[libdbi-devel] 0.8.0 release date

[Markus H. <mar...@mh...>]

Hi there,

we're already past the previously announced release date, and I'd like to avoid
that this process keeps dragging on. Unless any of you has objections, I'd like
to fix Sunday, Aug. 28, as the release date. I think we should release whatever
passes make check, and leave everything else to a libdbi-drivers-0.8.1 release.
I'll try to fix the debian build code until Sunday, so that the .debs can be
packaged by the Debian folks without any downstream patches.

As of today the picture is as follows:

libdbi framework: builds and runs on FreeBSD, Debian, FC4 (using gcc4), Solaris,
Windows/Cygwin
mysql, sqlite3: passes make check on FreeBSD, Cygwin and on Debian
pgsql, sqlite: passes make check on FreeBSD
firebird: fails make check on Debian
msql: no test report available
oracle: test suite not yet adapted to this driver
freetds: kinda works, but not yet added to the codebase (in fact, I don't know
whether the guys developing the driver want to contribute it or have some other
plans with it)

If you can add any success stories, please let me know. I plan to leave all
drivers in the distribution, but change the configure switch to something like
--with-oracle-experimental for those who do not pass make check yet.

Again, if you have any objections, please speak up now. The current releases
with their bugs and incomplete documentation have been out there far too long,
and I'd rather have new releases without additional drivers than any further
delay in the release process. We can add more drivers anytime later.

regards,
Markus


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