[Zope] Getting started questions...

[Paul Everitt]

James wrote:
> Not all of the servers will have full time internet connections, so I
> can't rely on accessing them via the web.  I think that 
> copying a specific

Zope 1.10's (documented) import/export facility enables this.  Later we
will look at an offline synchronization feature, though this is open
source and someone should easily be able to grok import/export and
extend it.

> server's database over the previous Zope database, restarting Zope,
> editing properties and then repeating the process for the next server
> would be a pain.  I'd much rather pull up pico and edit a static
> configuration file.

As mentioned later, Zope has a simple RPC mechanism -- it's called HTTP!

ZClient is a package in Zope that automates this.  It makes it
convenient to connect to Zope and communicate with it from a scripting,
non-interactive environment.

As for going into a text file and making edits that affect the behavior
of a number of Zope sites, this isn't very object oriented at all and is
the kind of anti-Zen Zope strives against.  Just my $0.02.  If you want
to edit a file and have it take effect in many Zopes, I don't think it
should be too hard to make it do it.

--Paul