[ZODB-Dev] source control using ZODB versions?

Jim Fulton jim@zope.com
Wed, 24 Apr 2002 08:46:44 -0400


I recommend against using ZODB versions for anything other than
long running transactions.

Jim

Brian Slesinsky wrote:
> 
> Hi, I'm using StandaloneZODB to make something like a Wiki.  I was
> thinking of using versions for source control, but there are some actions
> that make sense in a source control system that I'm not sure how to do in
> ZODB:
> 
>  - find out whether an object is currently checked out and if so,
> by which user (which version)
> 
>  - find all the objects that the user has checked out (that were modified
> in the user's version)
> 
>  - undo the checkout for one object (revert to what it was before being
> modified in the version, without aborting the version).
> 
> Are these things possible in ZODB?  Does it make sense to do this at the
> ZODB level?
> 
> Also, I can't seem to find a definitive API reference.  Does one exist?
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Brian Slesinsky
> 
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