[ZODB-Dev] blobs

[Chris Withers]

Jeff Shell wrote:
> On Nov 20, 2009, at 11:52 AM, Jim Fulton wrote:
>>> If configured, sure.
>> I would not trust repozo + blob backups.
> 
> I don't trust Blobs. A year ago, I reverted all of the code I had for our CMS that supported Blobs as it was impossible to copy their data in a basic Zope 3 copy/past/move. I think that may have been fixed, but since there's practically zero documentation on how to use blobs, use them wisely, use them well, and use them in fairly plain Zope 3-ish applications, I lost confidence.

That fairly accurately sums up how I feel about blobs...

Chris

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