Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MySQL-Connector

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On Sat, Feb 16, 2013, at 03:40 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :)
> Oops, i meant  the files NOT the connector.  Can the same file be read on
> different platforms if each platform is using the appropriate connector
> for it?  So if those different platforms are using different versions of
> LIbreOffice but the right connectors then opening and using the files
> shouldn't be a problem should it?    
> Regards from
> Tom :)  
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> > ________________________________
> > From: Alex Thurgood <alex.thurgood@gmail.com>
> > To: users@global.libreoffice.org 
> > Sent: Saturday, 16 February 2013, 7:51
> > Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: MySQL-Connector
> >
> > On 02/15/2013 10:24 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
> >
> > Tom,
> >
> > > Is there a problem with running different versions on different OSes?  It should be fine t do 
> > > that shouldn't it?
> > > Regards from
> > > Tom :)  
> >
> > Please, please, pretty please, sometimes I really do get the impression
> > you have not read anything we have exchanged in the past on this topic.
> >
> > On Unix/Linux, and for LibreOffice, the native connector is dependent on :
> >
> > - the OS version ;
> > - the bit architecture ;
> > - the version of libmysqlclient ;
> > - the version of libmysqlcppconn ;
> > - the version of LO.
> >
> > This means that if I build a mysql connector on say PCBSD 9.1, it will
> > not work on Ubuntu, Suse, Redhat or Debian. Even if I build a 32bit
> > version of the connector on a Suse 32bit OS, the functionality on
> > another version of that same OS is not guaranteed if the versions of
> > libmysqlclient or libmysqlcppconn are different between the two
> > versions, notwithstanding the fact that it will not work at all on a
> > 64bit Suse OS (different architectures).
> >
> > So, the situation today is that for each Linux/Unix OS, and each major
> > version of that OS, the connector has to be built separately.
> >
> > In addition to these niceties, the build of the connector regularly gets
> > screwed by devs changing things for one OS (mostly Linux), without
> > giving a *expletive* about the other OSes. This is currently the case at
> > least for Mac OSX, thanks to recent changes in the gbuild process for
> > mysqlc and mysqlcppconn. As I don't build on Windows (and do not intend
> > to), I really don't know what the situation is there currently.
> >
> > The situation over at ApacheOO is different. There, the connector is
> > built by another volunteer, using the SDK, i.e. in theory, it produces
> > an OS version agnostic mysql connector. However, the differences in code
> > trees between LO and AOO now mean that the connector for AOO no longer
> > works in LO4, or at least, that is what Heinrich has reported (and
> > Robert too, I believe).
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