RE: Re: A proposal to change psqlodbc

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hiroshi Inoue [mailto:Inoue@tpf.co.jp]
> Sent: 24 April 2001 09:59
> To: andrea.aime@comune.modena.it
> Cc: Postgres ODBC
> Subject: Re: [ODBC] Re: A proposal to change psqlodbc
>
>
> Andrea Aime wrote:
> >
> > Hiroshi Inoue wrote:
> > >
> > > Tom Lane wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hiroshi Inoue <Inoue@tpf.co.jp> writes:
> > > > > If there's no objection, I would change the current
> > > > > source in a week or so.
> > > >
> > > > This seems like something to do during 7.2 development,
> not as part
> > > > of post-7.1 bug fixing.
> > > >
> > >
> > > I can wait to commit it if the 7.2 branch is near
> > > but have a basic question.
> > >
> > > What does 7.2 development mean for clients(psqlodbc) ?
> > > Certainly 7.2 would require some changes on clients
> > > and I would request some features for psqlodbc.
> > > But most changes in client libraries are/have been
> > > independent from servers' changes. Strong binding to
> > > servers' implementation is one of the most abominable
> > > thing for clients. Psqlodbc driver has kept backward
> > > compatibility and we have always been able to replace
> > > the old driver by the latest one. As long as psqlodbc
> > > doesn't intend a big change(e.g. ODBC level 3 support)
> > > of its own, it doesn't seems to need the branch.
> >
> > I see you speak about ODBC level 3 support... does everybody
> > know that a project named psqlodbc++ has started at
> > http://www.greatbridge.org/project/psqlodbcplus
>
> Isn't the project released under GPL not LGPL ?
>

Which one? The official PostgreSQL driver is LGPL - I don't know about the
other.

Regards, Dave.