November 2003 - Zope

psycopg with python2.1 on freebsd build error
by Lee Harr 03 Nov '03

03 Nov '03

I am trying to build psycopg on FreeBSD-stable to use with Zope. What I did is: setenv PYTHON_VERSION python2.1 cd /usr/ports/databases/py-psycopg make and I get this error: [...] creating Makefile ./config.status: /usr/local/lib/pythonpython2.1/config/makesetup: not found ===> Building for py21-psycopg-1.1.7 gmake: Makefile: No such file or directory gmake: *** No rule to make target `Makefile'. Stop. *** Error code 2 Any clues appreciated. _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

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[ANN] EpozDocument 0.2.0
by Gilles Lenfant 03 Nov '03

03 Nov '03

Hi zopistats The second public release of EpozDocument is available. What's the EpozDocument ? EpozDocument is just a pure content object you can edit the content with the Maik Jablonski's Epoz widget. What else ? * An EpozDocument is CatalogPathAware. Just create a ZCatalog with the appropriate indexes (see the included doc) * Epoz is not enough, EpozDocument objects are External Editor aware. Use your favorite HTML editor. * EpozDocuments are published on their own URL through an implicit or explicit template (ZPT/DTML/Script...). * Optionnaly edit in the Epoz widget with your favorite CSS * An secured Epoz plugin toolbox to browse your objects and insert absolute/relative links. * A really fully documented Product :-) What is EpozDocument good for ? Plone/CMF/CPS (...) is some overkill for your small/medium sized site ? People that feed content are HTML dummy ? You think about updating old DTML/ZPT sites with no CM high level frameworks, and are tired of editing the content in File/DTML/ZPT objects ? You may consider using EpozDocument in those cases, and perhaps others. Requirements : Developed and tested with Zope 2.6.2. Requires of course Epoz and an Epoz compatible browser. Warning : The "user.has_permission(...)" bug of Zope 2.6.1 may let the user browse with the plugin toolbox in places he should not be allowed to see. This is NOT an EpozDocument bug. If someone can provide me a workaround for this... This version of EpozDocument should be considered as alpha. The potential bugs won't screw your content anyway, and you may consider using it on production sites like I do. EpozDocument is compliant with Python 2.2 EpozDocument is provided under the terms of the ZPL. Get it at http://zope.org/Members/gillou/index_html/EpozDocument Any feedback welcome. -- Gilles Lenfant

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Default products twice in pulldown menu after database copy to 2-6-2
by Martin Koekenberg 03 Nov '03

03 Nov '03

Hello, I'have made the step from 2.6.2b5 to 2.6.2. Everything is working well, but I'v something strange.... In teh management interface are some option in the pulldown menu listed twice: DTML Document DTML Method File Folder Image User Folder Version How can I correct this ? Thanks, Martin Koekenberg

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Newbie: passing data from scripts to ZPT
by Franco M. Luque 03 Nov '03

03 Nov '03

Hello. I want a Python Script that redirects to a ZPT, so that the ZPT can see information generated by the Script. I don't want this information to persist along all the session. Is there any way to do this? I tried saving the data in the REQUEST object, but it seems that the redirection generates a new REQUEST object for the ZPT and forgets the other one. This is the Python Script: request = context.REQUEST request.set('myname', "franco") context.REQUEST.RESPONSE.redirect("list_html") ...and this is the ZPT list_html: <html> <body> <p tal:content="python:request.REQUEST.keys()"> </p> </body> </html> TIA, and sorry for my english. Franco M. Luque Facultad de Matematica, Astronomia y Fisica Universidad Nacional de Cordoba - Argentina

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RE: [Zope] Zwiki error.
by Wilson, Derek 03 Nov '03

03 Nov '03

Sounds like your issue is with the installation of CMF, not Zwiki. Make sure you have the proper version installed. Thanks, Derek Wilson -----Original Message----- From: Rajeev Sharma [mailto:rajeev@netcore.co.in] Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2003 5:00 AM To: Wilson, Derek Cc: zope(a)zope.org Subject: RE: [Zope] Zwiki error. > There should have been a line below the "line 161 in _getViewFor" as > well as the error message. Can you post the whole thing please? Hi, This is the trace back. I gain insatll zwiki and tried but not working. Traceback (innermost last): * Module ZPublisher.Publish, line 150, in publish_module * Module ZPublisher.Publish, line 114, in publish * Module Zope.App.startup, line 199, in zpublisher_exception_hook * Module ZPublisher.Publish, line 98, in publish * Module ZPublisher.mapply, line 88, in mapply * Module ZPublisher.Publish, line 39, in call_object * Module Products.ZWiki.ZWikiPage, line 277, in __call__ * Module Products.ZWiki.CMF, line 115, in __call__ * Module Products.CMFCore.utils, line 161, in _getViewFor Not Found Waiting for your suggestions Thanks Rajeev -- ======================================================= ---------------- "Linux drives you from creativity to innovation" ------------------------- ==================== Rajeev Sharma Netcore Solutions Pvt. Ltd 402,Peninsula chambers Morarjee Mills Comp Ganpatrao Kadam Marg Mumbai 400 013 India. Tel:+91(22)56628000 EXT-128 ---------------------------------------------------------------- NETCORE SOLUTIONS *** Ph: +91 22 5662 8000 Fax: +91 22 5662 8134 MailServ and FlexiMail: Messaging Solutions: http://netcore.co.in Pragatee: Integrated Server-Software Suite: http://www.pragatee.com Emergic Freedom: Server-centric Computing: http://www.emergic.com BlogStreet: Blog Profiles and RSS Ecosystem: http://blogstreet.com Deeshaa: Rural Development: http://www.deeshaa.com Rajesh Jain's Weblog on Technology: http://www.emergic.org ----------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: [Zope] error(200) zdaemon process 859 terminated by signal SIGXFSZ(25) .
by Jamie Heilman 03 Nov '03

03 Nov '03

Chuck Aamdi wrote: > Jamie Heilman wrote: > >Chuck Aamdi wrote: > >>I have be runnnig Zope & cmf for my Organisation for a while everything > >>functioning fine and also have created other zope author content > >>managers who have been updateing their folders .I now recieved this > >>error(200) zdaemon process 859 terminated by signal SIGXFSZ(25) . > > > >Version of Zope? Operating system? SIGXFSZ implies you're exceeding > >a (file size) resource limit. I think the LFS guys might be using it > >for other nefarious purpsoses as well. > > Using Zope version 2.6.1 O/S Linux Red Hat 8. > > Is there a way to restore it as I have gone back to a backup - but would > meen that I hav lost a lot of web work . > And Also would meen not worth continuing until we replace Zope Intrenal > db with Postgresql . 1) keep replies on the list, my mail-followup-to was set appropriately 2) upgrade to Zope 2.6.2 3) "a way to restore it" ... what is "it"? Have you established why zdaemon received a SIGXFSZ? Did your FileStorage exceed 2G perhaps? Are your python and libc built with LFS support? Does "it" refer to your FileStorage? Don't make us guess, it wastes time. 4) Zope internal db, being what exactly? The default ZODB FileStorage, a Gadfly instance? -- Jamie Heilman http://audible.transient.net/~jamie/ "Most people wouldn't know music if it came up and bit them on the ass." -Frank Zappa

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HowTo Change the 8080 Port
by Rajeev Sharma 03 Nov '03

03 Nov '03

Hello everybody, Is it possible to change default 8080 port of Zserver to someother port . Please suggest me how to do it . Thanks in advance . Rajeev -- ======================================================= ---------------- "Linux drives you from creativity to innovation" ------------------------- ==================== Rajeev Sharma Netcore Solutions Pvt. Ltd 402,Peninsula chambers Morarjee Mills Comp Ganpatrao Kadam Marg Mumbai 400 013 India. Tel:+91(22)56628000 EXT-128 ---------------------------------------------------------------- NETCORE SOLUTIONS *** Ph: +91 22 5662 8000 Fax: +91 22 5662 8134 MailServ and FlexiMail: Messaging Solutions: http://netcore.co.in Pragatee: Integrated Server-Software Suite: http://www.pragatee.com Emergic Freedom: Server-centric Computing: http://www.emergic.com BlogStreet: Blog Profiles and RSS Ecosystem: http://blogstreet.com Deeshaa: Rural Development: http://www.deeshaa.com Rajesh Jain's Weblog on Technology: http://www.emergic.org ----------------------------------------------------------------

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[ANN] ZShell v1.60 is out
by Jerome Alet 02 Nov '03

02 Nov '03

Hi there, I'm pleased to announce the immediate availability of ZShell v1.60. ZShell is a Zope External Method which allows Zope admins to manage the Zope Objects DataBase with commands similar to *nix shell ones, directly from within your web browser. With more than 60 commands, ZShell is the Swiss Army's Knife of the Zope administrator, and makes easy things which are impossible to do with the native Zope Management Interface. ZShell is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License from : http://www.librelogiciel.com/software/ You can even try it online (old version though, and in readonly mode) from the above website. This bug fix release is now compatible with Python v2.2 and above. The use of the insecure rexec module was completely removed and replaced with new code. Thanks to Lucas De Vitis and Jim Penny for the bug report. Feel free to send comments or flames to : Jerome Alet -- "A non-free program is a predatory social system that keeps people in a state of domination and division, and uses the spoils to dominate more." - RMS

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Managing networked projects / Outsourcing work
by Heimo Laukkanen 02 Nov '03

02 Nov '03

Hi ya all, I would like to open discussion and collect some thoughts - and why not even best practices - on how people have and are managing Zope-projects that are too big for their companies or go momentarily over their capacity. Like we all know, outsourcing or hiring a contractor is not as straight forward as some people might think. Even with a well written specification - during the production issues might be raised that need elaboration and tightly knit co-opration between the customer and people who do the work. It is no wonder that user centric design and extreme programming ( usecases, usecases, usecases ) have become popular methodologies within Zope development. Distributed development has worked very well, though I'd say that is more thanks to certain individuals who are champions of a certain product or idea and make sure that those issues will be solved - rather than a development style or methodology. The facts that Zope and Plone evolve very fast are possibly issues that limit the amount how much people can and are willing to outsource. Since there are no designpatterns and well known metrics by which to measure developer's work for an non specialist it could be next to impossible to judge the quality of work during the project. Results can naturally be judged by the fact whether software works and meets the requirements. Also because of the nature of development I believe that for a lot of people/companies/organisations doing it by themselves and figuring out problems on their own is essential part of learning the system and becoming also better developers, adding more value to their own intellectual capital. If you would like to extend the framework - you most likely would like to get your new tools included into the framework core and share the future development costs with others. However this adds a new layer of complexity to the project management, since now the requirements are not solely your requirements but suddenly there are others who contribute their thoughs and want to change things. Naturally you could just release the readymade code - but that would not guarantee that anyone would take it and use it - or want to contribute back to it. So - when would I outsource or use contractors? If possible, I would only outsource clear bits of the whole product - something that requires as little as possible continuous communication and co-operation with other teams during the development. Optimal would be that each outsourced bit could be developed as their own separate projects / processes. If we would be talking about doing something that either party hasn't done before - I would definitely require someone from the contractor to join the onsite team if economicly feasible. Same would go if for example the reponsibility of creating an architecture would lay on the shoulders of the contractor. Reasons for onsite work are mainly for transferring ic from contractor to the onsite team, so that the work a contractor does would not create automatic lock in to just that contractor. How to do the work? If possible, a shared coding standard or a sort of concensus would be great. In any case a shared code repository and code review throughout the project would be a must. Tracker to manage bugs and other issues, including changes to requirements - and documentation written during the work, for example to a wiki. Regular meetings online or offline. Irc is good, but it is much better to have voice discussions and shared whiteboard / workspace. Clear metrics by which the project will be judged and payments paid. How others have done it? ( Just a good read : http://www.nwc.com/story/singlePageFormat.jhtml;jsessionid=LZX3DXZCSO1U0QSN… ) -huima

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do i have username and password
by Marion Willow 01 Nov '03

01 Nov '03

do i have a user name and password i am using my user name and password for FreeZone to log in to zope and it is not working how do i log in to zope do i have username and password if so, what are they if no, how do i get thanyour for your assistance respectfully from marion

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