FreeTDS Development Group

["Lowden, James K" <LowdenJK AT bernstein.com>]

> From: Brian Bruns [mailto:camber AT ais.org]
> Sent: May 24, 2002 2:04 PM
> 
> On Fri, 24 May 2002, Lowden, James K wrote:
> > Brian suggested the next release be 0.60, so that's 
> > probably how we should think of it.  
> 
> Let's look at the list of changes.  I have a patch in queue 
> that will make 
> our ODBC driver work with odbc++ which is a huge step 
> forward, but I was 
> really hoping to have domain support and TDS 8 worked out 
> before then. 

Fair enough; naturally it's your call.  I think the bcp improvement AIUI is
a big deal, and domain support may not get resolved for a while, now that
you're back in the baby business.  :)

TDS 8.0 has 64-bit ints and "variant" datatypes.  (Leave it to them to
decide that a typed system needs a typeless type!)  I found a good size doc
on it that I'll summarize for the website.  I don't know that you want to
hold up the next release for it, but it might affect the numbering scheme? 

> > I like the idea of a countdown, and it would  give
> > people, on this list and off, a measure of the status.  
> 
> Perhaps a "hit list" of API functions/partials would help 
> too, and give 
> people looking to pitch in an easy place to start.

Good idea.  I'll take care of that.  

> > We have a few small chores to do, too.  We should solve the MAXPATHLEN
> > autoconf (?) problem.  I could add an #ifndef, but I'm hoping for an
> > intelligent answer.
> 
> Wanna jog my memory on this one?

Just check the pr database. :->  See my May 20, 2002 6:50 PM mail,
"MAXPATHLEN in tds/config.c". See also quozl.  

+++

So, here's a half-remembered list:

        Bill's patch
        locale support re-added
        odbc patches 
        bugfixes for:
                Reusing CS_COMMAND structures
                Bug in read.c (one liner)
                SQLBindParameter Problem (no clear solution yet)
                MAXPATHLEN 
        stabilize, bang on it

Regards, 
--jkl