[Zope-dev] Re: "Overriding Products"

[Derrick Hudson]

On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 19:49:01 +0100, Martijn Jacobs wrote:
> Hello guys.
> 
> I have a question regarding  product importing in zope 2.7.x,  as since 
> zope 2.7 this part is way more flexible then it was before. I'd like to 
> accomplish the next situation :
> 
> -
> A Zope base installation has Product X installed in /lib/python/Products 
> which I want to change or develop further
> -
> x instances of Zope use the produtc from this base install.
> -
> At one instance I want to test and develop, without breaking the other 
> instances.
> -

My approach would be one of the following:

    1) Do the dev and test on a different (non-production) machine.

    2) Install a second copy of zope for that dev/test instance.

Both of these will avoid any interactions between your production
setup and your dev/test work.

HTH,
-D

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