Andy McKay wrote:
Chris, I'm CC'ing you to ask: Is there any chance the Zope Book section on versions could get a big warning stamped on it? I think it's really a disservice to new users that there's all these docs and feature lists for Zope that tout the usefulness of Versions, and inevitably the poor user discovers that versions have helpfully screwed their work.
Most people go to the documentation when they find they have a problem, in this case when its too late. I dont think stamping a big warning in the documentation is enough.
With no real effort being made to solve them I would strongly suggest that versions are actually removed. Or somehow stamped in big letters in the ZMI "Buggy, liable to break things, alpha quality" :)
Versions are dangerous even if this is fixed. The main reason for that is that the "Join/Leave Versions" permission is snake oil. They should vanish. cheers, oliver