On 3 Dec 1999, Thilo Mezger wrote:
It's simple... copy over your Data.fs file, as well as any products that you've installed. That's all there is too it.
is this really how you are doing it at DC HQ?! i was already thinking about a clean update solution with Data.fs and all products being somewhere else separated from the source code so that you can just install a new version without having to move around your old Data.fs and your products.
has anybody else thought about separating code and data?
Yes. I thought about it upgrading from 2.0 to 2.01, from 2.01 to 2.1b1, from 2.1b1 to 2.1b2, from 2.1b2 to 2.1b3 and just now to 2.1. IMHO there should definitly be a seperation of the Zope distribution and site specific stuff (including /var). Especially useful for people who need to upgrade a number of Zope servers simultaneously. Of course, this requires weeding out all the places where people have been encouranged to leave their own little messes: Products lib/python/Products External import Any others? These are just the ones I know of... -- ___ // Zen (alias Stuart Bishop) Work: zen@cs.rmit.edu.au // E N Senior Systems Alchemist Play: zen@shangri-la.dropbear.id.au //__ Computer Science, RMIT WWW: http://www.cs.rmit.edu.au/~zen