Re: problem with git-cvsserver

On 8/31/06, Marco Roeland [off-list ref] wrote:

Yes, SQLite v2 and SQLite v3 are different and binary incompatible.

However, on Debian 'etch' you can install packages for both versions
concurrently; most packages for SQLite have either a '2' or a '3' in the
name. Packages without the number use the "best current choice" which is
"3" in 'etch' at the moment but was "2" not too long ago.

Thanks for the info!

I have to say though: Ouch. Do you know if there's an upgrade path for
apps? Does v3 detect you've got a v2 file and do something smart
(upgrade in place / spit out a readable error)?

...

I'd guess that you were unfortunate enough to just install some packages
during the transition

Problem is that we have to help with the transition for users that
started with v2 and get upgraded to v3 at the app level I suspect.

Incidentally I'd guess that in itself SQLite2 (so version 2) would also
function perfectly well for git-cvsserver (as would PostgreSQL or
MySQL)

This was developed against v2. If v3 is backwards compatible, it'll
just work. If not... we'll hear about it soon ;-) Pg/MySQL aren't
really supported, though it wouldn't be that hard.



martin