[ZODB-Dev] BerkeleyStorage is gone - what now???

[Jim Fulton]

Harald Koschinski wrote:
> Jim Fulton schrieb:
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>>> Von:     Jim Fulton[SMTP:JIM at ZOPE.COM]
>>> Gesendet:     Mittwoch, 4. August 2004 16:19:38
>>> An:     Christian Robottom Reis
>>> Cc:     Harald Koschinski; zodb-dev at zope.org
>>> Betreff:     Re: [ZODB-Dev] BerkeleyStorage is gone - what now???
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>> Christian Robottom Reis wrote:
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>>> On Wed, Aug 04, 2004 at 09:41:10AM +0200, Harald Koschinski wrote:
>>>
>>>>   I can not understand the reasons for stopping BDB-Support at
>>>>   http://zope.org/Wikis/ZODB/BerkeleyStorageDocs/BDBStorage.html
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> AFAIK the main reason it was dropped was that no one was available to
>>> actually invest time in BDBStorage maintenance. IIRC nobody cried out
>>> when it was scheduled for droppage.
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>>
>> I have no problem with distributing it separately.  It needs
>> a champion and maintainer.
>>
>> It has what I consider to be a fatal flaw.  Because it doesn't
>> use BDB locks, the BDB tools for figuring out what log files are no 
>> longer
>> needed don't work.  Without the ability to manage log files, I don't
>> see it being very practically usable.
> 
> 
> I use db_archive without any problems - small script running from cron 
> moves the logfiles - where is the problem?

Hm, it didn't work for me when I tested this months ago.  Does it
actually remove log files for you?

Jim

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