[ZODB-Dev] Really want to refactor ZEO's networking archiecture

[Jim Fulton]

Jens Vagelpohl wrote:
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> On 5 May 2006, at 02:57, David Pratt wrote:
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>> Hi Jim and Roderigo! This is encouraging news. I have been putting  
>> much thought into this also. There is a downside to refactoring ZEO  
>> in that there are many folks heavily dependent on it and also  
>> reasonably happy with it.
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> IMHO there is no downside. People would be "heavily dependent" if  they 
> e.g. had programs directly interacting with ZEO internals, or  
> subclassing ZEO components. I would bet the number of people who are  in 
> that position can be counted on two hands.

Or maybe flippers. ;)

 > What everyone does is  *use*
> ZEO, and maybe script it a little bit.

And the scripting is external use too.

 > If the internals change  it
> doesn't matter much, as long as the package as a whole fulfills  the 
> same need that the current ZEO software does.

It shouldn't matter at all, except to provide new opportunities for the
future.

Jim

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