Re: Proposed external dependency: libgda

["Vivien Malerba" <vmalerba gmail com>]

2008/7/28 Vincent Untz <vuntz gnome org>:
> Homepage: http://www.gnome-db.org/
> Proposal on d-d-l: http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2008-April/msg00084.html
> License: LGPLv2 or later (I believe)
>
> Short description:
> ==================
> Libgda is a database abstraction layer which hides all the database
> backend specifics from the user, offering a simple interface to each
> supported database (MySQL, PostgreSQL and SQLite are fully functional
> while Oracle and MDB are useable and missing features) to run queries.
>
> Summary so far:
> ===============
>  + initially proposed for a symbol-database plugin in anjuta
>  + doubts about possibility to reach API/ABI stability for the 4.0
>   branch so early after its release
>  + sqlite has been approved as an external dependency during this cycle,
>   for evolution. In this case, usage of sqlite was favored over usage
>   of libgda mainly for performance reasons.
>

I still hope the 4.0 API/ABI will be stabilized by September with the
first stable V4 release at that date.

Regards,

Vivien