[Zope-dev] Re: Read-only root database doesn't work ... bug orfeature?

[Martijn Faassen]

Tim Peters wrote:
> [Martijn Faassen]
> ...
> 
>>I'm not sure whether the patch ever could've worked. Firstly, the rich
>>comparison operations were never called; I think perhaps due to some
>>limitation in ExtenionClass.
> 
> 
> ExtensionClass doesn't play well with many "newer" Python class features.
> Rich comparisons are one of them.

That's what I figured, thanks Tim for confirming it.

Anyway, I think I fixed at least the matter for field help topics in a 
much simpler way, though I don't know whether other sections don't do 
ZODB writes either on startup. If it's in the normal Zope help 
registration then we have a bigger problem. :)

The fix is in the latest Formulator CVS; Paul, please test it if you can 
and let me know if you still see the untowards behavior.

Regards,

Martijn