Re: Bring AnyData / DBD::AnyData back to work with modern DBI
Peter Rabbitson <[email protected]>
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On 11/13/2014 07:12 AM, Jens Rehsack wrote:> > > Reason to keep: People continuous ask me about AnyData / DBD::AnyData and send me fiddly patches hacking in the module, complain about working around compat issues etc. > So what I currently know: every AnyData / DBD::AnyData user makes adoptions to the projects. > On 11/13/2014 02:58 PM, Jens Rehsack wrote: > > Am 13.11.2014 um 14:37 schrieb Tim Bunce <[email protected]>: > >> My impression was that there was a risk of breaking existing users apps. >> If that can be avoided then great, and keeping the name would be best. > > Neither, nor :( > They're already broken. "everything is already broken" contradicts "people are using it and sending me patches". It can't be both ways It either is completely unused and nobody depends on it OR The module is heavily customized and worked around in tons of darkpan In the later case imnsho the module needs to be left alone. See Class::DBI for exactly this sort of case.