[clue-talk] Any linux package specialists out there?

[David Rudder]

That's a good idea, but I tried it already. I had it running with HSQL 
and McKoi, both Java embedded databases. They were slow, and so the app 
looked slow. I haven't tried Derby, but I don't think this is an area 
where I want to sacrifice speed for portability. I'd rather...um...rely 
on RPM?

Sean LeBlanc wrote:
> On 05-10 11:04, David Rudder wrote:
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>> My package is Java  based, but it requires a database.  I ship a
>> pre-compiled version of postgres, which fails on SuSE.  If I made it into
>> an RPM, I could say "you have to have PG installed".  But, that means
>> making one package for each distribution.  *ugh*  I'd rather just throw
>> some money at the problem and let someone else deal with it.
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> What about using one of the Java-based DBs?
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> http://java-source.net/open-source/database-engines
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> And 1.6 is supposed to have a DB embedded within it as well. Derby?
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