Re: dbus and GNOME 2.8

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>]

On Tue, 2004-04-06 at 08:31 +0900, Jan Morén wrote:
> tis 2004-04-06 klockan 03.29 skrev jamie:
> > > PostgreSQL too. You can write stored procedures in whatever language
> > > that produces callable-from-C shared objects, Java, PL/PgSQL, Ruby, Perl
> > > and some more.
> 
> [Discussion on relative DB features]
> 
> > IMO, for a novice user wanting a no nonsense RDBMS with minimal
> > maintenance Firebird easily beats Postgres. Feel free to prove otherwise
> > - a proper and fair evaluation of installing postgres/firebird and the
> > issues surrounding them should reveal which is most appropriate.
> 
> Assuming that we need an RDBMS for Gnome at all (not a given), the last
> thing we should do is "standardize" (= impose) on one.
> 
> First, they are, to a point, more or less interoperable. There is not
> much reason to force the use of one particular implementation. Second,
> apparently this is "holy war" material (who would have thought?), so we
> don't want to step in to another conflict.
> 
> Third, and practically, if I already have a DB installed and running for
> other reasons (MySQL, just for the sake of discussion), the last thing I
> want is to have to care and feed _another_ DB server just because people
> on d-d-l had different preferences.
> 
> Let Markus run Postgres, let Jamie run Firebird, let me run MySQL, and
> perhaps have SQlite as the default, built-in provider in case no DB is
> actually installed by the user?
> 
right, and if everyone uses gnome-db, switching from one database to
another should be a child's play.

cheers