[ZODB-Dev] Status and future of OracleStorage

[Chris McDonough]

Hi Dario,

As far as I know, development on OracleStorage has ceased and it's
currently unmaintained.  

For data on how Ape and DirectoryStorage compare, this might be helpful:

http://cvs.zope.org/ZODB3/Doc/storages.html?rev=1

On Sat, 2005-03-26 at 18:01, Dario Lopez-Kästen wrote:
> Dear list,
> 
> I would like to request some input rearding the status and possible 
> future development of the OracleStorage ZODB storage.
> 
> Has anyone any experince with it, how does it compare to other storages, 
> in particular how does it compare to Ape and Directory Storage?
> 
> My understanding is that no one is doing any serious development of 
> DCOracle2 any more apart from an occasional bugfix from matt and chris 
> withers' various attempts at reparing some of the python issues (some of 
> which I have used myself) - and apparently none of this work is directed 
> at OracleStorage (for instance, the cvs logs at cvs.zope.org show that 
> OracleStorage has not been touched in three years).
> 
> So I am in a need to get in touch with anyone having any experience in 
> OracleStorage and who is willing to share their insight on the matter.
> 
> Is there any future in using OracleStorage?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> /dario