2009/5/11 David Malcolm <dmalcolm@xxxxxxxxxx>: > Would anyone else be interested in a database special-interest-group > within Fedora? I don't see one at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs > > I seem to spend much of my time working with SQL these days, and I'm > interested in both client-side tools for mucking about with SQL, and > with server-side implementations, test suites, plus the more esoteric > things like XML and object databases, SPARQL, Tutorial D, etc. > > So there'd be some overlap with the Server SIG, but there are plenty of > GUI tools as well (e.g. openoffice-base, schema visualizers, etc). > > High-level goal might be to make Fedora the best place to go for someone > trying to learn about SQL and relational databases [1], and other types > of db. > > A first step might be to gather a list of interesting open-source > database software, and then to package more of it for Fedora. I've > tried looking for such a list, but unfortunately the package database > tends to dominate my queries. > > Anyone else out there? I think this is excellent timing. I'm no database guru but with my crystal ball I foresee MySQL requiring some form of attention in the near future. :) -- Christopher Brown -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
