[ZODB-Dev] DBTab mounts

Shane Hathaway shane@zope.com
Thu, 20 Feb 2003 10:05:12 -0500


Rocky Burt wrote:
> What would the chance of making the configuration ZMI-based instead of
> externally-based?
> 
> If an ISP or something similar were to host Zope's that allowed DBTab
> configuration, it could become a nightmare very fast.
> 
> Plus, I'd like to automate setting up certain mount points, which is
> hard to do when i have to restart Zope to get changes to take place.
> 
> Also, solves any possible format issue with having to do with .ini or
> anything non-zope-like I would think.

What would you think of the idea of configuring databases using ZConfig, 
but mount points using the ZMI?

Or perhaps we could say Zope ISPs have unusual requirements that could 
be met by a product designed to transparently mount lots of databases, 
without restarting.  Hmm.

Shane