[ZODB-Dev] Re: Possible contributions to ZODB

[Jeremy Hylton]

On 2/3/06, Gary Poster <gary at zope.com> wrote:
>
> On Feb 3, 2006, at 9:12 AM, Florent Guillaume wrote:
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> > Gary Poster wrote:
> >> On Jan 26, 2006, at 10:16 PM, Gary Poster wrote:
> >> I'm a bit surprised there was so little discussion: ZC has needed
> >> a persistent queue several times in the past.  Whether the queue
> >> would be based on what I proposed or on something else someone
> >> else has, it seems like it would be a good thing to have.
> >> However, with only Julien replying I don't think that's enough to
> >> push it further.  I'll keep it in zasync until/unless some better
> >> option comes around.
> >
> > Like Julien I'd like to encourage you to put it in the core. I'd
> > say, in the "persistent" module.
>
> OK: I'll push this a bit more then.  Thanks to you and Julien for
> your encouragement, and for Julien's offer of help.

As I recall from conversations a few years back, a persistent queue is
indeed useful and surprisingly difficult to get right (or, at least,
get right with decent performance).  Sounds like a good candidate for
ZODB.

Jeremy