awesome. LGTM. Thanks Jan!
On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 10:29 PM, Jan Lehnardt <j...@apache.org> wrote: > Here’s a draft. It’s already in the blog, formatted and all. Awaiting your > approval/edits/fixes, thanks! > > > https://blogs.apache.org/roller-ui/authoring/preview/couchdb/?previewEntry=merging_rcouchif > you have access there. > > Source: > > <p>rcouch is a variant of CouchDB that is derived from the main Apache > CouchDB code base. One way to look at it is as a “future port” of CouchDB, > that is for two reasons: > </p> > > <p> > <ol> > <li>The internals are <strong>greatly improved</strong>. In simple terms, > if CouchDB would be started to day, it would look a lot like rcouch.</li> > <li>It comes with a number of <strong>nice new features</strong>.</li> > </ol> > </p> > > <p>So whether you are a CouchDB user or a CouchDB Erlang developer, rcouch > is <strong>good news</strong> for you!</p> > > <p>Since CouchDB has been around for a while, the internal codebase is a > little crufty. We are constantly working on improving that, but one of the > larger efforts have been done within the rcouch project by Apache CouchDB > committer <a href="https://twitter.com/benoitc";>Benoit Chesneau</a>.</p> > > <p>At the same time, Benoit added a number of nice little features that > benefit CouchDB users, just to name a few:</p> > > <p> > <ul> > <li>_changes for views.</li> > <li>Replication from views.</li> > <li>Write-only “Drop-Box” databases.</li> > <li>Request validation on-read.</li> > <li>_db_changes (actually, we nicked that one for Apache CouchDB 1.4 > already :).</li> > </ul> > </p> > > <p>For more information, see the <a href="http://rcouch.org";>rcouch > website</a>.</p> > > <p>Benoit has generously donated the rcouch project back to Apache CouchDB > and has worked on merging the rcouch and the CouchDB codebases. Now it is > time to review the merged code and get it into Apache CouchDB proper and > put it into a new release.</p> > > <p>With that, <strong>we need your help</strong>.</p> > > <p>How you can help, you ask? Easy!</p> > > <p>If you are a CouchDB user, and are not afraid to build CouchDB > yourself, give the rcouch merge branch a spin:</p> > > <code> > <pre> > git clone https://github.com/apache/couchdb.git > cd couchdb > git checkout -b 1994-merge-rcouch origin/1994-merge-rcouch > > # Read the <a href=" > https://github.com/apache/couchdb/blob/master/DEVELOPERS";>DEVELOPERS</a> > file to install all dependencies > > # build: > make > make rel > > # run: > ./rel/apache-couchdb/bin/couchdb start > > # now CouchDB is running at <a href="http://127.0.0.1:5984";> > http://127.0.0.1:5984/_utils/</a>, as usual, you just won’t see any > output. > > </pre> > </code> > > <hr> > > <p><strong>If you are an Erlang developer</strong>, we could use your help > with code reviews. Any small chunks will help!</p> > > <p>Please see <a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-1994";>the > associated JIRA ticket for more information</a>.</p> > > <p>Thanks so much!</p> > > <hr> > > <h3>FaQ: how does this relate to BigCouch?</h3> > > <p>It doesn’t really, the BigCouch merge is ongoing and we will announce > updates and requests for review when the time is right. Well, actually, if > we can convince you to help with the review of the rcouch merge, we can put > even more resources on the BigCouch merge :)</p> > > > > > On 16 Apr 2014, at 16:34 , Benoit Chesneau <bchesn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 3:56 PM, Noah Slater <nsla...@apache.org> wrote: > > > >> What about doing a blog post? > >> > > > > My time is very limited these days, if anyone want to take the lead on > > this, that would be cool. > > > > - benoit > > > > > > > >> > >> On 16 April 2014 15:36, Andy Wenk <a...@nms.de> wrote: > >>> On 16 April 2014 15:28, Benoit Chesneau <bchesn...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>> On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 12:05 PM, Noah Slater <nsla...@apache.org> > >> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Benoit, if you'd like review, can you put some info together? We can > >>>>> circulate this on dev@ at first, and then do a blog post, and > promote > >>>>> via social media. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> I did many posts during the merge here asking for a review: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >> > https://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=dev%40couchdb.apache.org&q=rcouch+status > >>>> > >>>> That should help any dev interested in the review. > >>>> > >>>> COUCHDB-1994 can be used to track any review. wohali started some > here: > >>>> > >>>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-1994 > >>>> > >>>> Any information on the rcouch wiki are still valid also: > >>>> > >>>> https://wiki.refuge.io/display/RCOUCH/rcouch > >>>> > >>>> Hope it helps. > >>>> > >>>> - benoit > >>>> > >>>> > >>> in addition one could have a look into this for testing > >>> https://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40couchdb.apache.org/msg29495.html > >>> > >>> > >>>> On 6 April 2014 10:22, Benoit Chesneau <bchesn...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>>>> On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 2:43 PM, Dave Cottlehuber < > >> d...@jsonified.com> > >>>>> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> Hi again, > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Benoit's mentioned that the rcouch import is more or less complete > >>>> from > >>>>>>> his perspective. No doubt we'll have some mucking around wrt docs, > >>>>> fauxton, > >>>>>>> build etc to sort out, but he feels its ready to go. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> More or less from my perspective is nothing. I would be more > >> interested > >>>>> to > >>>>>> see any activity from other developers in reviewing that code > >> instead > >>>> of > >>>>>> adding new changes (except fixes) to the current code base. Right > >> now > >>>>>> neither the couchdb project or me see any benefit in my gift since > >>>> noone > >>>>> to > >>>>>> my knowledge did a real (and public) review it, started to use it > >> or > >>>>> even > >>>>>> considered to start to merge it upstream. Instead of spending all > >> this > >>>>> time > >>>>>> for free in cleaning the code I could have just took a long vacation > >>>> and > >>>>>> continue to ad improvements on my own, which I did since. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> How are things going in bigcouch? > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> To be clear, we *should* make a decision of this magnitude in a > >>>> separate > >>>>>>> VOTE thread, but let's discuss > >>>>>>> further here and I will try to summarise & shepherd towards a > >>>> consensus. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> We already have a consensus actually something near a consensus > >> defined > >>>>>> months ago: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-1999 > >>>>>> > >>>>>> In my perspective, we can probably start to define these milestones. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> - benoit > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> Noah Slater > >>>>> https://twitter.com/nslater > >>>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Andy Wenk > >>> Hamburg - Germany > >>> RockIt! > >>> > >>> http://www.couchdb-buch.de > >>> http://www.pg-praxisbuch.de > >>> > >>> GPG fingerprint: C044 8322 9E12 1483 4FEC 9452 B65D 6BE3 9ED3 9588 > >>> > >>> https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/andywenk.asc > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Noah Slater > >> https://twitter.com/nslater > >> > >
