[Zope] Versions and FTP access

[Art Hampton]

> > How does versioning work with FTP access via ZServer? I have created a
> > new version and it works very nicely, however, I can't get to my new
> > version via ZServer--When I load a page in my editor via FTP,
> > it's still
> > the original version.
> 
> You cannot work in a version through FTP.  There are no FTP semantics
> for entering or leaving or commiting or anything else like that.  It's a
> protocol limitation.

That doesn't mean it can't be worked around by the Zope FTP server....

The FTP server could map:
/zopever/myversionname
to
/
in the "myversionname" version.

/zopever/myversionname/topdir
would map to
/topdir
in myversionname

etc....

The CM tool we use (ClearCase) supports this kind of access scheme.