[Zope-dev] Re: 2.9.4? reStructuredText support?

[Jim Fulton]

On Jul 8, 2006, at 3:34 PM, Tres Seaver wrote:
...
>
> The monkeypatch in the hotfix *might* be defeated that way, sure.  The
> updated version of docutils I checked in will *not*, because it  
> disables
> file inclusion inside the source of the dangerous handlers.

> Another possible fix would be to patch docutils to make the
> configuration directive for file inclusion disabled by default;  that
> would allow a trusted module to enable them for a given parse, without
> exposing the feature for untrusted code.

I like this.

I would feel better, if we choose to maintain a hacked docutils,
to rename it so that it remains possible for an add-on to use a non- 
hacked
version.

Also, if we maintain a hacked version, of course, we are taking extra  
responsibility  on ourselves.

>
>> You seem to be the only one championing TTW reST?  Are you  
>> unwilling to
>> write the tests necessary to keep it?  If so, it's hard to have any
>> sympathy for your desire to keep it.
>
> There are way too many uses of TTW documents out there "live" to just
> rip it out, I think.

Unless we have much better maintenance of this feature than we've had  
in the past, then we'll have no choice.  Hopefully this will change.

Jim

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