[Zope-CMF] Re: [dev] GenericSetup: using global steps

[Martin Aspeli]

Tres Seaver wrote:

> Worse, an import is potentially destructive.  I am now of the opinion
> that content import / export should be treated as a separate
> application, not built into the profile.

 From a design perspective, I'd tend to agree. I've always felt that the 
'structure' import step sat a bit awkwardly with the rest of GS.

That said, there are grey bits. For example, I'm working on a Plone 
enhancement to make it possible to manage portlet setup (assignment) via 
GenericSetup. That's easy enough for "global" portlets, but some 
portlets may be assigned to specific folders. Both export and import are 
tricky here.

Martin

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