[VPM] comment on SQLite 3.0 ship date

[Darren Duncan]

The following was just posted on the official SQLite-users list, 
concerning when SQLite 3 would enter production-ready status.

>List-Id: SQLite Users Mailing List <sqlite-users.sqlite.org>
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>Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 16:29:17 -0400
>From: "D. Richard Hipp" <drh at hwaci.com>
>CC: sqlite-users at sqlite.org
>Subject: Re: [sqlite] 3.0 ship date?
>
>Ned Batchelder wrote:
>>I'm very pleased to see the 3.0 code stream, it looks like a lot of good
>>changes.  I'd really like to use it.  Is there a planned date for it
>>leaving beta and becoming official, as in "OK for production use"?
>
>I would say that 3.0 is OK to begin integrating with product.
>But I want to get out a few more releases and test it a bit
>more before you start shipping those products.
>--
>D. Richard Hipp -- drh at hwaci.com -- 704.948.4565

Note that D. Richard Hipp is the creator of SQLite.

All other things being equal, if you were starting out with SQLite 
now for serious development, I'd recommend going straight to 3.0. 
However, the Perl interface for it isn't out yet, so you don't have 
the choice yet.  Should be soon.  Meanwhile, 2.8 is still good for 
experimenting with, and it is very stable.  (The newest 2.8 is .14, 
but DBD::SQLite only has .12; DBD::SQLite comes with a script letting 
you update it yourself, though.)

If you didn't notice, given its small size, SQLite has a very short 
development cycle, meaning new versions don't take too long to go to 
production status.  SQLite 3 started development early in 2004, going 
to first alpha version around June 18th or so, and beta on July 1st 
or so.

See the website: http://www.sqlite.org/

-- Darren Duncan