[Zope-dev] Version -> Version Control System??

[Brian Lloyd]

> Well, to be more accurate, I think the way the ZODB does this 
> now is about 60%
> of the way there. Unfortunately, the last 40% (revision 
> numbers, branches,
> cehckouts, etc) could be a real bitch to do.
> 
> Comments anyone?

Yes, they could be a real bitch :^) For those interested, 
you might take a look at the WebDAV DeltaV project - it 
is taking up the task of "web based versioning and 
configuration management" that the initial DAV group punted
on. Their draft spec points out many of the issues involved. 

In fact, one of our hopes was that by the time we needed 
real CM / version control in Zope that someone else like 
DeltaV would have solved many of the hairy problems (for 
some definition of "solved"). This would allow us to avoid
reinventing wheels and possibly give us the side benefit of 
supporting Delta-V directly with trivial effort if their 
architecture seems like a good fit.

http://www.webdav.org/deltav/


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