[Zope-CMF] DublinCore & ExtFile as meta type in CMF

[Geoff Benn]

Hi,

Assuming no existing ExtFile instances (hence no migration needed) should it be
possible to remove ExtFile 1.1.0 beta 3 from my CMFOptions 1.1 product (by deleting
the sub-directory), and install the latest ExtFile ?

I particularly want to use SYNC_ZODB

I have edited ExtFile's ExtFile.py as per the allowed configuratin (ie. all
different from defaults).

And edited CMFExtFile.py & CMFExtImage.py:
line:
  from Products.CMFOptions.ExtFile import ExtFile
to:
  from Products.ExtFile import ExtFile

It seems that I loose touch with all my old (test) ExtFile objects (perhaps because
I edited ExtFile.py, hint - delete them all first), but the new ones are OK ...

I note the file names are just %n(%u) rather than %n(%u)%c.%e as specified.

Regards,
Geoff

Gregor Heine wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I just had a quick look on the impact of the changes in ExtFile 1.1.0 final on
> CMFOptions.
> CMF Options includes a slightly modified version of ExtFile 1.1.0beta3 that
> includes some fixes to the beta release.
> Since these these modifications are more or less all covered by the recent
> stable release (Jeff, coerrect me if I'm wrong), there is effectively no reason
> any more to bundle ExtFile with CMFOptions.
> Jeff, I think the best would be if you could publish a version of CMFOptions
> that ships without ExtFile, so people could always use it in conjuction with
> the latest ExtFile.
> Never the less, if that is done, all users that want to upgrade their
> CMFOptions to the current version of ExtFile must run the UpgradePatch for
> ExtFile. I can publish a version of the UpgradePatch that includes upgrades
> of CMFOption objects as soon as a new version of it is available.
> BTW: I'm not sure, if that interests anybody here, but more or less the same
> is valid to ExtDocument 0.2 from Tim McLaughlin. It does not bundle a
> version ExtFile and thus still requires the beta release, because of some
> internal changes to ExtFile that affect ExtDocument aswell. So, people using
> this product must not upgrade to the current release of ExtFile until a
> compatible version of ExtDocument has been released.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Gregor.
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > (Thanks to Tres Seaver for refering to CMFOptions)
> >
> >
> >   http://www.zope.org/Members/jeffsasmor/CMFOptions
> > <http://www.zope.org/Members/jeffsasmor/CMFOptions>
> > CMF Options 1.0 (Stable) 2001/05/08 (including a copy of ExtFile (old
> > version ?) )
> > - compatible with CMF
> > - backup versions nice (as per ExtFile 1.1.0)
> > - var/reposit/a/b/name and number ( not so easy to work with ? )
> >
> >
> > But note the date : ExtFile 1.1.0 (Stable) 2001/06/05
> > - not compatible with CMF as it is
> > - backup versions are nice
> > - var/reposit/.../file name etc (can sync to database structure - nice)
> >
> >
> > Are there any plans to merge the best of both ?
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Geoff
> >
> >
> > Geoff Benn wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm very new at this - and I'm learning & trying to integrate ExtFile
> > <http://www.zope.org/Members/MacGregor/ExtFile>  into CMF 1.1 beta and
> > currently believe that I need to add the following into ExtFile.py (with
> > suitable code in ExtFile's __init__ ):
> >
> >
> > >from DublinCore import DefaultDublinCoreImpl
> >
> >
> > This one line causes my portal_types to be omitted from the Add Content
> > menu.
> >
> >
> > Anyone care to suggest where I should look next ? Has anyone added
> > ExtFile into CMF as a meta type ? Are there any notes on how to add meta
> > types ?
> >
> >
> > Note: I've earlier noticed that
> > - metadata_edit_form.dtml get's the 'Identifier' of a higher level
> > folder rather than the 'id' of the new object.
> > - ExtFile uses descr rather than description.
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Geoff
> > --
> > Fujitsu Telecommunications Europe Ltd
> > Tel:  +44 (0)121 717 6441
> > Fax:  +44 (0)121 717 6018
> > E-mail: G.Benn@ftel.co.uk
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Fujitsu Telecommunications Europe Ltd
> > Tel:  +44 (0)121 717 6441
> > Fax:  +44 (0)121 717 6018
> > E-mail: G.Benn@ftel.co.uk
> >
> >

--
Fujitsu Telecommunications Europe Ltd
Tel:  +44 (0)121 717 6441
Fax:  +44 (0)121 717 6018
E-mail: G.Benn@ftel.co.uk