[Zope] VersionLockError

[Chris McDonough]

Phil Harris wrote:
> 
> Chris,
> 
> Thanks, that's what I ended up doing.
> 
> A question since you're a ZC employee.

Always a liability under questioning. ;-)

> Do any of the developers at ZC use versions in any serious way?  I've seen
> numerous posts now about versions being locked etc.

Well, versions are useful under certain circumstances, but I don't make
much use of them personally.  And most of our customers prefer the
dev-stage-production model instead of versions for reasons like the one
you've just experienced.
 
> The advice about saving/discarding is obviously not workable, since the
> whole idea is that it's a work in progress.

I wouldn't personally depend on versions in any site that makes heavy
use of incremental catalog indexing.  Otherwise I might use them once in
a while, but never as a sole staging tool.


> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris McDonough" <chrism@digicool.com>
> To: "Phil Harris" <phil.harris@zope.co.uk>
> Cc: <zope@zope.org>
> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 1:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [Zope] VersionLockError
> 
> > Hi Phil...
> >
> > You could set up a separate Zope instance (with a copy of the database),
> > commit the version in that instance, abort the version in the original
> > instance.  Then work on the copy and import it into the original when
> > you're ready.
> >
> > Phil Harris wrote:
> > >
> > > All,
> > >
> > > I have a version Paradox.
> > >
> > > I've searched the mailing lists and the general advice is to save or
> discard
> > > the version.  Problem is I need the work that's gone on in there, but
> it's
> > > not yet ready for general consumption.
> > >
> > > Any other ideas?
> > >
> > > Phil
> > > phil.harris@zope.co.uk
> > >
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