian --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Trac Users" 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/trac-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
