Upcoming ScarletDME git repository changes...

[geneb]

(I'm cross posting this to the OpenQM, MVDBMS, and ScarletDME lists to
get more eyeballs...)

I want to get some community input on this before I pull the trigger.

I want to take the existing "master" branch and move it to a
"32BitLegacy" branch, and then promote the current "dev" branch to
master (and then creating a new "dev" branch for ongoing development).

My reasoning is that the master branch should be for the most current
release version of ScarletDME, and currently it's a huge hill to climb
just to get it to compile, let alone run.  (due entirely to the required
32 bit environment support)  It's also dramatically behind in tweaks and
fixes that I don't think are worth the resources to apply to a code base
that isn't realistically usable in a "modern" environment.

Thanks folks!

g.

[Steven Martin Trimble]

I am all for it sir Gene.

It'd be great to convert it over to a 64bit version to work with 64bit Linux.

I am currently using a 32bit openQM commercial version because the Coyote HTTP web server 'listener' is written in 32bit. Can't seem to get Doug Dimitru to bring it forward into the 64bit world.

Don't know if I can be of help, but I am certainly open to learning.

I've got 46 years of PICK 'business' programming experience, but not so much on the 'inside' of the world.

I know Donald Montaine did a 64bit spawn from ScarletDME and referred to it as the 'StringDB'.

He removed a bunch of legacy stuff, etc. Last time I saw anything from him was around March of this year.

respectfully,

CDMI

Steven Trimble

(501) 772-3450 cell/text

cdm...@gmail.com

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[geneb]

On 9/8/2025 11:35 AM, Steven Martin Trimble wrote:
> I am all for it sir Gene.
> It'd be great to convert it over to a 64bit version to work with 64bit
> Linux.
> I am currently using a 32bit openQM commercial version because the
> Coyote HTTP web server 'listener' is written in 32bit. Can't seem to
> get Doug Dimitru to bring it forward into the 64bit world.
> Don't know if I can be of help, but I am certainly open to learning.
> I've got 46 years of PICK 'business' programming experience, but not
> so much on the 'inside' of the world.
> I know Donald Montaine did a 64bit spawn from ScarletDME and referred
> to it as the 'StringDB'.
> He removed a bunch of legacy stuff, etc. Last time I saw anything from
> him was around March of this year.
>

Steve, the 64 bit version of ScarletDME has been a done deal for
probably around five years now.

I take it the source code for Coyote isn't available?  If it is, moving
it to 64 bit shouldn't be that hard - in fact if it's QMBasic, the only
thing that needs to happen is a recompile.

The consensus on me moving the "old" 32 bit code to a separate branch
and then moving the 64 bit version from the development brain to master
as been positive so far, both on list responses and responses to the
issue I posted on the git repo.  Barring any outstanding things brought
up in the next day or so, I'll get it handled.  I'm going to take up
Wol's suggestion and move the old code to a branch named "master32"....

Don has done some great work with StringDB from what I've read. The more
the merrier. :)


g.

[Steven Martin Trimble]

Gene

Would you be so kind and provide me with the location of the 64bit version?

When I go here: https://github.com/geneb/ScarletDME

it speaks of being a 32bit version.

thanks in advance,

CDMI

Steven Trimble

(501) 772-3450 cell/text

cdm...@gmail.com

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[geneb]

On 9/8/2025 2:13 PM, Steven Martin Trimble wrote:
> Gene
> Would you be so kind and provide me with the location of the 64bit
> version?
> When I go here: https://github.com/geneb/ScarletDME
> it speaks of being a 32bit version.
> thanks in advance,
>

Sure.  After you clone the repository, issue the command, "git checkout
dev".  This will grab the dev branch and make it the current one.

You can see the status of that by entering "git branch".  It will
display the branches it's aware of, with an asterisk next to the current
branch you're working with.


g.