rpc server

[Linas Vepstas]

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