On Wed, 30 Mar 2005, Mark Papadakis wrote: >That is a really good idea - though I am not sure there is much of >those out there to justify the cause, nor many developers actually >using UDFs.
Cheers :) I think with the right infra more people would start using and developing UDF's, especially if the work was a part of 'MySQL' proper and not just different groups of individuals. I know it wouldn't make any *real* difference, but it would make a psychological difference. Also a central project would be a way to boost visibility for different UDF projects, for example good (ongoing) work could be showcased in the MySQL news letter. >Still, having them all in one place could be nothing but a good thing. Yeah, I totally agree :) Especially if resources like the MySQL bugtracker and mailing lists could be shared. Is this the right forum for requesting such things? All the best, Dan. > >MarkP > >On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 14:39:11 +0100 (BST), Dan Bolser ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I searched for previous discussion on this topic, but didn't find any. >> >> I would like to see a centralized MySQL hosted UDF archive and development >> project. The only existing 'archives' seem to be somewhat poorly >> maintained (sorry), and suffer for their duplicated efforts and being >> loosely distributed throughout the web. >> >> The best I can find are here (ranked according to Google)... >> >> http://empyrean.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/~nem/mysql/udf/ >> http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/2292 >> http://www.thecodeproject.com/Purgatory/mygroupconcat.asp >> http://mysql-udf.sourceforge.net/ >> http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6841 >> >> I think a centralized project would do wonders for the UDF community, >> allowing UDF's to be discussed, suggested and developed under one roof. A >> first step should be to create a [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list. Without >> such a central list the UDF community can't communicate effectively. Who >> better than MySQL to organize the MySQL UDF community? >> >> A simple "not officially supported" statement is all that is needed. Good >> UDF's could become part of MySQL proper, and a UDF 'bundle' would be a >> great development. MySQL programmers could help build UDF's, and the >> community could vote on 'wanted' functions. >> >> You could probably guess where all this is going, and that is towards my >> own UDF request (where to ask?), but I will leave that for later. >> >> Any comments? Any postings that I have missed? Any reason that their is no >> udf mailing list? I think that their are tons of UDF's waiting to happen, >> given the right conditions. >> >> All the best, >> Dan. >> >> -- >> MySQL General Mailing List >> For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql >> To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > > > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
