[Babase] A proposed Babase announcment

Karl O. Pinc kop at meme.com
Wed Feb 20 12:02:38 EST 2008


On 02/20/2008 10:59:42 AM, Susan Alberts wrote:
> THanks Karl, I like this announcement and am happy to have it  
> released. However, perhaps it might work better to replace "rushed to  
> release our code to the public anyway" with "decided to release our  
> code to the public in its current form, with the understanding that  
> this is a dynamic and frequently updated system."

:-)

Maybe "with the understanding that Babase is a work in progress."?
(Dunno how frequently we'll be updating it.)

How do you feel about asking for volunteer code contributors?

> 
> Susan
> 
> On Feb 20, 2008, at 11:51 AM, Karl O. Pinc wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On 02/20/2008 10:30:43 AM, Karl O. Pinc wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> I want to announce Babase to the PostgreSQL database
>>> mailing list to solicit feedback, possible constructive
>>> suggestions, and so forth.
>> 
>> Here's another revision of the announcement.
>> 
>>> --------------------------------------------
>>> Subject: Babase, a PostgreSQL database and an example Foxpro  
>>> conversion
>>> Hello,
>>> The Babase project has published the code for it's PostgreSQL
>>> based baboon data management database online.
>> 
>> Babase may be of interest because it makes extensive use
>> of triggers for data validation and complex data generation.
>> It is also probably relatively unique in its use of
>> the m4 macro pre-processor to provide abstractions for triggers
>> and other code written in PL/PgSQL.
>> 
>>> Naturally we are not done, but have rushed to release
>>> our code to the public anyway.  Comments and suggestions
>>> are very welcome, but please be forewarned that
>>> priorities are such that changes are unlikely to be
>>> implemented anytime soon.
>>> Complete information is available at:
>>> https://papio.biology.duke.edu/
>>> Babase is a product of the Amboseli Baboon Research Project:
>>> http://www.princeton.edu/%7Ebaboon/
>>> Those who wish to convert data from Foxpro may be
>>> interested in how we did it.  Code can be found
>>> at:
>>> https://papio.biology.duke.edu/src/conversion/
>>> Regards,
>>> Karl <kop at meme.com>
>>> Free Software:  "You don't pay back, you pay forward."
>>>                  -- Robert A. Heinlein
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>>> http://www.eco.princeton.edu/mailman/listinfo/babase
>> 
>> Karl <kop at meme.com>
>> Free Software:  "You don't pay back, you pay forward."
>>                  -- Robert A. Heinlein
>> 
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> 
> -----------------------------------------------
> Susan Alberts, Dept. Biology, Duke University, Durham NC 27708. Phone  
> 919-660-7272, Fax 919-660-7293. alberts at duke.edu
> 
> 
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Karl <kop at meme.com>
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