Hi Paul,
Congratulations on this release!
About alpha status, well done! It shows that you have studied software
engineering!
Two questions:
* Do you have a policy for code contribution?
* Is there a publicly available bugs database?
Cheers
Giuseppe
Paul McCullagh wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have just released the first fully durable version of PBXT. Because of
> the amount of new code I have reverted PBXT to Alpha status.
> This version, 1.0-alpha, can be downloaded from:
> http://www.primebase.org/download.
>
> PBXT is a highly scalable, transactional storage engine for MySQL. The
> main features are: multi-version concurrency control (MVCC), ACID
> compliant, Referential Integrity and BLOB streaming
> (http://www.blobstreaming.org).
>
> The PBXT project is now owned and funded by PrimeBase Technologies, an
> open source software development company. The web-site,
> http://www.primebase.org, is also the new home of PBXT. Here you will
> find all the information, documentation, downloads, and links relating
> to PBXT.
>
> I will also be talking about PBXT and BLOB streaming at the MySQL
> Conference & Expo 2008 next month. It would be great to see you there:
> http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/speaker/517. Topics of
> my sessions include:
>
> * Internals: How I made PBXT fully-durable.
> * PBXT & SSD: Why this is a hot combination!
> * BLOB streaming: How do you scale it?
>
> Besides full durability, the latest release includes the following
> improvements:
>
> * Calculation of index statistics as required by the optimizer.
> * New system variables (see
> http://www.primebase.org/documentation#sysvar).
> * Implementation of SELECT FOR UPDATE.
> * Group commit.
> * Support for SHOW ENGINE PBXT STATUS.
>
> Note that this release does not have is an option to relax durability.
> The transaction log is always flushed on commit. A system variable to
> control the writing/flushing behavior of PBXT will be added to the next
> release.
>
> Don't forget to look me up at the conference!
>
> Best regards,
>
> Paul McCullagh
>
>
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Giuseppe Maxia, Community Team Leader
MySQL AB, www.mysql.com
