[Zope-dev] Integrating ZEO with Zope 2.7

[sean.upton@uniontrib.com]

+1

IMHO, Zope releases should, in this scenario, be configured by default to
use a custom_zodb.py file with ClientStorage over a socket at startup,
making the default config of Zope one that uses ZEO.  Also, start scripts
should be distributed with options to support both the following:
	- Zope's start script Start ZEO via ZEO's start.py,
	  wait for confirmation of loaded storages,
	  then start Zope's z2.py
	- Separate shell scripts to start each

The advantage to this is the ability get access to the ZODB in automation
and sysadmin scripts without taking Zope down.  This should be transparent
to those who don't care, unless there is a huge performance difference
between directly using FileStorage, and using ClientStorage on a local
socket to the same end (is the protocol overhead really that much?)...

Sean

-----Original Message-----
From: Guido van Rossum [mailto:guido@python.org]
Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 11:27 AM
To: zope-dev@zope.org
Subject: [Zope-dev] Integrating ZEO with Zope 2.7


We're close to finishing a new version of ZEO, which will be released
as part of the next ZODB3 release (formerly StandaloneZODB).

I think this would be a good opportunity to make ZEO a standard part
of Zope, starting with Zope 2.7.

Advantage for users: if you download Zope, you have everything you
need; you don't have to find and download a separate ZEO or ZODB
release.

Advantage for Zope developers: no need to test and maintain a separate
ZEO release.

There will still be a separate ZODB3 release, which will include ZEO.
We have to do this anyway, for people who want to use ZODB outside
Zope.

Is there anybody who thinks this is a bad idea?

(Full disclosure: Brian & Jim think it's a good idea, as long as we
make sure that the ZEO that goes into the Zope 2.7 release is properly
documented from the sysadmin POV, i.e. how to start/stop/configure.
Of course we'll do this.)

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)

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