Re: [PHP] phpBB 2.2 and PostgreSQL support

The phpBB developers have always maintained a policy of doing their code
in house. 2.2 is still ALPHA, you really can't fault them for not fixing
the PostgreSQL code yet. The developers work on MySQL natively, then
they polish up everything else before releasing it as a package.

It really should not be "surprising" or "amazing".

-Adam

Birzan George Cristian wrote:

>Hello!
>
>I recently tried the open source forum software phpBB the CVS version,
>2.1/2.2. To my surprise, I've found that it's lacking PostgreSQL
>support, or, rather, that its support is not functional.
>
>After playing around for a bit, I managed to get a semi-functional
>2version working, I went and had a talk with the phpBB people. Amazingly
>enough, they refused to accept any of my changes in their codebase,
>saying it's still too early for that and the developers will fix it when
>they think the time is right.
>
>The reason I'm mailing you is that I've managed to get a relatively
>functional version of it and wondered if anyone is interested in
>helping me further maintain/fix it, until the phpBB developers
>consider it's time to support other SQL backends.
>
>For those interested, I've put up my version up on CVS on=20
>:pserver:anonymous(at)cvs(dot)wolfheart(dot)ro:/phpbb, the module being
>phpbb2-pgsql, press enter for the password.
>(For reasons beyond my comprehension at this late/early hour, cvsd seems
>to freeze once in a while, when one tries to login, so don't do that :-P.
>Seriously, though, even if it does break, there's
>http://cvs.wolfheart.ro/cgi-bin/cvsweb/phpbb2-pgsql/ from where you can
>download a tarball until I wake up and actually get cvs working
>properly)
>
>So, if anyone is interested, drop me a line. If you want to keep this
>thread on pgsql-general, please Cc: me as I am not subscribed.
>
>--
>Birzan George Violence is the last refuge of
> Cristian the incompetent -- Salvor Hardin
>
>

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