Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 10:17:06 +0100
From: Michael Meskes <meskes@usa.net>
To: pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] More PostgreSQL+CORBA
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	from The Hermit Hacker on Mon, Nov 16, 1998 at 03:42:45PM -0400

On Mon, Nov 16, 1998 at 03:42:45PM -0400, The Hermit Hacker wrote:
> 	From what Taral has investigatd and come up with, if we stick with
> a 2.2 implementation of Corba (mico is only free implementation, that I am
> aware of, tha tis fully 2.2 compliant...the rest are all 2.0 still), then
> when the other ORBs, when they come up to speed (if?), making it workk
> with them should be relatively easy.

I agree that we should go with 2.2.

> 	The end result I'd like to see if for PostgreSQL to be able to be
> compiled against whatever implementation the installer wishes, as long as
> they are 2.2 compliant...

Yes.

> 	Quite frankly, I want the *core* to be built around a complete
> implementation...if someone is really hot on ORBit, and wants to add in
> compatibility code so that it will work with ORBit, so bit it...but I want
> the *core* to be 2.2 clean/compliant...and mico is the only ORB out there
> at this point in time that will allow that...

I still think eventually PostgreSQL win run on ORBit on most systems. :-)

Michael

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