Re: django-mssql present and future

2016-05-27 Thread Aymeric Augustin
Hi Michael, On 27 May 2016, at 20:44, Michael Manfre wrote: > Regarding feature parity, the initial commit of this non-existent-yet library > will have as many supported features as django-mssql on Django 1.9 and 1.10. > :P Fair enough :-) > The pre-release code will need to be hosted public

Re: django-mssql present and future

2016-05-27 Thread Michael Manfre
Aymeric wrote: > However I’m wary of deciding that a non-existent-yet library is the > endorsed solution for using SQL Server from Django. It may be best to wait > until it has reached feature parity with django-mssql and received some > amount of real-world testing to move it there. > Regarding

Re: django-mssql present and future

2016-05-27 Thread charettes
Hi Michael, > To me the most important reason is, I want to start from scratch to help document what is involved with creating a database backend. I agree, such documentation is definitely lacking and even if it wont be commonly used it's invaluable for the rare developers needing it. Are you

Re: django-mssql present and future

2016-05-27 Thread Marc Tamlyn
I'm definitely a fan of doing things under the /django banner. I think so long as we make it clear that this is in development then it shouldn't matter about feature parity - especially as django-mssql won't have a version supporting 1.9 or 1.10 anyway. On 27 May 2016 at 08:24, Aymeric Augustin <

Re: django-mssql present and future

2016-05-27 Thread Aymeric Augustin
Hi Michael, Thanks for this initiative! I like the idea of hosting this new project in the Django organization. I think there’s a lot of value in having a good SQL Server backend for Django, implemented according to Microsoft’s recommendations, and little reason to encourage competition in thi

django-mssql present and future

2016-05-23 Thread Michael Manfre
There are two parts to this email. First relates to the current state of django-mssql. A version of the backend that supports Django 1.8 will be released in the next few weeks. I apologize for the delay, but my ability to focus on the project was basically non-existent for nearly a year due to pers