[Zope-CMF] [dev] CMFSetup issues (was: Re: CMF 1.5 beta coming ...)

[yuppie]

Hi!


> #10: Not purging the existing setup seems to have some issues
> 
>>> How is not-purging supposed to work? Currently existing Actions are 
>>> deleted, reimporting raises errors.
>>
>>
>> Each import step is supposed to know whether "don't purge" is sensible 
>> for it. and what to do when purging.  Running the same import twice 
>> without purging is highly likely to create conflicts (the same actions 
>> will be created twice, etc).
> 
> 
> Well. The code could add actions only if they don't exist already.
> 
>> In theory, "don't purge" will be useful when applying a profile as an 
>> "update" to an existing site;  for it to work cleanly, the steps in 
>> the profile need to be designed for that.
> 
> 
> CMF 1.5 needs some new / moved actions. It would be quite helpful if 
> CMFSetup could be used for migration.
> 
> I'd like to see the "update" use case work against customized sites.

Added the other open issues to the collector. Still need some feedback 
on this one:

Would the migration use case fit into the concept of CMFSetup? I'd 
volunteer to adjust the "don't purge" behavior.


Cheers,
	Yuppie