[DBD-SQLite] might Alien::Base be useful to DBD::SQLite development?

[Adam Kennedy]

I would also note that the way we do the bundling in DBD::SQLite is
actually one of the SQLite projects recommended methods for building and
packaging it.

So we're pretty happy with the current situation.

Adam


On 10 May 2013 22:20, kenichi ishigaki <kishigaki at gmail.com> wrote:

> 2013/5/11 Darren Duncan <darren at darrenduncan.net>:
> > I remember, a few years ago around when this mailing list started, there
> was
> > some discussion about that one way to help make DBD::SQLite development
> > easier was to make use of something called "alien", a project to help
> use C
> > libraries from Perl without having to explicitly code XS or wrappers to
> do
> > so, and maybe pull it from the internet too, or something like that.
>
> No, Alien::* is not about coding. It's about locating (and building if
> not available) external C libraries/header files and gathering
> information for configuration. You still need to write XS code.
>
> As for DBD::SQLite, the SQLite3 source is bundled in the distribution,
> and thus, Alien is not necessary (we don't need to locate the stuff),
> unless you'd like to use different versions of SQLite from the bundled
> one, and we have disabled that option intentionally in the Makefile.PL
> for several reasons.
>
> - K
>
> > I see now that this project may have been realized to the point that we
> can
> > try using it for DBD::SQLite at least experimentally:
> >
> >
> http://blogs.perl.org/users/joel_berger/2013/05/alienbase-final-report.ht=
ml
> >
> > So if there are any interested parties, there's something for you to pl=
ay
> > with.
> >
> > -- Darren Duncan
> >
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