[Zodb-checkins] CVS: Packages/bsddb3Storage - README:1.2

barry@digicool.com barry@digicool.com
Mon, 18 Jun 2001 15:34:37 -0400 (EDT)


Update of /cvs-repository/Packages/bsddb3Storage
In directory korak.digicool.com:/tmp/cvs-serv15493

Modified Files:
	README 
Log Message:
Updated to reflect changes for 1.0 beta 3.



--- Updated File README in package Packages/bsddb3Storage --
--- README	2001/04/27 22:59:57	1.1
+++ README	2001/06/18 19:34:37	1.2
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Berkeley (bsddb3) Storage 1.0 beta 2 for ZODB/Zope
+Berkeley (bsddb3) Storage 1.0 beta 3 for ZODB/Zope
 
 
 Introduction
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     - Minimal.py is a new implementation of an undo-less, version-less
       storage, however it currently only does reference counting
       garbage collection on the call to pack().  Thus it is not (yet)
-      packless.   However, because Minimal shares code with the Full
+      packless.  However, because Minimal shares code with the Full
       storage, and provides a more robust temporary commit log, this
       is the wave of the future.  For 1.0 final release, Minimal will
       be augmented to provide packless reclamation of reference
@@ -34,8 +34,9 @@
     - Full.py is a complete storage implementation, supporting undo,
       versions, automatic reference counting garbage collection.
       Packing this storage is only required in order to get rid of old
-      object revisions.  For the 1.0 final release, Full will be
-      integrated with automatic cyclic garbage detection.
+      object revisions.  Full storage provides some experimental
+      support for cyclic garbage collection, although this will not be
+      an officially supported feature for the 1.0 final release.
 
       Note that Full.py supports a new style of undo, called
       "transactional undo", which is really a non-destructive,
@@ -45,10 +46,15 @@
 
       Old style undo is /not/ supported in the Full.py storage, so
       unless you have a newer version of ZODB, you will not be able to
-      perform undos.  It is unlikely that old style undo support will
-      be added to Full.py storage.
+      perform undos.  We will not be adding old style undo support to
+      Full.py storage.
 
+      As of 1.0 beta 3, Full storage also supports application level
+      conflict resolution.  This is explained at
 
+      http://www.zope.org/Members/jim/ZODB/ApplicationLevelConflictResolution
+
+
 Compatibility
 
     The Full and Minimal storages have been tested with Python 2.0 and
@@ -59,7 +65,8 @@
     described above.  Transactional undo support will work with Zope
     2.4.  These storages have only been tested on Linux, and should
     work for on Unix-like operating system.  Windows has been
-    partially tested, so it should work.
+    partially tested, so it should work, but we're not making
+    promises.
 
 
 Requirements
@@ -104,7 +111,7 @@
     Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
     >>> import bsddb3Storage
     >>> bsddb3Storage.__version__
-    '1.0 beta 2'
+    '1.0 beta 3'
 
     See also docs/PacklessReadme.txt for alternative installation
     directions.