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Ruby support should include either the native 'postgres' gem or the 'postgres-pr' gem written in Ruby. This is a P2 because PostgreSQL support should be as seamless as possible, as it is the database we include in Solaris.
Increasing priority, as I am getting the message this is the highest priority. In particular, we want to see if we can include this with the NB 6 distribution that is going to be bundled with SXDE. This needs to be completed by December 1 if it's going to make it in. We can work with Alexey Mokheev to add this to the installer for SXDE.
We can't touch the 6.0 codebase now. So either it will be possible through some Autoupdate Module based on the current infrastructure (so will be available for 6.0) or for 6.1, it might be supported directly from within the IDE. Ideally it would be only part of the some special Ruby installer for SXDE (is there something like this?), since there are probably very few users who utilizes the postgres gem.
Please talk to Alexei Mokeev about how to do this with the SXDE installer. I think there is a way to do this. After 6.0, this needs to be included by default, rather than on the Auto Update center or through some other mechanism. We have a strong direction to enhance PostreSQL support in NetBeans.
> Please talk to Alexei Mokeev about how to do this with the SXDE installer. Sorry, somehow I imagined something like SXDE installer itself, in our private discussion, not NetBeans installer for SXDE. I see now.
Specifying Solaris in the subject since on other platform it does not make sense, since it would target very few users.
Sorry, superfluous. Getting subject back, forgot about IZ OS field.
I'm not sure about this, we already bundle the PostgreSQL JDBC driver + activerecord-jdbc-adapter that can be used to access Postgres with the bundled JRuby. I'd guess using JDBC is preferrable to using postgres-pr on JRuby. Are you bundling MRI Ruby with SXDE? If so, then it would probably make sense to bundle the gem there.
Closing as per my previous comment, i.e. JDBC is preferred for JRuby. Whoever is bundling MRI Ruby in SXDE should bundle also the desired gems for it (we don't bundle MRI Ruby with the IDE). See also issue 138316.