[Xapian-devel] clustering

[Olly Betts]

On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 06:09:51PM +0200, Alessandro Pasotti wrote:
> I'm new to this list (and to xapian) and I would like to use this
> wonderful library from PHP within an IR project.
> 
> I read some messages about clustering and I saw some code about it in
> a branch, now the question is if, at your opinion, is there any hope
> that I could use that function within one month or the like.

I believe the current state is that it works, but I'm not sure when it
will actually be released, and until then the API could change.

So if you want to give it a try, feel free.

> I have some (very limited knowledge) of C/C++ and I can
> compile/cross-compile under Linux (debian/ubuntu) if needed.
> 
> Any hint about this (or other options) would be highly appreciated.

Cross-compiling should work.  You don't mention what to, but mingw and
cygwin cross-compiles have both been tested fairly recently.

Cheers,
    Olly