[std.database]

[Jacob Carlborg]

On 2011-10-17 19:55, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
> On Monday, October 17, 2011 09:38 Steve Teale wrote:
>>> PostgreSQL's protocol is stable since 2003, but MySQL's is not very
>>> friendly indeed. Phobos might follow opportunistic path and support
>>> direct access with recent MySQL versions and C wrapper for older ones.
>>
>> But it looks like the C wrapper approach for MySQL won't fly for Phobos
>> because of the GPL taint. MySQL support might have to be consigned to the
>> Deimos 'derived works' directory. Either that or Phobos only supports
>> versions>  5.xx.
>
> However, if we go with an appropriately pluggable approach with the DB
> engines, then it should be perfectly possible to have a 3rd party library
> which provides a DB engine for mysql which you can then use with Phobos if
> your program is GPL or GPL-compatible. So, no it won't be in Phobos if we have
> to use the C headers, but that doesn't necssarily mean that it couldn't be
> used with Phobos' DB solution.
>
> - Jonathan M Davis

I think that the Phobos database API needs to support database drivers 
written by third part users, that can be easily plugged in, for exactly 
the above mentioned reason.

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg