From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 2425 invoked from network); 3 Feb 2003 22:10:31 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO monty-python.gnu.org) (199.232.76.173) by 172.16.49.205 with SMTP; 3 Feb 2003 22:10:31 -0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18fomG-0006VU-08 for listarch-gnats-devel@sources.redhat.com; Mon, 03 Feb 2003 17:09:20 -0500 Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18fom4-0006Da-00 for help-gnats@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Feb 2003 17:09:08 -0500 Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18folu-0005yx-00 for help-gnats@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Feb 2003 17:08:58 -0500 Received: from kathmandu.sun.com ([192.18.98.36]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18folY-0005lt-00; Mon, 03 Feb 2003 17:08:36 -0500 Received: from lego-mail1.Norway.Sun.COM ([129.159.112.5]) by kathmandu.sun.com (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA16142; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 15:08:34 -0700 (MST) Received: from l5kogj48k1qepvi.sun.com ([129.159.115.201]) with ESMTP id h13M8WU1022521; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 23:08:33 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: <5.2.0.5.0.20030203230645.00b79d20@ms-etro01-01.norway.sun.com> X-Sender: ys136781@ms-etro01-01.norway.sun.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.0.5 (Beta) Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2003 22:10:00 -0000 To: hatzis@juniper.net From: Yngve Svendsen In-Reply-To: <3E3EDBC2.3060905@juniper.net> References: <200212021037.gB2Ab8D04083@localhost.localdomain> <3DEBE798.4030702@juniper.net> <200212080625.gB86Pvh07876@localhost.localdomain> <3DF3A833.3060508@juniper.net> <200302020832.h128Wef03254@localhost.localdomain> <5.2.0.5.0.20030203214748.0441dc40@ms-etro01-01.norway.sun.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed cc: help-gnats@gnu.org cc: "Andrew J. Gray" Subject: Re: patch to display new PR number for new submissions X-BeenThere: help-gnats@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion about GNU GNATS List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Sender: help-gnats-bounces+listarch-gnats-devel=sources.redhat.com@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnats-bounces+listarch-gnats-devel=sources.redhat.com@gnu.org X-SW-Source: 2003-q1/txt/msg00052.txt.bz2 At 13:14 03.02.2003 -0800, Mel Hatzis wrote: >While we're on the topic of a 4.1 branch, I'd like to know if there's >any interest in supporting alternative backend datastores for Gnats. > >I've been working on this for a couple of months now, and have made >some progress....the work has involved creating a datastore API >based on the current 'flat-file' code, moving the index into the >flat-file datastore and some configure related modifications to >support building Gnats against different datastore options. I've >also added an option to run Gnats in long-running-daemon mode, >to support things like database connection pools. > >If there's interest, I'll submit the changes I have thus far for >review, and perhaps they can be rolled into the 4.1 development >effort. I've done a great deal of testing of the 'flat-file' >datastore implementation, based entirely on the existing Gnats code, >and it holds up well. Yes, yes, yes! The ability to use alternative datastores would be an extremely welcome new feature. There was some talk about it about a year and a half ago, but the whole thing died quietly. - Yngve _______________________________________________ Help-gnats mailing list Help-gnats@gnu.org http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnats