On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 6:15 AM, Olivier Churlaud <oliv...@churlaud.com> wrote: > I wonder: why are the mysql libraries directly used and not the Qt framework > (QSqlQueries and so on)?
IIRC, it's entirely historical. For a handful of reasons that were valid in 2008 but aren't any longer, the decision was made late (and kind of hastily, IMO) in the 2.0-beta cycle to switch from SQLite to MySQL Embedded. At the time, SQL performance through the Qt libraries was pretty lousy and unstable, and I don't think Qt supported MySQL Embedded at the time. At any rate, relying on a SQL database for Amarok 2's library has always been a non-ideal solution, but the only one that's actually worked. There were several failed attempts at a Nepomuk back end. Now, it would be nice to have Amarok work seamlessly with Baloo, because that would eliminate the collection scanner, which has always been the the source of Amarok's biggest problems in terms of database performance. But Baloo's emphasis on light weight (with good reason) means that Amarok is always going to need some kind of database to store all its internal information. -- Soren Harward _______________________________________________ Amarok-devel mailing list Amarok-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/amarok-devel
