[Zope-dev] Re: [Zope] isecure XML-RPC handling.

Martijn Pieters mj@zope.com
Tue, 2 Apr 2002 17:43:53 -0500


On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 04:01:41PM -0500, Eron Lloyd wrote:
> On that thought, I'd like to see Zope.org become much more modern, and 
> reflect the *latest* and *greatest* functionality of Zope. Deprecation of the 
> hybrid PTK that's used, as well as updating and polishing of the site 
> regularly. In fact, I'd like to see more of a portal feel to it, that's both 
> personalized and customized to my needs. For instance, log into my account, 
> download 2.5.1b1, come back a week later and here's a big notice that beta2 
> is available for *my* setup. Also, can we see some Web services? Imagine, in 
> the management interface, and visiting the Control Panel. There is an 
> "Update" tab, which when loaded queries zope.org with the XML-RPC method
> "zope.webservices.getUpdates(my_install)", which passes in my server's 
> version, installed products, etc. and lists updates, hotfixes, and other 
> notices. With the flexibility and dynamic runtime nature of Python, i wonder 
> how hard it would be to update a running server.

Head over to zope-web@zope.org and help out then; the effort to build a new
zope.org is already well under way.

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Martijn Pieters
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