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[Chad Knepp <pyg@galatea.org>]

Ok to add to the tallies we have afaik:

  1) Use Zope and 'damn the torpedoes'.  Start on arashi and move to
     ibiblio when they get a Zope server running or buy space at
     johncompanies or some such if ibiblio doesn't.

Chad
John H.
John S.


  2) Use python with a ZODB backend as well as some Zope tools (like
     Interface and Catalog) on ibiblio.

  3) Use Eden but abstract the database interface so that we can
     [hopefully] forward port to Zope in the future.  This would also
     be RDBMS agnostic allowing use of PostgreSQL, Firebird, MySQL,
     Oracle, DB2, etc. interchangeably.

  4) Use Eden/MySQL and 'damn the torpedoes'.  Continue development
     from the existing codebase.

Lawrence
Richard ?



I'd like for more input about this from folks esp. Richard on the
technical end, and from Stephanie and Scott if you have any ideas on
how to resolve/proceed here.

A minor point, but I'd like to point out that voting is not consensus.
A consensus decision is made when everyone is fully supportive of
decision and all of our decisions so far have been fully supported by
everyone.  I'm not terribly attached to always using consensus process
but I'd like to point out that we are definitely split.  Lawrence has
indicated that his need to have the project live at ibiblio met is a
necessary prerequisite for his participation in the project.  My own
opinion is that at this early stage of development making the best
choice technically is more important than the short term project
hosting.  I don't think that I can address Lawrence's concerns any
further than I have and I am reluctant to move from my own position.

Help,
Chad

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