There even are official cross-platform binary zip-files, so for Win & Mac it will be also pretty easy to switch. :-D<div><br></div><div>Casper<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 4:05 PM, Ian Monroe <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ian.monroe@gmail.com">ian.monroe@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div><div></div><div class="h5">On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 3:57 AM, Modestas Vainius<modestas@vainius.eu> wrote:<br>
> Hello,<br>
><br>
> On sekmadienis 30 Rugpjūtis 2009 11:28:43 Seb Ruiz wrote:<br>
>> 2009/8/30 Modestas Vainius <modestas@vainius.eu>:<br>
>> > You are forgetting that people might already have a database server in<br>
>> > place. Since MySQL and PostgreSQL are both free software, not supporting<br>
>> > them both "by design" will make some people unhappy (esp. since it a<br>
>> > feature regression from 1.4). People won't switch database servers for<br>
>> > Amarok and it is more likely they will dump Amarok. On the other hand,<br>
>> > you don't have to implement something you are not interested in, just<br>
>> > don't close the doors for somebody to come and do it.<br>
>><br>
>> This argument leads to a giant black hole: it does not have to be<br>
>> implemented because it's free, and a patch does not have to be<br>
>> accepted because it has been provided. At the end of the day we need<br>
>> to make a decision which is "for the betterment of the project" - even<br>
>> if that means rejecting great code because it is clear that it will<br>
>> become bitrotted due to lack of maintainership. (This is not directly<br>
>> related to the multidb argument, btw)<br>
><br>
> I don't see how getting tied to one database solution will make your life<br>
> easier to switch when "a better solution arrives".<br>
<br>
</div></div>We add the new db, drop the old DB. Its not so difficult to understand.<br>
<br>
And regardless its all going to be 100% configuration free, 95% of<br>
users won't even know they are running a database, and less will know<br>
which kind of database.<br>
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Ian<br>
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