[Zope] VersionLockError

[Phil Harris]

Chris,

I've always used the dev-stage-product metaphor, but needed to make a
'quickish' change, which eventually took a few days.

I sort of guessed that ZC developers didn't make much use of them ;)

OK, then versions are out. 8=AC(

Phil


----- 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 2:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Zope] VersionLockError


> 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 t=
he
> > 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 i=
n
> a while, but never as a sole staging tool.
>
>
> >