Dan wrote:
Shared data should go in zope/var, or a subdirectory of that. Zope/lib should be considered read-only by running products unless explicitly changed by the user. As you have correctly pointed out, lots of machines share Zope installations for multiple servers.
A standard interface for Python code to get a private subdirectory of var might well be useful.
Now we're talking, that sounds reasonable. Thanks for pointing out the zope/var vs Zope/lib, point taken. I'm about to code this bit now so for version 0.2 I'll put a text file in the zope/var directory. The private subdirectory idea sounds great, but I think some people may prefer a ZODB solution due to backup's, accessibility and, dare I say it, ZEO. Arrgghh, ZEO I didn't think about it until just then. Are there any ZEO issue's I need to be aware of? OK - These are great suggestions and I am taking them all in, honest. Cheers -Andy