[Zope-PTK] How is the review process meant to work? (was: providing a read-only interface) interface)

[Paul Browning]

Mike wrote in answer to Philipp:

>     It might take us a couple go-rounds before we're both talking about
> the same thing.  I say this because it sounds to me as though you simply
> want unauthenticated users to be able to view portal content, which they
> can do 'out of the box'.  That is to say, that's how the PTK is configured
> by default.  The content merely has to be published first.
> 
>     A Reviewer must first approve content for it to be publicly visible.  
> The owner of content may ask for a Reviewer to do this by using the
> 'Publish item' link.  (This is the same interface that the Reviewer uses
> to approve an item.)  This request-approve cycle is called publishing.
> 

I like the Member -> Contributor -> Reviewer -> Manager model
but I'm having trouble getting it to work.

I haven't fathomed how the Reviewer is alerted that there is
something new to approve. Could someone clarify? Is an e-mail
meant to be sent to reviewers, is there an in-tray of stuff
to be reviewed somewhere, do the lights flash in your room?

Also: in my experiments I can't get any user with the Reviewer
role to approve things - I can only get users with the Manager
role to approve stuff.

Also, also: I can't make users with the role Contributor to approve
their own stuff. I can make users with the role Reviewer approve
their own stuff OK (but not that of other users - see first Also:).

I'm basing these observations on a complete and fresh CVS download
from the middle of Tuesday afternoon UK time. Apologies if I'm being
dim.

Paul

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