[Mailman-Developers] about qrunner and locking

[Ralph Corderoy]

Hi,

> > Sorry if this is wandering a little off topic, but what's a `beat'?
> > What stops
> >
> >     A writes `A'
> >     A waits a beat
> 
> A short wait. Just long enough to let things settle so you get
> reliable data. It's really a musical term that's I've absconded
> with...

This won't work.  A doesn't know how long to wait because it doesn't
know how quickly B might get around to trampling the `A'.


Ralph.