Alpha release of the MonetDB V5 05-05-2006 - Responsible: Martin/Niels - Delay: mostly due to agenda constraints - Status: -- M5 tree has been cleaned out to enable selective dissemination of a workable system. -- M5/SQL quality >= M4/SQL -- Testweb is 99% clean - New Date: any day now - Roadblocks: --the envisioned meta-bootstrap is not available, which requires users to be aware on how to compile/install SQL and M4 kernel [Stefan? weeks into the future] -- the distribution should be tested on Windows as well. [Sjoerd? days into the future?] -Features foreseen in 2006: -- SQL documentation completion -- Replication Services -- Distributed Query Execution -- Merge with (revamped) MonetDB web -- Datacell demo application As soon as the first XQuery examples run, the full-release date will be set, marking the transition to the 5-line and consequential roll-forward of other bits & pieces. regards, Martin Martin Kersten wrote:
LS,
To speedup a discussion on Wednesday and to give everyone (offline) an opportunity to contribute, I would greatly appreciate an a priori email discussion to identify scope of delay, tasks pending, and possible actions to be undertaken.
This way, the meeting can concentrate on decision making, rather then status assessment.
From our website: -------------------------------------------------------------------- Items planned for release V4.12 25-06-2006 This release is geared at consolidation of the XQuery functionality.
* XQuery: XUpdate and API's * XQuery: support for large numbers of small documents * XQuery: standoff, extension to the XPath axis * Kernel: caching small garbaged BATs for speed * APIs: Xrpc (remote procedure using soap) * SQL: support for triggers * SQL: full support for global and local temporary tables * Kernel: support for fragmented memory mapped BATs * Mapi: an other round of performance improvements * 64 bit Windows installer. * Kernel: cleanup (removal of uchr, new types byte and word).
Items planned for later and upon need
* SQL: support for the XMLtype * SQL: Stored procedures. * A basic GIS module. * Improve bulk-loading stream-based processing * DatabasePool, to manage multiple Mserver instances * Re-organize and redo performance benchmarks * Migration tools from Oracle, MS SQL Server, MySQL, and PostgreSQL
Alpha release of the MonetDB V5 05-05-2006
This is an alpha release for the new strand and provides a fully functional MonetDB/SQL/JDBC setup. Until the official release date, the code is available to our partners on a need to know basis. A peek preview into the new architecture and its impact on you application setting can obtained from the (highly volatile) MonetDB Version 5 Reference Manual. ----------------------------- End 'Quote' ----------------------------
Please could each of you responsible for the item summarize its state, roadblocks, and time needed to prepare for a freeze/release.
Also indicate features that should start finding its place on the list for the next release(s).
Note, we should adhire to the modus in open-source software land to release repeatedly. Not when everything is carved in concrete. In this respect I welcome 'keyword-focussed' improvements since the previous release that are worthwhile for others (e.g. SQL catalog management has been revamped into a full delta-processing scheme. This made triggers possible.)
I wouldn't be surprised if the First-price may not be in immediate reach, but that sufficient meat is on the table to get a release out.
regards, Martin
Niels Nes wrote:
MonetDB developers
On wednessday morning (june 7) from 10:00 till 12:00 we will have another MonetDB meeting.
Reason we missed our target freeze date and therefor will miss the release date of end of june. So we should reset those dates, assess the tasks at hand and possibly resuffle some of the work.
Niels