Re: my $.02 - ignore at will

> > > I can't see how v1.1 would install as easily as 1.0 - you're
> > > going ot have to setup postgres, and then run the cdbadmin
> > > utility (or whatever) to get the tables created.
> 
> This should be very easy to script, given the proper db design.

I was playing devil's advocate a little. Still, requiring postgres at
all is a big change. And later we'll add apache & mod_python.

> 
> > >
> > > Yep, its added complexity. Yep, it'll get worse with the proposed
> > > apache/mod_python engine that I hope will be the focus of 1.3.
> > > The question that remains unanswered for everyone that is a
> > > Current user is, is the added complexity worth the additional
> > > features and scalability that the complexity will provide.
> > >
> > > Anyone?
> 
> Current's audience is system administrators.  I personally don't see 
> setting this type of thing up as too much of a burden.  Admittedly, I 
> haven't worked with Postgres, but I've worked with tons of other 
> databases, so I'm not overly stressed about setting that up.  
> Apache/mod_python might take a little more work, but it's pretty much 
> worth it when you consider that not only does this make Current 
> scalable, it makes it INCREDIBLY scalable.  The change is dramatic, 
> the cost, in terms of complexity, is not.
> 
> Another way of looking at it:  I didn't choose Current because I like 
> the way it 'currently' works.  I got involved mainly due to the 
> Roadmap and because the developers have done some good work so far.  
> If I found Current in a state of not being maintained, I would have 
> probably moved on.  
> 
> 'Don't ask is the benefit worth the complexity, ask if the project 
> will still generate interest without the benefit' :)
> 
> 
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> Brian K. Jones
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> Dept. of Computer Science, Princeton University
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