Fast track Freeze evictor for RDBMS

[StuartA]

ZeroC,

I've noticed a lot of people inquiring about using ice with a relation
database. I think the Freeze-evictor model with BerkleyDB is a very
good feature. I use this extensively. However, it is often
desirable to implement some persistence objects in a RDBMS. I also
do this for certain data types.

What would be really nice is a native Ice Evictor implementation for
(BerkleyDB, MySQL, Postgres...). Preferably the choice of DB would
come from mata-data at the slice 'class' level or the slice2xx code
generator used. ie isolate as much code as possible from the database. I
understand ZeroC would require funding to fast-track such a feature.

I notice from this
Freeze, Berkeley DB and SQL
thread, something similar is on your todo list.

I was wondering how much fast tracking such an implementation may
cost. Maybe 100 developers contributing what they think the feature
is worth to them may raise enough. see
http://www.fundable.org

Anyone's comments welcome.

Regards

Stuart A.