[Zope-dev] Re: Event & Timer Service for Zope 2.8

[Florent Guillaume]

Dylan Jay  <gmane at dylanjay.com> wrote:
> Tres Seaver wrote:
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> > Chris' ClockServer removes the need for such a thread, by hooking
> > ZServer's mainloop to generate the "faux" request needed to kick off
> > async processing.  A "crontab" - like schedule can be driven equally
> > well from ClockScheduler as from a separate thread.
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> So what's wrong with including ClockServer in the core or making it 
> easier to install? (ie not having to put packages in the python path 
> which is hard with some hosting arrangements)
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> And what's the argument against a core scheduler regardless of a clock? 
> Isn't running background tasks a common need amoungst many very 
> different tools and therefore a interstructure issue?

Myself I'm for having ClockServer in the core, if Chris and others agree.

Florent

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