Hi, The Adabas client library (libadabas.so on Unix systems) has recently come to my attention.
It is only build on a hardcoded list of platforms, creating an artificial difference in the list of installed files depending on the operating system or cpu. I investigated a bit, and found out the following: - a crippled edition of the Adabas database engine, Adabas D, was bundled with old versions of StarOffice. I'm not 100% sure but it seems the last version it was bundled with was StarOffice 7, back in 2004. StarOffice 7 was based on OpenOffice.org 1.1. - the Adabas D product is still available as a freeware and can be downloaded from www.softwareag.com. The installation process is painful and can not be really expected to be done by your average end-user. The platforms the latest binaries do run on do not match the hardcoded list in LibreOffice sourcecode. - I could not post on the OpenOffice.org forums (seems like the account creation process does not work anymore) so I had to rely on the archives. Most of the end-users posting about Adabas D were confused and could not understand why the option to use it was available on their OpenOffice installation even though it required a separate download from a third party. The only software compatibility option they were interested in was with Microsoft Access. - Most companies which were using Adabas I've heard of in the last few days are migrating to other database systems (MySQL and PostgreSQL) or have already done so. My first goal here is to get rid of the hardcoded list of platforms enabling the Adabas driver to be build. I'd like to enable it everywhere or disable it everywhere. In light of my recent findings, I have become convinced Adabas D is not used and will not be in the future. We could kill two birds with one stone by simply disabling the build of this library. I have no strong opinion on the code itself; someone suggested we could keep it as a database driver example. Thoughts ? -- Francois Tigeot _______________________________________________ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice
