Re: [PECL-DEV] Experimental MySQL-related extensions

hi,

I like the idea of having these extensions.

However I don't see a need for an experimental category, that's why
the status is for.

Cheers,

2010/8/12 Johannes Schlüter <[email protected]>:
> Hi,
>
> we (MySQL Connectors Team at Oracle, well mostly Andrey in fact) have
> created a few experimental extensions, hooking into mysqlnd to extend
> the functionality in a more or less transparent way.
>
> A list of these includes
>
> * mysqlnd_sip - A plugin trying to detect SQL injections by learning
>  about valid queries and then validate against the known format
> * mysqlnd_mc  - A plugin splitting single queries over multiple
>  connections (distribution of workload over multiple servers;
>  query-splitting / multi-read)
> * mysqlnd_ms  - A plugin for doing master/slave read/write splitting
> * possibly others might be coming, too.
>
> These plugins were created to validate our APIs wich we are also using
> for things like the query cache plugin we recently added to PECL. These
> plugins are in a prototype state. Now we'd like to make them available
> to the community. As Oracle currently does not plan to actively support
> them it feels wrong to put them into PECL's "Database" category where
> they might hide other extension which receive more active support and
> development.
>
> While discussing this via IRC it was suggested to create an
> "Experimental" top-level category on pecl.php.net and put them there. To
> me this looks like a good proposal. From there they can easily be picked
> up, be extended, provide ideas for other modules, ...
>
> If nobody objects I'd create that category and we'd commit them to
> pecl/mysqlnd_mc, pecl/mysqlnd_sip, ... in svn and register the
> extensions on the website.
>
> Johannes
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