[Zope] Request regarding 'Hotfixes'

[Jim Penny]

On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 03:55:58PM -0400, marc lindahl wrote:
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> > From: Bill Anderson <anderson@hp.com>
> > 
> > It is very important for the distinctin to be made. Consider the new
> > reporter, who has seen ZC/DC issue security fixes, labelling them
> > Hotfixes. Now imagine what happens when they see a list of fifteen,
> > twenty, thirty 'hotfixes', what are they going to assume?
> 
> OK, so what do we call them?  Monkey patches? ;)
> To my mind, a "Product" adds functionality to Zope, it doesn't change some
> core behavior (thought there are products out there that do, like ZDebug).
> So I suggest we need a way to distinguish these types of hotfix-methodology
> based products.  Or a subclass of Product... I can't think of a good name.
> Patch would again imply fixing something...

coreMods?
flyingMods?  (as in "on the fly")
coreJimmies?  (think east coast ice cream)
pixieDust?

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