Paul Hammant wrote:
>
> Stefano,
>
> >What about asking the Hypersonic folks to donate the code to the ASF
> >first?
> >
> >I was thinking about that the other day now that the deal with the dbXML
> >folks is done: we'll have a native XML database under xml.apache.org and
> >was thinking about the missing RDBMS software and hypersonic seemed to
> >me a good starting point.
> >
> >It might be a good thing to try with them first and if they reject the
> >deal, I think it's a good thing to incubate it here or over
> >jakarta-commons.
> >
> An idea. I am a committer on that project too
Oh, gosh, sorry, I didn't know that.
> and my feeling is that it's direction is not one to change.
Ok, perceptions from the inside are a very good thing and I trust you on
that.
> I've already adapted Hypersonic to
> be a "second class" phoenix block, but being close to the code recognise
> it needs a massive refactoring.
I sure understand that. The design patterns that make up Avalon are
useful only if applied since the beginning of the software design,
otherwise, they look more messy than elegant and do more harm than good.
> The main issue is that the original
> team dispanded and lost interest. The new team is carrying on, but I
> think there is a license issue. Copyright holders can reassign, but I
> think it would be difficult to contact all contributors.
Good point, besides, if you say the community is undergoing a transition
and the code needs massive refactoring, there's no point in doing this.
So, you have my +1 to start this RDBMS project overhere (even if I think
I lost my developer status on this project :)
--
Stefano Mazzocchi One must still have chaos in oneself to be
able to give birth to a dancing star.
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Friedrich Nietzsche
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