[Mulgara-dev] Update on transactions work.

[Andrae Muys]

I'll prepare a more detailed update tomorrow, however I felt it was  
worth letting people know that the transaction work I've been working  
on for the past 5 weeks is nearing completion.  Having spent the  
first 2 weeks sketching and documenting the proposed new  
architecture, I have spent the past 3 weeks migrating Mulgara across  
to the new design by increments - each increment continuing to pass  
all the tests, and with as many assertions as I can conceive catching  
logical errors.

I currently have 2 increments left to perform, and at my current rate  
I should have them sometime next week (although one of them is a  
little tricky, so that estimate could still slip by a couple of days).

At that point I would appreciate it if people could try out the xafix- 
impl branch, and hammer it with as many operations as you can think  
of, in as many different orders as you care to.  I would really like  
to know that the xafix-impl branch has been well tested by the entire  
user community before I merge it into trunk.

That being said, I am excited at the prospect of getting this done,  
and the options is creates for further Mulgara features.

Andrae

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Andrae Muys
andrae at netymon.com
Principal Mulgara Consultant
Netymon Pty Ltd