If things are going this smoothly, the following will only be needed before we can replace the old MidCOM 1.4.x tree with the mRFC 0006-compliant version:

• The rest of the components need to be converted
• midcom-template needs some modifications to the <(code-global)> element(s):
  // We don't need old snippet-based MidCOM // mgd_include_snippet("/midcom/midcom"); // Use midcom-fs instead define ('MIDCOM_ROOT', '/path/to/midcom/lib​'); define ('MIDCOM_STATIC_ROOT', '/path/to/midcom/sta​tic'); define ('MIDCOM_STATIC_URL', '/midcom-static'); require(MIDCOM_ROOT . '/midcom.php');
• We'll need a "midcom-remover" repligard package that will remove the MidCOM snippets from the database and create a compatibility snippet to /midcom/midcom

Torben has reported an approximate 25% performance improvement from the filesystem migration, but we'll have to wait for the siege results.

In the other news...

mRFC 0008, the time-based release process for Midgard entered voting today and passed in 20 minutes. This means that we will implement a release process modeled after the one GNOME project uses. I'll post more about this and other talking points for the Midgard Gathering that will be hosted by AnyKey in Sweden this weekend.

In addition, we helped Taya and Guram from Qartu in Georgia deploy their first Midgard server last week. They've already had their first customer demos and we're looking forward to helping with them in localizing Midgard to Kartuli.]]>iBlog - Ilia Alshanetskyhttp://ilia.ws/archives/23-FUDforum-2.6.8RC3-Released.html2004-11-08T14:582004-11-08T14:58
Further details of this release can be found here. ]]>PHP Conference & MySQL ComConhttp://www.php-mag.net/weblogs/ipm_phpconf_04/archives/6-The-Next-Generation-MySQL-4.1-5.0.html2004-11-08T14:192004-11-08T14:19Aaron Wormus

Even though this session, presented by Zak Greant and Georg Richter, had the biggest conference room, there was still not enough room for the participants. This talk is one of the highlights of the conference.

The presentation was very well handled, especially entertaining when Zak talked and Georg performed his SQL wizardry on the screen behind him. The format worked, and the information was presented very well.

The first section of the talk, discussed what is new in MySQL 4.1 and 5. Each feature was covered in some depth, with many live examples. The second section of the talk was specifically on the new mysqli extension. The 'i' in mysqli, could stand for "improved", "ingenious", "incompatible". Hopefully not "idiotic".
Continue reading "The Next Generation – MySQL 4.1 / 5.0" ]]>phpCompletehttp://www.phpcomplete.com/archives/2004/11/08/new-people-zend-small-business-piera/2004-11-08T14:112004-11-08T14:11We hired new people recently. Two new developers. It’s exciting to bring new people on, as they seem to be bright individuals who will do well here. The goal with bringing them on is to add new developer strength to the company, as well as take some stress of myself and the other developer here. We’ve essentially doubled our programming power, so that means we will be able to handle problems quicker, and more efficiently without sacrificing development efforts on new products. It also means we have new guys on board, so hopefully they will bring new ideas with them regarding what features and services we can provide, as well as just provide a better atmosphere.

Zend Small Business

We don’t qualify anymore. Which is nice, but it also means we have to start paying full price for the products we have come to love. =) No worries though, as Zend Canaveral just looks too cool, and will be on my Christmas shopping list for the company, once it’s released.

Piera

She is sick. I hope she feel’s better soon. I don’t like it when she doesn’t feel well. Get better soon, love.