Hi Peter, If we switch to some other embedded database engine we need to provide a way to let users open their existing databases.
According to the German Wikipedia article [1] H2 provides a "compatibility mode" for that purpose. Personally I don't see any reason to move away from Java. Regards, Matthias [1] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/H2_Database#Funktionen Am 08.12.20 um 10:14 schrieb Peter Kovacs: > > On 08.12.20 09:27, Jörg Schmidt wrote: >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Keith N. McKenna [mailto:keith.mcke...@comcast.net] >>> Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2020 3:49 AM >>> To: dev@openoffice.apache.org >>> Subject: Re: [discussion] future embedded DB in AOO >>> My first question has to be : Why are we still using such an >>> old version >>> of HSQLDB? As memory serves it is `1.8.0 and the latest release of >>> HSQLDB is 2.5.1. > > I thought we had discussion on this, but I could not find them. > > I will have later a second look. But this is a good thought. How much > time will an upgrade bring us? > > It will influence the roadmap for sure. > >>> >>> Second is why cannot we upgrade to HSQLDB 2.X. > > The question is not if we can, the question is if it is worth it. > > I would like to take an early opportunity to look beyond the immediate > need of keep things working. > > I put on the question what alternative exists. Jörg brought up the > Question how much Java do we want in future? > >>> As a process engineer and not a programmer these are simple >>> questions I >>> need answers for to intelligently contribute to this >>> discussion. Thanks >>> all for your understanding. > > All opinion and thoughts are welcome. I want to find out where we want > to head with the embedded DB. All Ideas and reasoning can bring up > good Views. > > We can also discuss where we want to go with Base. The question is > Connected. And Base needs some love, don't you think? > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >
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