[ZODB-Dev] Re: ZEO starting/using problem

[Maik Jablonski]

Tino Wildenhain wrote:
> Hi Jim,
> 
> cvs checkout of ZEO from cvs.zope.org gives me
> a version I can install, run tests and start
> ZEO according to the docs, however, connecting
> works to (even the logfile shows this perfectly)
> but then nothing happens. A connect to Zope
> results in a hang. It seems it cannot retrieve
> an object from ZODB.
> 
> So I installed ZEO from
> http://www.zope.org/Products/ZEO/ZEO-2.0.tar.gz
> which seems to be the same version (according to
> the changes.txt, but - the docu which is missing
> in the CVS version comes here?!)
> With this version installing does not work as documented
> ( error: option --HOME not recognized)
> 
> Connecting Zope to that version brings up:
> AttributeError: ClientStorage instance has no attribute 'sortKey'
> 
> According to the changes.txt of Zope its a new feature.
> So CVS version must be newer then 2.0 but not stable.
> 
> What can I do?

If someone wants to use ZEO with latest Zope 2.6,
DON'T use the official released ZEO 2.0, instead use:

http://cvs.zope.org/ZEO/?only_with_tag=ZODB3-3_1-branch

cheers, maik