[Dbix-class] What's the situation with SQL::Abstract?

Matt S Trout mst at shadowcat.co.uk
Tue Jul 14 01:05:06 GMT 2020


On Wed, Jul 08, 2020 at 03:22:02PM +0100, Robert Rothenberg wrote:
> It seems that SQL::Abstract has been forked into SQL::Abstract::Classic,
> presumably so the former can be updated without breaking DBIC etc.

Presumably, yes.

Not that any of the SQL::Abstract developers were consulted as to whether
that was necessary, but it is what it is.
 
> Is there a roadmap for updating it? Long-term plans? etc

There is a dev release towards verion 2.0 here:

https://metacpan.org/release/MSTROUT/SQL-Abstract-1.90_03

I'd love to hear about people's experiences using it (see the ::Reference
POD for a lower level idea of the new implementation).

I was originally planning to release a separate SQL::Abstract2 to begin
with, but given the unannounced fork and the fact that every downstream
maintainer other than Peter Rabbitson has been actively co-operating with
ensuring compatibility is preserved, I'm not sure there's much point now.

For the moment, I'd ask that people wanting to test it install the last
pre-unexpected-fork version of DBIx::Class and the dev release and play
around - I'd really quite like to get some feedback before committing to the
idea that it *is* compatible, especially given I have to rely on the
DBIx::Class userbase alone to determine this.

When I have a minute, I'll check into how to make the real SQL::Abstract
work with the new DBIC release, and will report back to the list once I do.

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