Good point. So even if there were a replacement, there would need to be legacy interop.
That's probably an interesting challenge to avoid with Base. So, we're back to the previously unanswered problem with regard to support of HSQLDB and rotting bits (and version-specific Java dependencies) in Base. - Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Damjan Jovanovic [mailto:dam...@apache.org] Sent: Friday, April 05, 2013 00:17 To: dev@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: questions about Base---do we need an embedded DB? We can't really change the embedded DB, only add a new implementation - compatibility with previous ODB files needs to be kept for a long long time. Damjan On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 1:33 AM, Dennis E. Hamilton <orc...@apache.org>wrote: > The link to OpenOffice.org Base is interesting. > > I wonder if the decision about SQLite (or a variant) should be > reconsidered for a re-engineered AOO Base. It essentially depends on how > important SQL is. And of course, it would be just to furnish a default > built-in DBMS. > > - Dennis > > "Small. Fast. Reliable. Choose any three." I love the brass! > <http://sqlite.org/> > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kay Schenk [mailto:kay.sch...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2013 14:05 > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: questions about Base---do we need an embedded DB? > > [ ... ] > > > You may want to take a look at this page from Wikipedia. Not guaranteed of > course. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Free_database_management_systems > > [ ... ] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
