[rucksack-devel] Enhancements to Rucksack

[John Pallister]

Hello list,

I thought I'd chime in since I am using Rucksack in a paid-for project
(using LispWorks on Windows FWIW). I'm developing a client-server
application that runs on an intranet, so there are only around a dozen
users and the amounts of data are relatively small. Consequently I can
(mostly) get away with just locking the entire store while I access
it. Most access is serialised into one or two threads by virtue of the
client-server nature anyway.

Rucksack has been great because it fits the task very nicely, and the
fact it's all CL and doesn't need any external libraries/processes
keeps things nice and simple (i.e. adding an index is as simple as
recompiling the persistent class).

However I think it would be great to see it develop a little further,
and I'd urge Jochen (and anyone else) to consider releasing their
modifications that implement some basic multi-user access.

And thanks Arthur for doing such a great job with Rucksack in the first place!

Cheers,

John :^P
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John Pallister
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john at synchromesh.com