Re: Re: Can we expect to see MySQL in NB soon?

I'll chime in and sa NO to bundling MySQL with Netbeans.  The nice
thing, and the reason for, Derby (JavaDB) is that it is extremely
small, lightweight, and now part of the JDK. It gives developers the
ability to get to work on writing applications that rely on a JDBC
capable relational database.  This was a piece missing from the JDK.
Most of use probably rely on a back end relational database for
development and testing.  So, this was an extremely nice addition to
making development easier on us.

The magic of JDBC is it's extremely wonderful abstraction database
connectivity.  What could bundling MySQL do for most people?  Not
much.  Plus, now you have added so many extra platform dependency
problems and extreme bloat.  Which version would you package?  With
JavaDB we developers don't have to worry about it when just trying to
get their development environment up and running.

I would just add a plugin option that allows for the driver and
default parameters for connecting to a mysql db.  Perhaps people could
contribute scripts to start and stop it.  But, for me, that is about
it. That is all you need.  Download MySQL yourself and connect to it.
Plus, who wants the freakin' flame war of MySQL vs. Postgres vs.
Firebird vs. whatever.

I would also agree that bundling the container is a good thing.  It's
an implementation of a a spec many of us rely on; just like JavaDB.

Plus, isn't is super easy to package up a working copy of your application now?

Briggs.