[pkg-firebird-general] DBD::InterBase license ?

[Damyan Ivanov]

Hello, Kai,

Kai Bäsler wrote:
> I had a similar experience, i tried to send a Patch to the addresses
> listed in the POD and also never got any response. But they still seem
> to be working on it, the last Update (to Version 0.44) is dated '11 Sep
> 2005'.

Still dissapointing they don't reply.

>> To anwer your question, no, no chance for libdbd-interbase-perl for etch.
> 
> Allright, i already feared it would be that way. Is there any chance to
> get it mentioned in the documentation? I could contribute a short howto
> and describe how to use dh-make-perl to make your own .deb from the CPAN
> distribution.

Which documentation you suggest mentions this? README.DBD::Interbase
in /usr/share/doc/firebird/ ?
It would be great if you can prepare it.

>> However, you may want to give IBPerl a try. ...
>> I use IBPerl daily for heavy-wieght in-house web application
>> so I can assure you it is very stable.
> 
> Thanks for the link, i already downloaded the Source and made it work
> work on my Apple Laptop under Mac OS X. Can you point me to an address
> where we can discuss IBPerl further (i don't want to become off-topic
> here by going to deep into IBPerl)?.

I've created a mailing list for this, see
http://openfmi.net/mail/?group_id=82

> I definitely will try it with my application (which runs under debian).
> Although i must say that DBD::InterBase is very stable too. And i do
> like the DBI API.

That's the problem with IBPerl - it uses specific API that is too
different from DBI.

>> Ah, and it would be exceptionally great if you're interested in
>> transforming IBPerl into DBD::Firebird or something. License is "same
>> as perl" so no problems on the legal side. I could even take the steps
>> to put it in the official archive then.
> 
> As my time (and skills) permits. I'm neither a C-Guru nor a full-time
> developer. I'm just another ordinary sysadmin / networking guy who
> happend to learn bits of UNIX over the years. ;-)
> 
> What needs to be done?

Too much, probably. I still can't find the time and the energy to
write a full-blown DBD driver out of IBPerl. I don't know much of DBD
internals too. Maybe some other life :)



dam
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