[Zope-CMF] [dev] CMFSetup roadmap?

[Florent Guillaume]

We'd really like to use CMFSetup in CPS, but we had preexisting
import/export mechanisms for the site configuration so it's not the
biggest priority. But eventually we'll move to it.

Having CMFDefault fully use it would be a very nice first step (and
example).

Florent

In article <418634F2.3020507 at wcm-solutions.de> you write:
> Hi!
> 
> 
> Is anybody using CMFSetup with other products than CMFDefault? Are there 
> any plans to use it for Plone, CPS or ZC products?
> 
> While CMFSetup is already useful for replicating / backing up / 
> restoring customized settings or loading settings from xml files, many 
> features are still experimental or not implemented at all.
> 
> 
> AFAICT the next steps should be:
> 
> 
> 1.) Implementing an example setup for add-ons
> ---------------------------------------------
> 
> I still don't know how to use CMFSetup for add-ons. As long as we don't 
> have a working example in CMF, I don't expect any third-party products 
> using CMFSetup.
> 
> See also:
> http://mail.zope.org/pipermail/zope-cmf/2004-September/021236.html
> 
> 
> 2.) Using the CMFSetup site factory for CMFDefault
> --------------------------------------------------
> 
> Currently CMFSetup is not used to set up new CMF sites. I think we 
> should move ASAP to the CMFSetup site factory. That's necessary to start 
> deprecating parts of the old setup machinery, e.g. FTI data and Actions 
> settings. Maintaining two different setup machineries and keeping their 
> default setup data in sync is a pain.
> 
> Don't know if we should wait until someone implements all the missing 
> import/export handlers. I wrote a small import handler that uses 
> PortalGenerator to perform the missing setup steps. Seems to work quite 
> well.
> 
> 
> Any comments and volunteers are welcome!
> 
> Cheers,
> 	Yuppie
> 
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