The libraries are currently slated to be released under the LGPL. I
understand that PostgreSQL is under a BSD license, so would the use of
LGPL for the Smalltalk stuff be a problem?
The libraries take the form of "parcels". These are files which can be
loaded into either development or run-time VisualWorks "images" (running
Smalltalk environments. Once in an image, the classes in the library are
available for use, typically by application classes. A non-commercial
version of visualworks can be downloaded from here: http://www.cincom.com/smalltalk/vwdownload.asp.
The same parcels can be used regardles of where the image is being run -
currently the non-commercial version of VisualWorks runs on Windoze and
Linux (commercial versions also run on Solaris, HPUX, Mac etc..).
Currently, I have the parcels in tar file, and you are most welcome to the
current version. "Installing" the libraries simply means putting them on
the target machine such that they can be loaded (read) by a running
VisualWorks image. Once loaded the libraries will be rready for use -
there are test methods that can be run to check that everything works.
The project page is here: http://wiki.cs.uiuc.edu/VisualWorks/PostgreSQL+EXDI
What next?
All the best,Bruce
On Mon, 10 Jul 2000, Thomas Lockhart wrote:
> > A Smalltalk driver has been developed for PostgreSQL.
>
> Great!
>
> > What steps need to be taken to get these Smalltalk libraries listed on
> > the PostgreSQL web site?
>
> The main Postgres distribution ships several drivers. Would this be a
> candidate for inclusion? I'm not sure how it builds or what it would
> take, but if it could be done, and if there is a Smalltalk environment
> available for, say, our Linux RPM builder guy, then we could include the
> driver in the RPM distro.
>
> In any case, to cross-reference your existing driver from the main
> Postgres web site, we just need the details: URL reference, developer's
> name, etc etc or perhaps you could include all that in a short intro
> which we might be able to use verbatim.
>
> - Thomas
>