Add a poll call in send_reply() so that synchronous calls made when
there is no other traffic don't cause long delays.  (This probably
only occurs during the pack tests.)

XXX This will probably hang for Guido.

Mark each WorkerThread as a daemon.  Attempt to join() it when the
test exits, but do so with a timeout.  If, after the join(), the
thread is still alive, mark the test as failed.  Since it's just a
daemon thread, the test program should still exit.

Also, reformat doc strings, remove an unused global variable, and
remove one whitespace character.  (I've already used the whitespace
in a different module.)

No log writer that I know of has a reinitialize() function.
zLOG has an initialize() function, but it isn't easy to get at yet.

Add a couple of simple tests that make sure that start.py script
runs.  The tests are meager -- most of the possible arguments are
untested -- and only run on Unix.

I think this is the log call that has been killing backends by sending
very large strings.

It's not a good idea to set this option.

Log message less choppy.

There was an info-level log call when a transaction was blocked, but
not a complementary one when the transaction was resumed.  Added the
latter, so that the log provides a clear record of whether the server
is wedged or working.

I was always uncomfortable with this, but its portability is a simple
justification for removing it.

        standard output unless the "EVENT_LOG_FILE" or "STUPID_LOG_FILE"
        environment variable is set.

      - The much-hated name "STUPID_LOG_FILE" now has a preferred
        alias:  "EVENT_LOG_FILE".

turn on TCP_NODELAY, in both directions. This avoids latency when a request or response doesnt fit in one packet. ZEO is already doing its best to buffer data before calling send, so TCP_NODELAY can do little harm

may not believe the bucket is an object" pain.  Simplified the exit maze.

rearranged so that damaged info isn't left behind in case of a
persistence error; added another assert for "the other way" an empty
BTree may get created.

fine; just keeping the test suite as closely in synch as possible.

is empty.

use it, but this is really a step on the way to speeding "lopsided
merges".