On Nov 29, 2007 3:03 AM, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb@2bits.com> wrote:
On Nov 28, 2007 5:48 AM, Chris Johnson <cxjohnson@gmail.com> wrote:
So unless we actually push the issue of supporting multiple databases as a community, the vast majority of developers will never make the effort. And with each passing release spent in that mode, the harder it will become to reverse it. We will end up supporting only one database, MySQL, de facto.
Very good post Chris.
This is exactly the problem: those who use Drupal on PostgreSQL must be the ones who would resolve the SQL differences, test and debug patches, ...etc.
They are the ones that have a vested interest in it more than the rest of us. All of us want a cross platform cross database CMS, but the testing work must be done by those who use PostgreSQL.
This is exactly NOT what I meant. If "all of us want a cross platform cross database CMS", then we /all/ have to bear some of the burden of making it so -- not just those second class citizens who use the less popular database. Otherwise, we're back to square one again.