r8851: more integration

[clsql.git] / doc / intro.xml

diff --git a/doc/intro.xml b/doc/intro.xml
index 346ead3693b5bfa950fbe87f947676cca9184cde..52f8bc718e433a26b65adfa8496e8c9742b52ad2 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/intro.xml
+++ b/doc/intro.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' ?>
 <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
                "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd" [
-<!ENTITY % myents SYSTEM "entities.xml">
+<!ENTITY % myents SYSTEM "entities.inc">
 %myents;
 ]>
 
@@ -11,45 +11,58 @@
   <sect1 id="purpose">
     <title>Purpose</title>
     <para>&clsql; is a Common Lisp interface to <glossterm
-      linkend="gloss-sql">SQL</glossterm> databases.  A number of Common
-      Lisp implementations and SQL databases are supported. The general
-      structure of &clsql; is based on the
-      <application>CommonSQL</application> 
-      package by Xanalys.
+    linkend="gloss-sql">SQL</glossterm> databases.  A number of Common
+    Lisp implementations and SQL databases are supported. The general
+    structure of &clsql; is based on the &commonsql; package by
+    Xanalys.
     </para>
   </sect1>
   
   <sect1 id="history">
     <title>History</title>
     <para>
-      &clsql; is written by Kevin M. Rosenberg and based substantially
-      on Pierre R. Mai's excellent &maisql; package. The main changes
-      from &maisql; are:
+      The &clsql; project was started by Kevin M. Rosenberg in 2001 to
+      support SQL access on multiple Common Lisp implementations using
+      the &uffi; library. The initial code was based substantially on
+      Pierre R. Mai's excellent &maisql; package. In late 2003, the
+      &usql; library was orphaned by its author, onShore Development,
+      Inc with the cessation of further development. In April 2004,
+      Marcus Pearce ported the &usql; library to &clsql;.  The &usql;
+      library provides a &commonsql;-compatible API for &clsql;.
+    </para>
+
+    <para>The main changes from &maisql; and &usql; are:
       <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
-         <para>port from the &cmucl; FFI to &uffi;.</para>
+         <para>Port from the &cmucl; FFI to &uffi; which provide
+         compatibility with the major Common Lisp
+         implementations.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>Optimized loading of integer and floating-point fields.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
-         <para>new &acl; ODBC interface back-end.</para>
+         <para>Additional database backends: &acl; ODBC and &sqlite;.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
-         <para>compatibility layer for &cmucl; specific code.</para>
+         <para>A compatibility layer for &cmucl; specific code.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
-         <para>much improved robustness for the &mysql; back-end
+         <para>Much improved robustness for the &mysql; back-end
          along with version 4 client library support.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
-         <para>improved system loading.</para>
+         <para>Improved library loading and installation documentation.</para>
+       </listitem>
+       <listitem>
+         <para>Improved packages and symbol export.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
-         <para>improved packages and symbol export.</para>
+         <para>Pooled connections.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
-         <para>transaction support.</para>
+         <para>Integrated transaction support for the classic
+         &maisql; iteration macros.</para>
        </listitem>
       </itemizedlist>
     </para>
@@ -111,6 +124,7 @@
        <listitem><para>&mysql; v3.23.51 and v4.0.15.</para></listitem>
        <listitem><para>&postgresql; v7.2 with both direct API and TCP
        socket connections.</para></listitem>
+       <listitem><para>&sqlite;.</para></listitem>
        <listitem><para>Allegro's ODBC interface (&aodbc;) using iODBC
        ODBC manager.</para></listitem>
       </itemizedlist>
@@ -216,7 +230,7 @@
        all &clsql; systems.
 
        <screen>
-(push #P"/usr/share/lisp/clsql/" asdf:*central-repository*)
+(push #P"/usr/share/lisp/clsql/" asdf:*central-registry*)
 (asdf:operate 'asdf:load-op 'clsql-base)              ; base CLSQL package
 (asdf:operate 'asdf:load-op 'clsql-mysql)             ; MySQL interface
 (asdf:operate 'asdf:load-op 'clsql-postgresql)        ; PostgreSQL interface