[Mysql-sr-lib-dev] Acceptance rules

[Giuseppe Maxia]

Hi folks,
I start yet another thread, reacting to Markus Popp's offer to
contribute to the library.
As I stated in the original forum post, there should be a list of
minimum requirements for acceptance.
While I don't doubt the quality of Markus's work (I'm actually using
his db4free.org resources), this is a good opportunity to start talking
about this issue as well.

Quoting from my forum post:

Minimum requirements for admissions, out of the top of my head:
- they compile correctly in a safe box;
- their name does not confict with anything already existing;
- their use is fairly documented according to a template I have yet to figure 
out;
- they have a test unit; (which my routines still don't!)

Since then, I have a template for documentation, even though I think it could be
greatly improved
http://www.nongnu.org/mysql-sr-lib/doc/reference_guide.html#syntax_helpers

You can see what I am trying to do. The documentation is processed 
automatically.
Look at routine_syntax.mysql and routine_syntax2.mysql browsing the project CVS 
tree.

BTW, when I mentioned the 'safe box', I was thinking about Markus' db4free.org.


Ciao
Giuseppe

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: General Purpose Stored Routines Library
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 09:02:47 +0100
From: Giuseppe Maxia <address@hidden>
To: Markus Popp <address@hidden>

Hi Markus,
Thanks for your offer. Your routines look quite useful.

We (the registered developers) are in the process of establishing a
system for submission of routines to the library.

If you wish, you can subscribe to the mailing list (to which I am going to
forward your request as well). Since the library is GPL, I believe that
there are some formalities for submitting code (of which I am not entirely
sure myself), such as a legal notice 
(http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.html).

Please, feel free to subscribe to the mailing list and to sign up as a member.
This is work in progress, and we can surely use another opinion.

Ciao
Giuseppe

BTW, congratulations on winning the MySQL 5 contest!

Markus Popp wrote:
> Hi Giuseppe,
>
> I've noticed your new site about Stored Routines Libraries - great thing
> :-). Maybe there's something I can contribute, too.
>
> Take a look at this article in my weblog:
>
> http://db4free.blogspot.com/2005/11/calculate-uniqueness-of-text-fields.html
>
> This should be (almost?) ready for all purpose use. There are also 2 other
> articles, but the SP examples might require minor changes to really make
> them suitable for all purposes so that they are easy to use for everybody:
>
> http://db4free.blogspot.com/2005/11/using-sp-to-split-up-table.html
> http://db4free.blogspot.com/2005/10/locate-ip-addresses.html
>
> If you find the Stored Procedures useful for your project, feel free to use
> them - or if you have suggestions how to change them to make them ready,
> please let me know.
>
> Regards,
> Markus
>
>

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