[Zope] Versions

[Jay, Dylan]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michel Pelletier [mailto:michel@digicool.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 1999 01:15
> To: John Glossner
> Cc: zope@zope.org
> Subject: Re: [Zope] Versions
> 
> 
> John Glossner wrote:
> > 
> > Is it possible to view a version which is not yet committed in
> > an external browser?
> 
> Yes, if you're working in a version, what you see *is* the 
> version.  For
> example, if modify a document in a version, and you click 
> 'View' you see
> the version copy, not the 'public' copy.

It would nice to be able to view a one page hyperlinked list of objects that
have been modified and get diffs on the changes to each file.
  
> > Also, using Homesite I can ftp edit the live website but is
> > it possible to ftp edit the version?
> 
> Nope.  Versions work with cookies, which FTP obviously has no 
> semantics
> for.  Versions are cool and magical, but not quite as magical as they
> first seem.

Heres an idea. Have a way to map a version to a port. A special version
object that lets you specify an ftp port. All objects accessed are those in
the version.