[Zope] zope transactions

[Jay, Dylan]

I've been reading the Zope 2.0 notes. It states that Zope 2.0 is
multi-threaded only if used with ZServer. Will that always be the case or is
that just a temporary limitation?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Fulton [mailto:jim@digicool.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 1999 23:12
> To: Jay, Dylan
> Cc: 'zope@zope.org'
> Subject: Re: [Zope] zope transactions
> 
> 
> "Jay, Dylan" wrote:
> > 
> > Would I be right in saying that when zope is executing an 
> external method
> > all other requests are blocked? What about sql transactions?
> 
> Zope 1.x is single threaded.  Zope 2.0, which will be 
> releases in alpha
> later today is multi-threaded.  Note that extension modules that
> have operations that take a long time (e.g. database interfaces)
> need to take certain measures (releasing Python's global 
> interpreter lock) 
> to avoid blocking other threads.
>  
> > My site seems to be experiencing some long lags in getting 
> a page. Is there
> > anyway to improve this?
> 
> Zope 2 should help alot.
> 
> Jim
> 
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