[ZODB-Dev] summary of version discussion

[Jeremy Hylton]

>>>>> "GvR" == Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> writes:

  GvR> Current ZODB Versions don't do what you want.  They are
  GvR> somewhat close to a desirable feature, but that feature would
  GvR> be implemented differently if it were implemented from scratch
  GvR> today.

How would such a feature be implemented differently?

  GvR> The design of such a new feature should not be restricted by
  GvR> the existing implementation of ZODB Versions.  So the fact that
  GvR> there *is* a need for such a feature shouldn't stop us from
  GvR> ripping out ZODB Versions.

Unless there's no time to implement the right thing.

Jeremy