Hi Miguel, Javier, Andres I've just seen that you are working on a Firebird DB connector for LibreOffice -- I've just been selected to work on this as part of the Google Summer of Code -- it would be cool if I could also work with you on implementing this! (I'm currently still studying for exams but will be working full time on this from roughly the 10th June.)
The major issue I can see at the moment is selecting which version of Firebird to use, which I see is also being discussed on the Firebird-devel list [1]. All the details are in that thread -- but basically it looks like FB3 won't be out until next year and there isn't much documentation of the new API, on the other hand it looks like FB3 will be easier/cleaner to use. Personally I'd favour implementing 3.0 for those reasons, but that would mean that it couldn't be shipped as the default DB in LibreOffice until FB3 is stable, which I can see as being a convincing argument for using 2.5 instead. As far as I can tell the API should be stable from the first alpha release of FB3 [2], i.e. API changes shouldn't be an issue if using 3.0. I'd be interested to know what your views are on this / which version you've been using so far? I guess the LO developers in general might also have some input on which is preferable? Also have any of you looked at integrating Firebird into the LO build system yet, as this was one of the first things I was planning on doing (although that is dependent on the choice of FB 2.5 vs 3). I think Andres mentioned he was concentrating on developing on Linux at first -- I could look into the Windows specifics for Firebird to ensure things are as cross-platform as possible from the start (although I should probably mention I don't have too much Windows experience yet, and my system isn't the fastest for building stuff there). I've create a wiki page where I'm putting down some notes on whats happening here -- I've also extracted the technical discussion and the estimated timeplan from my GSOC application in case that's useful to anyone else: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/Base/FirebirdSQL . Feel free to add to/edit that if you wish. All the Best, Andrzej [1]: http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.db.firebird.devel/2969 [2]: http://www.firebirdsql.org/en/roadmap/ _______________________________________________ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice
