Re: [Secureideas-base-devel] BASE release

[Kevin J. <kjo...@se...>]

On Thu, 2004-10-28 at 22:15, Chris Shepherd wrote:
> Yeah, the Image_Graph stuff has been merged, but it's still in release=20
> candidate phase due to stability issues (what with it being the first=20
> release after the merge and all), so I'm not completely sure I want to=20
> try and proceed with that at this point. If you think it's better to go=20
> that route, I can certainly start working on it.

Nope, not necessary... I would rather something stable then not<grin> I
am just still worried about the license for jpgraph.....  I was also
thinking that the adodb stuff might not need to be changed... I was
looking into some benchmarks and everything I am reading is saying that
adodb beats PEAR::DB hands down on speed.  I have never compared so I
wouldn't know.  With the comments from users about speed, I think we
need to re-examine this one.

>=20
> I'm not so keen on getting to 1.0 first, I think it should be=20
> representative of a large shift away from the ACID codebase. Preferably=20
> more optimal query use, and hopefully a move to PEAR::Image_Graph, in=20
> addition to the tremendous efforts you've gone to. I'm not really stuck=20
> on it, just my two cents. :)

I guess I should explain my reasoning for a 1.0 release. =20

First, I think we will have a number of new features soon, that while
not a huge move from the ACID codebase are significantly different.=20
These are the user auth stuff, user preferences(maybe), the setup
program and pdf generation.  I am also hoping to get some of the asset
mapping stuff in there.

Second, I know that I have heard from a number of people offline that I
have discussed this with, that having a beta product means they will not
be looking at it.  These are people in the security field but limited by
corporate policies on support and legitimate products.  Their companies
will allow them to use open-source software, but only if it has reached
some level of stability.

Third, I really like the idea of having ACID/BASE reach 1<grin>

Fourth, perception of a project as being something people want to work
on seems to be higher if you have a "stable" release.  Even though we
all know that we are at a stable system, others may look at us
different.

And yes 3 is a joke!<grin>

By the way, does anyone recognize the patch that was submitted today?  I
haven't looked at it yet, I just saw that the person posted it
anonymously.

Kevin