MySQL connector and LO 4.0 Windows 7&8

[Fernand Vanrie]

Alex ,

+1
as long as we can install whatever extension, or whatever tool to 
connect to MySQL, with the ease , the robustness and the speed of the 
current connector  we will be happy users :-)

greetz
> On 01/18/2013 09:22 AM, Fernand Vanrie wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
>>>> Before we go to a issue, can someone explain wath are the future
>>>> plans to connect LO to MySQL
> That would be nice :-)
>
> but I'm pretty sure this was discussed on this list before, and from
> what I remember, backwards compatibility was to be maintained, given
> that the project itself did not want to integrate the native connector
> directly into LO releases for a variety of reasons.
>
> My understanding was :
> - Linux : the distribs will deal with it, as they have done so in the past;
> - Mac OSX : backwards compatibility to be maintained;
> - Windows : backwards compatibility to be maintained.
>
> Nevertheless, this was a while ago, and before the decision to allow ABI
> breakage was taken (i.e. meaning that extensions could break, and it
> would be up to the extension providers to fix them). So, if that
> approach is still the mantra, then the connector is doomed, at least on
> Windows 64bit OS, and also on OSX as I don't think Apache OO are
> currently inclined to do the LibreOffice project any particular favours,
> unless someone takes it under their wing (in a similar way to what
> occurred in AOO as it happens, as the connector there is not officially
> part of the project, from what I understand).
>
> I suppose an accessory to the above question would be whether the AOO
> connectors actually still work with the most recent versions of AOO,
> that would give an indication that the problem is of a more general
> nature, and not just with LO.
>
> That said, I could be completely wrong with my take on the situation, at
> least until some of the devs can comment.
>
> Alex
>
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