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author | Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-05-04 21:51:17 +0000 |
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committer | Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-05-04 21:51:17 +0000 |
commit | 48d56577d5561c5f2ec4a29974cd7f64a2aa8ad5 (patch) | |
tree | 43d6d8552e11e9fff48a03d2af1f0686d4662f6e /databases/libgda/pkg-descr | |
parent | Various patches (mainly shared library revision changes) for those (diff) |
The new GNOME 1.4 "Fifth-Toe" metaport, bringing together a whole
bunch of GNOME applications under one convenient building mechanism.
Applications include:
mozilla, galeon, gabber, pan, gnumeric, sodipodi, atomix, balsa,
bombermaze, dia, eog, gedit, gimp, glimmer, gnomeicu, gob, gtm,
gnucash and abiword.
Notes
Notes:
svn path=/head/; revision=42260
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diff --git a/databases/libgda/pkg-descr b/databases/libgda/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..7c5a50c3cffd --- /dev/null +++ b/databases/libgda/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +GNU Data Access (GDA) is an attempt to provide uniform access to +different kinds of data sources (databases, information servers, +mail spools, etc). + +It is a complete architecture that provides all you need to access +your data, defined by a set of CORBA interfaces as generic as possible +(but very powerful at the same time) so that any kind of data source +can be accessed through them. + +libgda is an interface to the GDA architecture, providing a nice +wrapper around the CORBA interfaces, for both the client and the server +parts. It also provides a bunch of tools to help you both in the +development and management of your data sources, all done through +the GDA model's set of CORBA interfaces. + +libgda was part of the GNOME-DB project, but has been separated from it +to allow non-GNOME applications to be developed based on it. + +WWW: http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnome-db/ |