On 09/03/16 17:59, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: > On Tue, Mar 08, 2016 at 08:44:03PM +0000, Wols Lists wrote: >> On 08/03/16 13:32, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: > >>> At this point, I'd say, even more strongly than usual: the one that >>> will do it will decide. Upgrading to a modern Java-based database >>> would maybe not be that bad after all... > >> Sounds like I'd better get my finger out then! > >> IF I can get the basics in place (and to be honest it is a big if), >> are other people prepared to muck in and help with the bits I can't >> do? > > I'll answer a different question: Will Lionel, under his policy of > "the one that will do it will decide", merge the patch? > > The answer is: > > If it is a well-maintained RDBMS that is reasonably featureful and > solid, that doesn't bring us in other directions than "the usual > suspects of the external ones" (MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL > Server, H2, HSQLDB2, etc), that it does not introduce undue > incompatibilities (or difficulties in maintaining compatibility with > those), that the SQL dialect and behaviour is reasonably close to the > "common ground" between the "usual suspects", etc. Then yes, I will > merge the patch.
Well, I did say Pick is a NoSQL database ... Thing is, does "No" stand for "No" or for "Not Only"? > > If the RDBMS engine is self-implemented, then it has to come with a > strong commitment to maintaining it, preferably animating a (future) > development community around it. > That is very much the intent ... > > Also, we are not forced to have only one embedded database format, we > can have several, so if several people do the work, we can merge the > several ones. > > > Now, specifically, duckduckgo-ing for "Pick" does not bring the > expected results, so if you could give me some links to see what you > are talking about? Thanks. > See my response to your next post. Cheers, Wol _______________________________________________ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice