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2155.2.1 by Stewart Smith
add some things to the README from the website. give a bit of information about the project in the README
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Drizzle
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A Lightweight SQL Database for Cloud and Web
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http://www.drizzle.org
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#drizzle on FreeNode
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Drizzle is a community-driven open source project that is forked from the popular MySQL database.  
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The Drizzle team has removed non-essential code, re-factored the remaining code and modernized the code base moving to C++.
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Charter
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 * A database optimized for Cloud infrastructure and Web applications
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 * Design for massive concurrency on modern multi-cpu architecture
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 * Optimize memory for increased performance and parallelism
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 * Open source, open community, open design
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Scope
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 * Re-designed modular architecture providing plugins with defined APIs
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 * Simple design for ease of use and administration
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 * Reliable, ACID transactional
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665.1.3 by Eric Herman
added some essential notes to the README
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The most current information is on the wiki, but are some essential links
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and notes for getting started.
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http://drizzle.org/wiki/
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https://launchpad.net/drizzle
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Compiling:
992.1.3 by Monty Taylor
Clarified instructions in README.
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# If you got the source from bzr, run:
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./config/autorun.sh
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# The following steps are the same regardless of where you got the source
665.1.3 by Eric Herman
added some essential notes to the README
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./configure --prefix=${HOME}/builds/drizzle && 
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make &&
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make test ||
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echo "FAIL $?"
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More information on compiling can be found at:
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http://drizzle.org/wiki/Compiling
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Running Drizzle:
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# be sure you configured with a prefix before running make install
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make install
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cd ${HOME}/builds/drizzle
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./sbin/drizzled --no-defaults --port=XXXX \
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     --basedir=$PWD --datadir=$PWD/var \
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     >> $PWD/var/drizzle.err 2>&1 &
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See also:
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http://drizzle.org/wiki/Starting_drizzled
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http://drizzle.org/wiki/Contributing_Code
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Cheers!