From: "Jeremy Howard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Lawrence Greenfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 11:29:24 +1100
> > It also includes a "cyrusdb_skiplist" backend which may work better > > than db3 or flat for some sites. We encourage people to try it out, > > though they should be cautious about deployment. Further instructions > > will be posted to the mailing list when I get a chance. > > We've been getting bitten lots by the BDB deadlock problem and would like to switch to skiplist ASAP. However we're not yet quite ready to upgrade to 2.1. Is there any reason the skiplist backend shouldn't/can't be used with 2.0.16? If not, could you give a quick summary of what's required to patch 2.0.16 appropriately? I believe it should just work, but you'll have to test it. Larry
