Re: Status of PostgreSQL port of cddbd

Thanks for making it OSS.

Is it cross-platform (win32 & linux)?
Does it use the STL, boost, wxWindows?

Tom.


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From: "Kevin Dalley" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 4:37 PM
Subject: Re: [fdb-dev] Status of PostgreSQL port of cddbd


> My code will definitely be open source.  Since it is derived from the
> current cddbd, I don't have a choice.  It's what I prefer, regardless
> of the license.  I'm using other people's knowledge; I prefer to share
> my own.  Making it open source, will encourage its spreading.
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> I hope that my code is a new protocol for cddbd, if it it passes the
> tests.  I have had some words of encouragement of joerg, but no
> promises, definitely without seeing my work.
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> By the way, my new code is largely in C++, with some of the original
> cddbd code remaining in C, other code changing to C++.
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> In theory, PostgreSQL could be changed to another SQL, but I haven't
> worked to ensure that.
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> "Jacob Alifrangis" <[email protected]> writes:
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> > In other news, I have begun work on a MS-SQL Version of cddbd.
> >
> > It is a work in progress, but In several ways, it is much faster =
than cddbd
> > for unix.
> > IT supports regular expression matching and direct lookup. I am =
still trying
> > to decide how best to license the server since it uses NO code from
> > freedb.org, it only has an import function for the existing freedb =
data.
> >
> > It supports star or descendant replication methods for a system wide
> > load-balancing update scheme. Meaning that all updates are processed =
locally
> > then uploaded to a master server where they are validated and =
redistributed
> > weekly, And automatically.
> >
> > The software is written in c# and vb.net and will, when ready =
compile on
> > mono.
> >
> > Let me know, since this is really a whole new animal, what you =
think. This
> > might wind up being a competing product for the freedb system, it =
might not
> > be.
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