Re: [gentoo-user] Good Library Management software

[Eric Martin <freak4uxxx@gmail.com>]

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Dirk Uys wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 9:49 PM, Stroller
> <stroller@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> wrote:
>> The screenshots of this look really nice, however to me this seems like a
>> really odd motivation for writing a program:
>>
>>  I started developing it when I couldn't find a personal database
>>  program for KDE which didn't using a SQL backend.
>>
>> What's wrong with an SQL backend that needs you to re-invent the wheel? I'm
>> not saying there's a better collection manager out there, or that the
>> author's in the wrong for doing it the way he has. But it just seems a
>> little odd, and I'd love for him to explain his reasons more fully.
>>
>> Stroller.
>>
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>> gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
>>
> 
> I personally have a problem running a SQL server just so that some app
> that I use every now and then can store its data. I don't print that
> often, so why would I have the CUPS daemon running 24/7 when I print a
> page once every two weeks?
> 
> Other than that there is also the added complexity to the
> installation. You have to create a user in the database, create the
> database and grant the user all the needed permission to that specific
> database.
> 
> And what if one app prefers mySQL and another one postgreSQL? Now I
> need to run two database servers that will be quite capable to fill
> the data needs of two small businesses just because I want to use a
> music player and a library utility for my ~50 books laying around.

While I agree with most of what you say, I agree the most with this. 
Personally I run a MySQL server for school, Amarok, Krecipes, Mythtv and 
whatever I'm playing with.
> The app should at least give you the option to use somethings else like SQLlite.

Definitely a plus of Amarok, lets you choose what backend you want to 
use (including sqllite)

> But, that is just my viewpoint and I felt like I had to defend the
> developers motivation.
> 
> Regards
> Dirk

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Eric Martin
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