On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 4:00 PM, Sergei Golubchik <serg@mariadb.org> wrote:

Hi, Ricky!

On Oct 13, Ricky B wrote:
> Thanks for the write up Colin.
>
> I had known about TokuDB potentially being dropped due to lack of
> developers and support. Understandable, but a real shame. At least rocksdb
> has a backup tool and some fun snapshot features.

There is development and support for TokuDB. The main reason for
dropping it could be RocksDB based engine covering all TokuDB use cases,
but better. I mean, *if* RocksDB will be able to do that, then TokuDB
won't be needed (it's *if*, not a certainty).

Is MariaDB.com providing the development for TokuDB or are you speculating about the commitment to it provided by someone else? If the latter, then it would be better to hear directly from them. If the former, can you be more specific about what MariaDB.com plans to do for TokuDB?