[Zope3-dev] ZODB 3.3 coming to Zope 3

[Jim Fulton]

Jim Fulton wrote:
> Fred Drake wrote:
> 
>> We're about to land the changes to Zope 3 so that it uses ZODB 3.3
>> instead of the abandoned ZODB 4.  We hope to make this change in CVS
>> tomorrow morning.
>>
>> After the changes have been made in CVS, we'll send a note to this
>> list letting everyone know we're done. 
> 
> 
> The changes to make Zope 3 use ZODB 3 have been checked in.
> 
> We currently have both ZODB abd zodb packages, which will
> break windows checkouts.  We are going to fix this by getting rid
> of the zodb package. We'll send another note to let everyone know
> when this is done.
> 
> If you have any code that imports from zodb, you will need to change
> it to import from ZODB instead.
> 
>  > At that point, you'll need to
> 
>> run a conversion script on any existing databases you intend to use
>> with the updated software.
> 
> 
> Update Procedure
> ----------------
> 
> Use this procedure to update the software and convert databases:
> 
> 1. Back up your databases (Data.fs* files).
> 
> 2. Update the software using "cvs up -dP".
> 
> 3. Re-build compiled modules:
> 
>    $ python2.3 setup.py build_ext -i
> 
> 4. Run the conversion script for each FileStorage:
> 
>    $ PYTHONPATH=src python2.3 src/ZODB/zodb4/main.py Data.fs
> 
> This will move the existing ZODB 4 database to a backup file (the .fs
> extension will be changed to .fs4; if the main file doesn't use the
> .fs extension, .fs4 will simply be appended).

We had missed checking in the src/ZODB/zodb4 directory.

This is fixed now.

Jim

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