Portmill status

[William Siegrist]

On Jun 29, 2009, at 10:29 AM, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:

>
> On Jun 29, 2009, at 8:34 AM, William Siegrist wrote:
>
>> But "best tool" here needs to take into consideration the other  
>> MacPorts web apps. Right now, MPWA and the website use MySQL. It  
>> would help share data in the long run if all systems pulled from  
>> the same database. I don't think its worth the effort to integrate  
>> the Postgres DB that backs Trac, but we can at least try to make  
>> MPWA, Portmill, and the website share some common data. That of  
>> course means the other apps could be ported to CouchDB if thats a  
>> better tool overall.
>
> I think this ultimately needs to be left to the discretion of  
> whomever's doing the work.  I mean, it's all well and good to say  
> "this should really use MYSQL instead!" but unless the person saying  
> this is also turning up to the discussion with a pile of patches  
> which Make It So, it can only come across as carping from the back  
> seat.
>


I'm not saying they should all use MySQL, I'm saying they should all  
use the same backend. My primary reason is I believe it is better  
engineering. But secondarily, I'm the one who has to manage yet- 
another-database-server if we add CouchDB to the mix. So I'm not just  
sitting in the backseat.

-Bill
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