At 03:57 21.8.2007, Dan Langille wrote: >On 21 Aug 2007 at 1:26, Peter Buschman wrote: > > > I will not go so far as to say that Bacula needs support for > > additional databases but that, given the availability of coders and > > testers, it can easily be ported to most RDBMS's on the planet. > > Support for more databases is ultimately a positive thing but it does > > incur additional development and testing effort. > >I speak as the author of the PostgreSQL module/plug-in. > >PostgreSQL was added because I wanted to use PostgreSQL. No other >reason. I didn't do it because someone asked me to. I didn't do it >because I read that it might be a good idea. I did it because I >wanted to use PostgreSQL with Bacula.
>Coding additional database support is not complicated. Yes, until >such time as someone else wants ODBC/some other database, and is >willing to code it, or pay someone to code it, it will not get done. I don't believe anyone in this conversation was asking for specific database support to be implemented for free. The discussion was started by someone who seems genuinely interested in implementing some additional support himself, as you did with PostgreSQL. This is worth encouraging. Nobody was saying that Bacula absolutely needs support for additional databases, just that it is possible and valuable for certain classes of users. >I suggest that more discussion will not get you any closer to your >goal. No, but if moved to the bacula-devel list, experience could be shared regarding the steps necessary to implement support for a new database. It seems very much like those who are willing to spend the time don't quite know where to start. --PLB >-- >Dan Langille - http://www.langille.org/ >Available for hire: http://www.freebsddiary.org/dan_langille.php > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. >Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. >Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. >Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ >_______________________________________________ >Bacula-users mailing list >Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
