It has been quiet on the blog lately, but things behind the scenes have made quite som progress. After the long hours preceding our Mid-December Release of the 0.10 version most members of the team used the quiet time over Christmas to get some rest. And, of course, to think of new and exciting stuff for the upcoming 0.11 release. While no date has been set for the release, we anticipate something around MySQL Con Mid April.
SQL Engine Rewrite
Mike has investigated some new tools to rewrite the SQL Engine. The issue has been extensively discussed on the mailing list and is being tracked on the Forge as Task #78. We welcome all feedback anyone may have on Lemon, Quex or related technologies.
Related to this effort, also the function backend is being refactored. The refactoring will allow the BlackRay internal functions to be exposed via all APIs as well as SQL, and arbitrary nesting of functions is possible this way. See the in-depth discussion on the mailing list.
Open Database Alliance
BlackRay has become the first Non-MySQL derived database project to join the ODBA. Felix has also been elected to serve on the board of directors and is the proposed Vice-Chairman of the organization. A formal board meeting will take place in April, as part of the MySQL Conference.
Other Stuff
Also, on a different Note: It is close to Valentine’s day, and the FSF Europe has started a little campaign. No, not about flowers and chocolates, about the love for free sowftware.
