[Zope-CMF] Re: History of why portalfolders are not cataloged?

[Tres Seaver]

Chris McDonough wrote:
> In CMFCore's PortalFolder, there is the following set of methods and a
> comment explaining them:
> 
>     # Ensure pure PortalFolders don't get cataloged.
>     # XXX We may want to revisit this.
> 
>     def indexObject(self):
>         pass
> 
>     def unindexObject(self):
>         pass
> 
>     def reindexObject(self, idxs=[]):
>         pass
> 
> I guess maybe I am asking to revisit this... does anyone know the
> genesis of this decision and what it would break to allow portalfolders
> to be cataloged?

Use SkinnedFolder;  the choice was that the "skeleton" of the site 
wasn't content, and shouldn't show up in search results.  If you *want* 
to have folders which are "contentis", that is what SkinnedFolder is for.

Tres.
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