[Zope-dev] Re: Wishlist Item

[Tim Hicks]

Tino Wildenhain wrote:

> Maybe its just me but I personally dont like direct filesystem
> access in the core - if someone wants it, (s)he can pick from
> the 3rd party products - maybe there can be a list of recommended
> (active maintained) products? Direct access products should also
> carry some easily understandable warnings.

I can understand that point of view for products that allow writing to 
the filesystem, but, conceptually, what's the difference between 
read-only "filesystem access" and a standard filesystem product?

None, I think, but then I may have misunderstood the purpose of 
FileSystemSite, and friends.

Tim