[Zope3-Users] Running zope without transaction history

[Tim Peters]

[Garrett Smith]
> Is there a way to configure the ZODB in zope.conf to not maintain a
> transaction history? (I'm not sure transaction history is the right
> term...whatever 'packing' gets rid of.)

No.  Reading this should make it clear why the need for packing is
unavoidable when using FileStorage:

    http://zope.org/Wikis/ZODB/FileStorageBackup

The only way you can stop FileStorage from growing is not to commit
transactions.  That may not be a practical approach <wink>, but that
is the tradeoff.