[Zope] Missing mime-types

[Andreas Jung]

I disagree. The handling of mime-types happens first on the Python level.
mimetypes.py comes with four hardcoded locations where it looks for
mime.types files (no support for windows). User-defined mime-types
should be put into a local mime.types file. The most common mime-types
should be part of the mimetypes module and there should be some
additional support in the mimetypes module to specify user-defined
mime.types file (env.var or any other mechanism). But it makes
few sense to maintain the mime-types at at-least three different
locations (Zope, Python, local mime.types files).

Andreas
----- Original Message -----
From: "Casey Duncan" <cduncan@kaivo.com>
To: "Tino Wildenhain" <tino@wildenhain.de>
Cc: "Andreas Jung" <andreas@andreas-jung.com>; "Robert Rottermann"
<robert@redcor.ch>; <zope@zope.org>
Sent: Montag, 9. Juli 2001 10:03
Subject: Re: [Zope] Missing mime-types


> Tino Wildenhain wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > this cries for a proposal for an extending mechanism rather then
> > announcing all future and custom mime-types to the collector ;)
> >
> > (Not to mention creating objects based on the mime-type)
> >
> > Regards
> > Tino
> >
>
> This could probably be patched pretty readily by a hotfix without
> changing Zope core code.
>
> Ultimately it might be nice to just put them into a text file that users
> can add to. Or possibly multiple text files to prevent overwrites when
> you upgrade Zope.
>
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> | Casey Duncan
> | Kaivo, Inc.
> | cduncan@kaivo.com
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