[Zope] The orphans=3 feature: votes for/against?

[Andreas Jung]

I changed the default value to 0. The changes are now in the CVS.

Andreas
----- Original Message -----
From: "seb bacon" <seb@jamkit.com>
To: "Ron Bickers" <rbickers-dated-998312597.e081cc@logicetc.com>
Cc: <zope@zope.org>
Sent: Dienstag, 14. August 2001 13:09
Subject: [Zope] The orphans=3 feature: votes for/against?


>
> <snip confusion about the value of orphan attribute>
>
> > > The default value is 3. The online help will be updated
> > > in the next Zope release.
> >
> > I know we've covered this before, but the default value *should* be 0.
With
> > this question having popped up so many times in the last year plus, I'm
not
> > sure why ZC hasn't changed it.  I noticed that this request is now
"Pending"
> > in collector #2468.  If votes count for anything, I vote for zero.
>
> At the risk of adding unecessary noise to the list:
>
>   Me too.
>
> I can't see how changing this will actually break anything, though it
> may mess up some layout.  It's so counterintuitive, it's like being
> given a bike to ride and then somebody telling you after two hours of
> you falling off, 'oh yeah, you can't ride it *forwards*, unless you
> press this switch under the mudguard.'  At least, that's how I felt
> about it the first time I spent a day trying to work out what was
> going on.
>
> seb
>
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