rpc server
Linas Vepstas
linas@linas.org
Wed, 12 Sep 2001 16:14:54 -0500
On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 04:14:40PM +1200, Rob Brown-Bayliss was heard to remark:
> Hi, Can some one tell me all about the --rpc-server option to gnucash?
Its a proof-of-concept to create a multi-user version of gnucash.
Its not currently operational, it may not even compile at the moment.
I think the idea was to show that an RPC backend is 'not that hard',
and I think it did accomplish that. (Gnucash is structured so that
there is a 'front end', the GUI, and a 'back-end', the thing that deals
with storage, and managing the financial objects in memory/across
networks).
If you just want a multi-user version, the current sql backend provides
that, although its 'beta' -- seems to work, at least for me, may have
bugs or scalability/perfrmance problems for large datasets.
(The idea was that rpc provides a better/more secure/more portble
interface than simply shipping postgres sql over the network).
(I've also played with an http-transport-based version as well, also
currently in disrepair).
--linas