Another consideration.... RoundCube is in *alpha*. MDB2 will likely be fully released and stable by the time RoundCube is.
-j On Thu, 2005-10-20 at 15:39 +0200, Jeff Nichols wrote: > I don't really have many useful opinions to contribute to the database > abstraction discussion, but I do personally disagree with the following > statement: > > Script Head wrote: > > One thing that should be considered befor switching to MDB2 is that it's > > sill in beta. If RC was to reach a stable version, using a beta database > > layer isn't the way to go. > > > Using a beta framework is not necessarily a bad thing for a stable > product. Think of it like this: > > Say 'Hypothetical DB Abstraction Framework' (HDBAF) is really really > great, but they're still in Beta because they're trying to work out how > to support 'Mainframe Huge ObscuOld Database'. Well, we don't really > care about that database, so there's really no reason not to use HDBAF > as it is. *As long as you test it for the functionality that you need.* > > Of course, you do have to worry about incompatible updates to the > framework. But that's true of stable frameworks as well (it's just a > word after all), and if you include the framework with your > distribution, you can include any version you want. > > Just my outtake on beta frameworks and libraries. > > Jeff > > -- Jeremy Jongsma [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jeremy.jongsma.org
