[ic] timetable for database and CCVS with IC in the future ?

[IC-Admin <interchange@my-school.com>]

I am wondering if someone from the RedHat staff might give
advice for longterm planning with regards to the best database
to use with IC.

I remember quite some heated discussion here some months ago
about the pros and cons of MySQL and PostgreSQL for IC. Now
with RedHat providing their own RedHat database based on 
PostgreSQL 7.1 would you advise some data-heavy, but cash-starved
with IC-playing student to invest his learning time in PostgreSQL
instead of MySQL, thinking that may be in the future you
combine your services for the RedHat database with your services 
for IC ?

Also, Mark Johnson said in another context with regards to the
admin UI for GDBM and/or other relational databases:

	It's not for GDBM only; it also functions perfectly well with a
	relational db. The problem is that it fully supports the use of GDBM,
	and in order to do that, the feature set has to adhere to the lowest
	common denominator. Only if and when a decision is made not to support
	the GDBM data model will IC be able to use higher-level features of a
	generic RDBMS. Even still, you quickly run into variations that limit
	what can feasibly be done based on whichever database you use.

Does that mean that you will eventually drop the support for the
GDBM data model ? (not that I understand why, but I would regret it) 

In addition David Adams said once with regards to CCVS support :
	The integration of Interchange and CCVS should be a part of version 4.8 as
	planned.  The integration of CCVS and Interchange is not dependent on
	assistance from any CCVS engineers, original or otherwise.  The CCVS SDK
	is pretty straightforward.  Red Hat continues to support the CCVS
	product. There are still several potential scenarios for where
	CCVS will be heading in the future, though.

Is the integration of CCVS still planned for version 4.8 ? Do you think
that RedHat comes out with a newer version of RH Linux 7.1 before IC 4.8
is ready ? Is there a compelling reason to wait for IC 4.8 and the next
RH Linux version because of possible tighter integration of the RH
database and CCVS with IC ? Thanks. 

BF