Undo

[Derek Atkins]

I dont think you can depend on a single global log..  It would require
extending the QofBackend API to do something like that.

So, what DOES "undo" mean in a multi-user environment?  That's a hard
problem to solve, I think.

-derek

Karl Chen <quarl at cs.berkeley.edu> writes:

> Good point; I didn't know about this concurrent editing process.
> If there is a single global log I guess one could have the ability
> to undo other's transactions after confirmation, though this would
> be tricky and for now I would say only allow undo if no one else
> has committed in the meantime.
>
>>>>>> On 2007-02-23 08:53 PST, Peter Selinger writes:
>
>     Peter> As I understand it, in a large GnuCash installation,
>     Peter> multiple users could access the same backend
>     Peter> database. The lock-edit-commit mechanism prevents
>     Peter> conflicts.
>
>     Peter> So what should be the default behavior of U2 and U3
>     Peter> (undo or redo) if, for example, the transaction has
>     Peter> meanwhile been edited by another user?
>
> -- 
> Karl 2007-02-26 15:35
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