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> On Tue, May 27, 2003 at 10:16:30AM -0400, Jeff Urlwin wrote:
> >
> > Tim -- should the DBISTATE_VERSION have been bumped when the new
> > calls/calling changed in 1.33? I'm suspecting that DBD::ODBC was
> > built with version 1.33+ and yet he's using 1.21.
>
> Yes, that could be the problem.
The user has upgraded to DBI 1.35 and all is well...
>
> I'm always reluctant to change the DBISTATE_VERSION (as it
> forces a rebuild of all drivers) so I try to keep changes
> forward-compatible. The problem here is using a driver built
> with a newer DBI than the old it ends up being used with.
> I'll look into catching that situation.
It seems that since 1.33+ changed some handling on the routines themselves,
something should flag the change. I agree. I just thought that triggering
the DBISTATE_VERSION check would be the most obvious...and easy.
>
> > Also, may I suggest (and potentially volunteer myself -- or someone
> > else :) to build a repository for DBI and Moduless for AS
> Perls? With
> > Ilya's site being down (still?), I think we need to have a plan.
>
> Yes, yes. I agree! A plan (and some action) would be very good here.
I am currently able to build:
DBI
DBD::ODBC -- occasionally ;)
DBD::Oracle (using 9i client or 8i client -- shouldn't matter)
is the OCI7 build important?
- the big problem with DBD::Oracle is that ActiveState
claims they can't legally build this anymore without buying Oracle's
products. I don't believe that to be true, but I have not seen the legalese
that causes them to think that.
Any non-database specific perl based modules (DBD::CSV, notably, but
haven't touched it in a while)
I'd like to be able to build, but probably need guidance from their
respective authors:
DBD::Sybase
DBD::Mysql
DBD::DB2?
DBD::Informix
Others that I haven't thought of that seem to be requested?
My gut says that having one person perform the builds would be best, to
ensure DBI & DBD::xxx compatibility.
I also think that repositories for 5.6.1 (aka ActivePerl builds 6xx) and
5.8.x would be best.
I'd be, typically, only interested in building for Win32, but there seems to
have been a bit of interest in binaries for Linux lately -- however, I think
that's a big can of worms with the number of distributions, etc and the fact
is that the C compiler comes with the OS, so I'd be likely to leave that one
alone.
>
> > In theory, I could host this and register the domain
> (dbifaq.org?), if
> > we need to. I may have to dig up a machine to do it, but
> it shouldn't
> > be difficult.
>
> dbi.perl.org is being revamped by Ilya and we might just be
> able to use that as a home for AS builds of DBI/DBDs. I'll ask.
Or at least a link to a site I maintain here.... I would think it's better
on dbi.perl.org, maybe with a site here as a backup...
Regards,
Jeff
