Vibe.d 0.7.4 release

[simendsjo]

On Mon, 04 Jun 2012 15:03:46 +0200, Sönke Ludwig  
<sludwig at outerproduct.org> wrote:

> Am 04.06.2012 13:50, schrieb bioinfornatics:
>> Le dimanche 03 juin 2012 à 22:37 +0200, simendsjo a écrit :
>>> On Sun, 03 Jun 2012 18:43:28 +0200, Sönke Ludwig
>>> <sludwig at outerproduct.org>  wrote:
>>>
>>>>   - mysql-native: native port of a MySQL client driver that Steve  
>>>> Teale
>>>> has written some time ago - this one could use a maintainer who is
>>>> actually using MySQL...
>>>
>>> I have started a cleanup branch:
>>> https://github.com/simendsjo/mysqln/tree/misc-cleanups
>>> I'll try to work on it during the summer, but I would rather have  
>>> someone
>>> else step up and continue the effort :)
>>
>> In first great job
>>
>> just one thing i do not think each project need to embed his own mysql
>> wrapper but share the code together and have it as dependencies.
>> I think vibe.d should be developed as a library and build as a library
>>
>
> vibe.d is usable as a library but it's also an application framework to  
> make development of small applications more comfortable/efficient. The  
> problem with database drivers and such is that they typically use  
> standard blocking sockets for communication. This does not mix well with  
> vibe's internal non-blocking I/O and would block the whole application.  
> For this reason such drivers need to be slightly adjusted to use vibe's  
> socket funtions instead. Not ideal from a maintainance viewpoint but a  
> necessary price to pay for performance..

Phobos should include non-blocking sockets. In the mean time, a version  
could be used to support both.