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  • From: George Sherwood <pilot AT beernabeer.com>
  • To: sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] Reducing MySQL Spell Versions
  • Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:45:38 -0500

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On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:23:55 -0500
David Haley <khoralin AT gmail.com> wrote:

> I have been looking at the mysql spell recently for updating it to a
> more currently version.
>
> branches currently in the mysql spell are:
> 5.0.x
> 5.1.x
>
> I would consider both of these versions as 'old' with the latest
> currently available being 5.5.x. That being said, I am left with a
> question that I thought I would post here to see what the general
> consensus is among other developers and leads.
>
> So, do I just tack on another branch to the spell, keep the number of
> branches the same by dropping the oldest one and adding the new one,
> or just do away with the multi-versioning all together and go with
> the latest and greatest?
>
> I can see the first path becoming a nightmare if things just keep
> getting tacked on. The last path would be one that I am leaning
> towards more myself On that note would it be feasible to keep the
> latest (5.5.x) in Test and 5.1.x in Stable? Seems like this also has
> the chance of causing heart burn as you are dealing still with two
> versions across grimoires.
>
> In any case, any input or suggestions would be welcome :)
>
> ---

At one time I was looking at this also and leaning toward you 2nd
option (removing the oldest version) and making the current the default.

The issue that I ran into though, is the fact that it appears they
changed to the build system (I think cmake) if I remember correctly.
Many of our current options are not valid and it really is a re-write
of the spell from the ground up or you are going to have to maintain
both build methods in one spell which seemed to all a lot of clutter
and will make maintenance very difficult.

Given that I was tempted to just renaming the old spell and building a
new mysql spell from scratch with the new build system and new options.

George Sherwood
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