Hi all Apologies, I messed up the subject line there.
On 28/05/13 19:48, Andrzej J. R. Hunt wrote: > 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/ Cheers, Andrzej _______________________________________________ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice
