[Zope-CMF] Re: GenericSetup extension profile import step mis-feature

[Tres Seaver]

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Martin Aspeli wrote:
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> Tres Seaver wrote:
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>>> I think it's wrong :) The export functionality suffers from the same
>>> problen as the import functionality: the export steps defined in
>>> extension profiles are only used if they have been selected once.
>>> In other words: it is just as unpredictable.
>> What is unpredictable?  If you import an extension profile, its steps
>> (both export and import) get grafted into the effective baseline profile.
>>
> 
> Yes, that's true and "right".
> 
> What's unpredictable is that it gets grafted in (at least to import steps, I
> haven't tested export steps) even if you only *look* at the profile in the
> Import tab. As soon as you select a profile to look at what steps it offers,
> those steps are forever part of the registry, whether you run them or not.

Ah, OK.  I wouldn't mind seeing that side effect go away, although the
architecture may make it difficult.


Tres.
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