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I've been wondering for a long time now about all of the changes post 4.1.
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I believe there is a large market of users who never wanted them, and never
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cared for them. I also wanted to question the foundations of what we built.
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Do users want wrong data? How often is the query cache really valuable? If
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Do uses want wrong data? How often is the query cache really valuable? If
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everyone just has a root user with all privs, why carry the baggage of the
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A micro-kernel that we then extend to add what we need (all additions come
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through interfaces that can be compiled/loaded in as needed). The target
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for the project is web infrastructure backend and cloud components.
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* Is this a product of Sun/MySQL?
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No, though several of the authors do work for Sun/MySQL. The development model is
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one based around open collaboration. Drizzle's license is the GPL v2.
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* So what are the differences between is and MySQL?
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No modes, views, triggers, prepared statements, stored procedures, query cache,
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data conversion inserts, ACL. Fewer data types. Less engines, less code.
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Assume the primary engine is transactional.
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through interfaces that can be compiled/loaded in as needed).
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No modes, views, triggers, stored procedures, query cache, bad data inserts,
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ACL. Less engines, less code. Assume the primary engine is transactional.
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* What is left to be cut out?
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Please ask on the mailing list or on IRC.
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Most certainly. There is plenty to do from refactoring code, design of interfaces,
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documentation and blueprints, etc... The best way to get involved it to join the
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https://launchpad.net/~drizzle-discuss/
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If you wish to suggest a refactoring project or an interface please email
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the mailing list and keep an open mind. Do not expect anyone will work on
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your idea though, you may influence someone to do that, but more then likely
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you will need to rollup your sleeves and write some code. For very simple
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bits you are welcome to ask others on #drizzle on Freenode, but please be
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aware that you may be asked to email the mailing list.
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Showing up with a big block of code is probably the worst way of getting
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your work accepted. This is unlikely to work.
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Right now we use a simple captain system for commits. Anyone can send in a
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proprosal for merge via launchpad but your changes may be flowed first
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through someone who has been around long enough to understand code
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requirements to review your code. This system is based entirely on trust,
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and individuals who have shown that they can provide three good patches gain
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credibility. Starting small is fine, patches that are just comments or are
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even two or three line cleanups are welcome and encouraged. I would really
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recommend that anyone who wants to work on something first start with something
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of this size. Patches like these are valuable and teach you how to work with
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The general rule is no new code in the core of the server, and any changes
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to interfaces need to be code line neutral. AKA if you want to add an
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interface you need to be able to remove at least the number of lines of code
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you added. This is a rule of thumb, and does not apply to code cleanup.
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It should be pointed out that we are more focused on code style,
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performance, and over all maintenance then we are features.
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* What is the coding style?
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https://blueprints.launchpad.net/drizzle/+spec/style-cleanup
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If you have a question on this, please email the mailing list so that we can
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clarify the document. And when you get the answer? Please update the code
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* Should I email the mailing list with patches?
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Please god no, we live in the age of the Internet :)
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Create an account on launchpad.net. Create your own tree and let one of us
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* What is the target?
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Deliver a microkernel that we can use to build a database that meets the
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needs of a web/cloud infrastructure. To this end we are exploring http
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interfaces, sharding enhancements, etc... do not expect an Oracle, MySQL,
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There is no GA date at the moment.
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We are focusing on multi-core architecture. This is not designed to run on a
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wrist watch (hint, go use SQLite). We support both 32bit and 64bit but the
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class of machine we are targetting is 64bit. We are making design decisions
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which assume very large amounts of RAM will be made available to the DB.
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* Can I run a website with this?
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No. We are still making incompatible changes, and I certainly do not believe
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the code is production quality. Right now we are defaulting many configure
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operations to generate debugging code for us so our binaries are not
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optimal. Therefore, do not go out and benchmark this and expect it to be one way or
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the other. We are currently only doing benchmarks where it makes sense for
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us to determine where bottlenecks are.
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Bit type... we need a longer list.
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I am from Seattle. Drizzle is our normal form of "rain" but it is not "rain",
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it is drizzle. This was a bit of a rainy day project that finally found a
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spot in my schedule :)
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I am from Seattle. Drizzle is our normal form of "rain" but its not "rain".