sqlite3 - any plans to update?

[Marcus Alves Grando]

Jeremy Messenger escreveu:
> On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 13:35:43 -0600, Maxim Khitrov <mkhitrov at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> 
>> On Dec 29, 2007 12:25 PM, Maxim Khitrov <mkhitrov at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Dec 29, 2007 6:50 AM, Yuri Pankov <yuri.pankov at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > Hi,
>>> >
>>> > First of all - why this is a question and not PR with patch to 
>>> update -
>>> > there are too many dependant ports which I have no way to test and
>>> > current stable version is 3.5.4, which isn't minor modification (I
>>> > think). And I'm getting spammed by bogofilter trying to convince me to
>>> > update sqlite to at least version 3.4.2.
>>> >
>>> > So, are there some showstoppers or is it just ETIME & EHOLIDAYS? :-)
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > TIA,
>>> > Yuri
>>>
>>> I e-mailed the maintainer as well as portmgr at . No response from
>>> maintainer, but Pav Lucistnik suggested that I prepare the update then
>>> wait 2 weeks to allow anyone other than the maintainer (assuming that
>>> he is MIA) to commit. I even started looking at it, but I have about
>>> 10 other things I need to be working on. I'll see if it's a simple
>>> case of updating the makefile and distinfo. If not, it would probably
>>> be best if someone more familiar with sqlite (and ports) internals
>>> handle the update.
>>>
>>> - Max
>>
>> I was able to build the new version, and it seems to be working.
>> However, there were some major changes made (to sqlite and the port
>> itself) and I wouldn't recommend using my version in a production
>> environment. I had to get rid of the FTS options because those patches
>> didn't work anymore. In any case, the port has to be updated for FTS
>> 3. I don't have the time right now to come up with something new.
>> Also, it seems that this version now requires TCL 8.4 even when
>> building without TCLWRAPPER. Not sure why it does this, the
>> --disable-tcl switch is passed to configure but compilation still
>> fails without tcl installed.
>>
>> Anyway, download the new port from the url below and extract it in
>> /usr/ports/databases. It will create sqlite35 and sqlite35-threads
>> directories. Other than the removal of FTS and new dependency on TCL
>> 8.4, everything else should be the same as for sqlite3 port. Test it
>> out, see if it works for you. If no one has any problems with it then
>> maybe it can be added to the ports tree, but someone else will need to
>> maintain it. I don't have much time these days, unfortunately.
>>
>> URL: http://mxwerx.com/sqlite35.tar.gz
> 
> http://www.sqlite.org/34to35.html
> ===========================================
> 6.0 Summary
> 
> The transition from SQLite version 3.4.2 to 3.5.0 is a major change. 
> Every source code file in the SQLite core had to be modified, some 
> extensively. And the change introduced some minor incompatibilities in 
> the C interface. But we feel that the benefits of the transition from 
> 3.4.2 to 3.5.0 far outweigh the pain of porting. The new VFS layer is 
> now well-defined and stable and should simplify future customizations. 
> The VFS layer, and the separable memory allocator and mutex subsystems 
> allow a standard SQLite source code amalgamation to be used in an 
> embedded project without change, greatly simplifying configuration 
> management. And the resulting system is much more tolerant of highly 
> threaded designs.
> ===========================================
> 
> Someone might need to create sqlite35 instead of update to 3.5.x in 
> sqlite3. If it can be done to update 3.5.x in sqlite3, then I would hold 
> on until ports tree is complete unfreeze (still thaw).
> 
> Cheers,
> Mezz

I'll create a sqlite34 and sqlite35 port for update of 3.4 and new 3.5 
port, but because of many changes in sqlite i can't do that now, i'll 
wait ports slush.

Wait a few more days, i don't forget of sqlite.

Regards

> 
>> - Max
> 
> 

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