Hi Jan, Thanks for the prompt reply.
On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 3:56 PM, Jan Lehnardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > On Mar 10, 2008, at 14:51 , B W wrote: > > I am currently working on a public-facing web app and I would love > > to use > > couchdb. I apologize if these question have been asked before, but > > seeing > > couchdb is in active development, it'd be nice to have some updated > > info. > > What's you web app about? (if you want to share :) > The general idea right now is a site for organizing events. The idea is still not polished, so I'll be adding more features as I go, that's why I find couchdb's flexible schema attractive. :) > > > > The web site says the interface is stable enough for application > > development, but what about implementation-wise as of 0.7? I don't > > have an > > urgent need for the features on the wiki road map right now since > > it's a new > > project, but I was wondering if there are any performance caveats or > > major > > bugs I need to be aware of? > > The API, particularly dealing with attachments is still in flux now. I > don't > know of any show-stopping bugs, though. CouchDB is not yet optimised for > speed. While fast enough for tests, it could be a lot faster. One > thing you will > encounter pretty quickly is that database size grows fast at the > moment when > you add or delete documents. The process to deal with that > (compaction) is > just being implemented. If you don't want to wait for that, you can > still manually > compact your databases by bulk copying their contents to new temporary > dbs and then switch over regularly. Sounds like a bit of a chore and > it is, > but it works. > > With us, "alpha" means that we do not have all the features in we want > for > a first major release, but the things that are in are pretty stable. > We still > don't recommend using CouchDB for anything mission-critical, as we > can't > vouch for the safety of your data. That said, the current code-base > didn't > show any critical bugs as of yet. But don't quote me on that if you lose > your data :-) > > > > > I'm also wondering what kind of time frame should I expect for the > > next > > major releases? > > I can't make any commitments here, but we try to get the compaction out > to you as quickly as possible. That would be great! :D One question though, once compaction is added, will it have compatibility problem with my existing un-compacted data? Thanks! Bob
