[Zope-CMF] Re: Adding EXTENSIONs after site creation

[yuppie]

Hi!


Doyon, Jean-Francois wrote:
> 
> So far, I've figured out I can go to portal_setup properties and change the
> "active configuration" to the extension one.  I can then do an import of
> that extension from the Import tab.  I then switch back the active
> configuration.
> 
> This was working well when I only had one extension, but I now have two, and
> what I've noticed is that no matter which I select, BOTH get installed!
> 
> They have different adapters, interface definitions, and everything.  And in
> the log, only the one adapter claims to do an import ... Yet both show up!
> 
> Is this normal?  What am I missing?

What do you mean by "BOTH get installed"? Settings from two different 
profiles are imported at once? That sounds strange.

> Also related, what exactly is meant by "active site configuration" anyways?

"active site configuration" is the profile used by the import tab. But 
the import tab shows *all* registered handlers, not just those useful 
for the "active site configuration". If you run the steps each step 
looks for related configuration files in the "active site configuration" 
and if it can't find them it does nothing.

Switching to a new "active site configuration" also registers the import 
and export handlers specified in the profile. That way you can register 
new handlers for export without overriding your site settings by an import.


I'm not happy with the setup tool and its user interface. It is still 
almost the same as in CMF 1.5, all the work done on GenericSetup was 
focused on improving the setup handlers.


HTH,

	Yuppie