The next improvements

[Ruslan Zasukhin]

On 5/20/06 12:18 AM, "jda" <jda at his.com> wrote:

Hi Jon,

> Valentina 2.x is finally pretty stable for me, and I thank you for
> that. There is still db corruption that occurs more frequently than
> it should -- I hear about problems from my users more often than I
> like -- but it is not unbearable. The ability to verify (diagnose)
> databases from the application is a big help, too.
> 
> Now that the most pressing issues are taken care of, I want to remind
> you of features that were promised as well as bugs/enhancements that
> need to be fixed/made. I will give you my personal list (from most
> important to least). I'm sure everyone on this listserv has his own
> priorities. These are mine. Please consider dealing with these sooner
> rather than later -- they matter to my users.
> 
> 
> 1. Storage as UTF-8!!!!!
> 
> 2. Improve compact for blob fields (stop db bloat!) -- Mantis #1216
> 
> 3. Allow accented characters in app's pathname -- #522 (look  how old that is)
> 
> 4. V4RB should use VComponents in the same folder/bundle *before*
> looking to CFMSupport -- #1090
> 
> 5. Slow NOT searches -- #546

After we ship 2.4 release...this is our plan of the most major features on
nearest few months as we see it:

1-a) get edition that work without ICU
1-b) UTF8

2) transactions 

3) speed improvements in few areas


I underline this is MAJOR steps.


-- 
Best regards,

Ruslan Zasukhin
VP Engineering and New Technology
Paradigma Software, Inc

Valentina - Joining Worlds of Information
http://www.paradigmasoft.com

[I feel the need: the need for speed]