Hi all.
While I'm thankful for all the work that was put into the Linq
provider for this release, I'm rather disappointed in how the beta
cycle has gone. We're facing release, and there are still many very
important issues that haven't even been commented on in the Linq
area. To give you some idea, in the entire beta period for the large
chunk of code that the Linq provider is, only 4 issues have been
resolved. During that same period, 25 new issues were created with
virtually no activity on them. To give you some idea of what I'm
talking about, here's a sampling of the issues.
Numerous people have filed and voted about parameters not having the
correct type:
NH-2222
NH-2234
NH-2244
NH-2394
A patch is available in NH-2394, without a single pertinent comment.
The null handling is another area with clear problems. You likely
remember the long messages on the mailing list. There were also very
few tests related to null handling, and numerous bugs. Despite the
provider clearly handling nulls incorrectly, there has been no action
on these issues.
NH-2370
NH-2398
NH-2402
Again, there is a full patch with extended tests in NH-2402, but not
even a single comment on this important issue. If NH goes to release
without resolving NH-2402, it will cause breaking changes in the
future.
There are many Linq issues with patches and tests. I'll just name
NH-2403 since I submitted it. Again, there has been no attention.
Maybe I'm annoying, but I do find it quite frustrating when about the
only thing that's progressing is the version number and the same bugs
and limitations are still present. I've been happily using NHibernate
for years, but it truly is disheartening when even serious / popular
issues with full code and tests aren't addressed in any way.
Patrick Earl
