Multiple Databases [WAS: Re: Junior Job - external MySQL config]

[Modestas Vainius]

Hello,

On sekmadienis 30 Rugpjūtis 2009 11:28:43 Seb Ruiz wrote:
> 2009/8/30 Modestas Vainius <modestas at vainius.eu>:
> > You are forgetting that people might already have a database server in
> > place. Since MySQL and PostgreSQL are both free software, not supporting
> > them both "by design" will make some people unhappy (esp. since it a
> > feature regression from 1.4). People won't switch database servers for
> > Amarok and it is more likely they will dump Amarok. On the other hand,
> > you don't have to implement something you are not interested in, just
> > don't close the doors for somebody to come and do it.
>
> This argument leads to a giant black hole: it does not have to be
> implemented because it's free, and a patch does not have to be
> accepted because it has been provided. At the end of the day we need
> to make a decision which is "for the betterment of the project" - even
> if that means rejecting great code because it is clear that it will
> become bitrotted due to lack of maintainership. (This is not directly
> related to the multidb argument, btw)

I don't see how getting tied to one database solution will make your life 
easier to switch when "a better solution arrives".

-- 
Modestas Vainius <modestas at vainius.eu>
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