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WordPress 2.0 Released
cyberchucktx writes "Version 2.0 of the Wordpress open source blogging software has now been released." From the post: "In the past if you were linking to a number of posts or pinging a lot of update services, your posting time could appear to slow to a crawl even though everything was instantly done on the backend. We've modified how this works now so posting should be near-instantaneous, like everything else in WordPress."
"Why not support for PostgreSQL? How hard can it possibly to write code that supports more then DB? It's unbelievable that almost no blogging software supports a real RDBM."
WordPress is open source. This means that if you like, you can contribute by making the improvements yourself. That's how open source software tends to be improved... each contributor adds the features that they would like to see.
At the very least, you should give it a try. If you're right, and adding PostGRE is the trivial task that you imply, then it should be a snap, and WordPress will be the better for it. If it turns out to be a little too daunting, then you'll have answered your own question of why it hasn't yet been done.
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PHP has database specific functions, mostly. Whilst it is not too hard, it is some work. As it is open source, I suggest that you write your own database functions, and make it work. It's your right to fork it. Really. All web hotels I've came across uses mysql, it is the single most popular db for php-stuff. It's for a reason that LAMP is LAMP, not LAPP ;)
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Yes, true, but if it's not coded right, it can be a big pain to make it work with anything by mysql.
Creating a database independant application needs to be a consideration from the beginning, not an after thought.
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I have been using Wordpress for almost two years, and every version update adds the features that I want to see. Version 2.0 looks like it already has several new features I never even thought of, like updating the control panel to be slicker and faster. These features will only serve to make Wordpress more valuable to my website. I look forward to installing it later. And, as some users have already pointed out, its open source and fully editable. So if you want to include support for your favorite DB, why don't you go out and do just that? Most webhosts already offer support for MySQL, so I don't see a problem offering this out-of-the-box solution with that backend.
... there are some issues that need to be worked out yet.
... wait until the first point release before deploying to important systems.
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If you're right, and adding PostGRE is the trivial task that you imply, then it should be a snap, and WordPress will be the better for it. It's easy to make a system support multiple databases when starting from scratch. It can be more difficult if the code is already written and hacked up with 'mysqlisms'.
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Nothing wrong with The L and the A but MySQL+PHP (which run fine on windows and IIS, by the way) is the visual basic of the early 21st century. A shitty, limited system for people who don't really know how to program. These LAMP fascists are just trying to shoehorn everyone into using their crap by making it seem like they're part of some integrated system when really the last two components are cheap 'good enough' hacks for people who don't know what they're doing.
And really, there is zero difference between LAMP and WAMP, I've never had trouble getting open source PHP/MySQL programs to run on windows servers. There's nothing Linux or Apache specific at all.
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I think WordPress gets coverage on Slashdot because of its popularity - for whatever the reason, there's far, far more people running it than other open source weblog platforms.
As for why it's so popular, I really can't say. I do think part of the reason is the mass exodus from Movable Type when Six Apart changed the licensing model for the 3.0 release. Perhaps the WordPress people saw an opportunity to increase their user base when they heard the news, and shouted to the people. The increase in marketshare provides incentive to write WordPress plugins, because the audience of potential users is greater.
Perhaps the easiest way to figure out the answers to your question is to ask yourself: what makes Pivot so "awesome?"
I've been using WordPress 1.5.2 for the last several months to blog about my daughter Bethany who was born in July. I upgraded my daughters blog and my nephews blog to 2.0 last night. I recommend following the upgrade instructions, they list several different times to backup your database and files and not to go any further unless you do. Even though I never had to use the backup, I'm glad I had it. Once the upgrade completed I couldn't browse my blog, but the problem was related to a coding bug with my custom theme. After I fixed it everything has been rock solid.
Some of the biggest changes I've noticed so far is the admin screen using a Google like dragging and dropping interface for placement of window frames. The added WYSIWYG HTML editor is nice, but when I click on the formatting icons in Firefox none of their actions "stick." I'm pretty sure the problem is related to an extension, I just haven't figured out which one yet. They added a theme preview when picking themes instead of the text one they use to have and categories for your posts can be added on the fly. An even more exhaustive list is here.
I've only used it twice to post entries since the upgrade, but I'm really happy with what I've seen so far.