I share Regina's concern for the use in teaching and for casual database purposes. I'm not so sure how much SQL is a determining factor.
I also sympathize with not wanting a required Java dependency, especially for a built-in component of the suite. However, the cooperation offered by the HSQLDB team might be an important factor: <http://hsqldb.org/web/openoffice.html>. - Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Kay Schenk [mailto:kay.sch...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 17:10 To: dev@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: questions about Base---do we need an embedded DB? [ ... ] Please see several threads on the java7 and hsqldb issues. In my particular test build, using hsqldb 2.2.9 for a build with Oracle java 7 does not produce acceptable results either. Some further information: http://markmail.org/message/kswggpb4cz3gmscg many of these issues came to light with the common use of java7 by users. If you do a search with "java7" many more issues will arise. Or look in BZ. As others have pointed out, we really have no dedicated developers in the DB area, and we can't expect users to be stuck with an outdated java just to run AOO. So, that's the story. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MzK "Achieving happiness requires the right combination of Zen and Zin." --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
