Greg Wolff wrote: > Why do we need a MetaKit db driver? Eh, who said anything about needing one? It would be nice to have a db driver for metakit though.
> I expect it will be possible to run AOLserver out of a > Starpack without calling a metakit db from inside AOLserver. Yes. > Jeff Hobbs wrote: > > > If AOLserver could make use of the VFS capabilities of Tcl > > > 8.4 then it could be included in a Starpack. If we could > > > > VFS capabilities are one thing, which AOLServer should support > > (part of the core). To be included in a starkit or starpack > > (see http://wiki.tcl.tk/starkit) requires a thread-safe metakit, > > and I'm not 100% confident that it is after talking with > > Jean-Claude Wippler (author of metakit). That would be the one > > thing that needs verification. > > The AOLserver would clearly need the VFS for adp and tcl files. > But if the database application were something like > BerkeleyDB, which is thread safe and 2-phase-commit etc., > then why use MetaKit as the *application* database? And who said we would? Metakit is a requirement for starpacks in general at this time, so you would need it one way or the other. Since it is already there, you could use it for other stuff. Jeff -- AOLserver - http://www.aolserver.com/ To Remove yourself from this list, simply send an email to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with the body of "SIGNOFF AOLSERVER" in the email message. You can leave the Subject: field of your email blank.
