Re: [Haskelldb-users] HaskellDB now in Darcs on cvs.haskell.org

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Tomasz Zielonka wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 18, 2005 at 12:08:57AM +0100, Bj=C3=B6rn Bringert wrote:
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>>after swearing at CVS for a while when trying to start working with=20
>>HaskellDB again, I set up a Darcs repo on cvs.haskell.org instead. Get=20
>>your copy with:
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>>darcs get http://cvs.haskell.org/darcs/haskelldb/
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>>I intend to use this repo for all my future work on HaskellDB. I hope=20
>>those of you who are interested in contributing will do the same. At th=
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>>moment the repo is only writable by me. If anyone else wants write=20
>>access, let me know.
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> Great!
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>>Does anyone know what the story is for setting up write access for=20
>>multiple developers to darcs repos on cvs.haskell.org by the way?
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> Wouldn't it be better to follow the darcs' development model, where
> there is a maintainer who receives patches by email and applies them
> after reviewing and testing?
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> The amount of patches for HaskellDB will probably be quite low,
> at least compared to projects like GHC or darcs. I don't mind
> being wrong ;-)

Yeah, I guess that's the way it will be. I just didn't want to usurp the=20
position of maintainer in case there is someone else who would like to=20
have a say in what's going on.

So, until further notice, the way to contribute to HaskellDB is to send=20
me patches.


To get your interest in HaskellDB back up, here are some things I've=20
worked on lately:

- Fully cabalizing the whole thing, getting rid of all the=20
configure/make stuff. Seems to be finished.

- Fixing the dynamic driver, which uses hs-plugins to load drivers=20
dynamically. Seems to work.

- Changing DBDirect to use the dynamic driver. Done.

- Changing the HSQL support to use HSQL 1.7. Some problem with=20
converting from SQL to Haskell types remaining. Not sure if it's a=20
HaskellDB or HSQL problem. This is the next thing I will look at.


Some things that would be nice to do. Help is very welcome:

- Adding support for the new HSQL backends, e.g. Oracle.

- Creating some sort of test suite. This would really be a great help.


/Bj=C3=B6rn