[ZODB-Dev] Zeo Server as a single point of failure

[David Pratt]

Hi Alan. I'm keeping the thread on the list since you raised the issue 
here. There are several repositories of zope related code that exist 
outside of svn.zope.org. I have made the decision to host 
DirectoryStorage at sourceforge on the basis that I have committed to 
maintaining and contributing to the project.

I volunteered to maintain the project since I saw it falling into 
disrepair following two years without a single commit to the code base. 
I have become the maintainer on the basis of an agreement with Tobi back 
in January. This agreement permits me to relicense the code under my 
choice of a ZPL or MIT license.

I cannot work with sources in zope repository since it would require a 
contributor agreement with Zope Corp. I am unable to enter into this 
agreement for the forseeable future. The zif collective 
(zif.sourceforge.net) is a way that I may contribute back to the zope 
community without the requirement of the agreement.

Anyone interested in DirectoryStorage is encouraged to participate in 
its development since it is an open project that will be getting a more 
liberal license. There will be something more to build upon once the egg 
repackaging is released. It will be released under zif namespaced package.

Shane and I have a relationship since I was also a project admin for 
PGStorage when it was located on sourceforge. There is nothing that 
would prohibit our communication or collaboration on any future 
development of DirectoryStorage. HTH.

Regards,
David


Alan Runyan wrote:
 > i understand.  I wanted to see if I could rile the zodb community
 > into saying "we want to maintain it".  as in the 'collective' we.
 >
 > I respect your rights.  But if I could get Shane to say "make it ZPL
 > and I will maintain it" -- it would be well worth while to see if
 > I could make this happen
 >
 > alan
 >
 > On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 8:16 AM, David Pratt <fairwinds at eastlink.ca> 
wrote:
 >> Hi Alan. I am working on cleanup and will releasing a version with new
 >>  licensing at some point in near future. I am working at this with bits
 >>  of time I have between other work. Unfortunately, it had been left 
for a
 >>  couple of years without attention and my interest is in keeping it 
up to
 >>  date with ZODB development. We discussed this about month or so ago 
when
 >>  I communicated I would be maintaining it at sourceforge for the reasons
 >>  I provided at that time.
 >>
 >>  Regards,
 >>  David
 >>
 >>
 >>
 >>
 >>  Alan Runyan wrote:
 >>  >>  in that vein, DirectoryStorage-behind-ZEO has worked perfectly for
 >>  >>  years...  but this new stuff is very interesting!
 >>  >
 >>  > wishing we could get DirectoryStorage into svn.zope.org
 >>  >
 >>  > ~alan
 >>
 >>
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