Re: [SQLObject] the future of sqlobject

[Daniel F. <fet...@go...>]

> Hello! The first thing I want to tell is that SQLObject is a community
> project. There are people who provide patches (sometime big patches for
> major features), there are developers who have commit access to the
> Subversion repository. I am one of those, but certainly far from being the
> only one.
>
> > In the current development phase are you primarily concentrating on
> > bug fixes and maintenance releases?
> > Do you have plans for developing totally new features?
>
> I have a rather big TODO file with a lot of planned small new features.
> From private mail I new there are other features brewing, though if and
> when they will be released nobody can tell.
>
> > Would you be willing to develop new features if they are requested?
>
>    Certainly. Unfortunately I don't have much time to spare, so I have to
> carefully choose what and when to develop.
>    The best way to add a feature is to implement it itself. A good patch
> with tests will certainly be applied. Documentation is big plus.
>
> > How long you think you will support sqlobject?
>
>    Well, I must admit I am not the best possible community leader, neither
> the most brilliant developer. So I'd very much like to hand SQLObject to
> someone better suited for the task. Until that, though, I am obliged to
> support it myself. After all, my company uses SQLObject in a number of
> commercial programs.


Thanks Oleg! I'm happy to hear that there are several developers and
new features are and can be added. I was just a little worried if you
are the only one who works on the code then maybe the work is too much
for a single person. But it's good to hear that there are several
people on board. Sometimes you hear people saying that sqlobject's
development is slow but I don't think that's true and your answer
confirms to me that it won't be true in the (foreseeable) future
either.

And the level of support you provide on this list is absolutely great
and is a big plus in favor of sqlobject.

Cheers,
Daniel