[Zope] Re: CatalogAware

[Tim Moore]

Great!  But unfortunately that doesn't help those of us who already
have a collection of ZClasses that are affected by the problems with
CatalogAware (can't reparent an existing ZClass).  Can one of the DC
people let us know if these corrections are scheduled to be merged
into the standard CatalogAware?

Thanks!

Toby Dickenson <tdickenson@devmail.geminidataloggers.co.uk> writes:

> Chris McDonough <chrism@digicool.com> wrote:
> 
> >I actually think this about sums it up.  If you have time to look
> >at it Toby, it would be much appreciated.  I don't think it's a
> >very complicated set of fixes, its just not on the radar at the
> >moment, and might require some thought about
> >backwards-compatibility.
> 
> Not a patch, but Ive fixed all three known CatalogAware problems in
> a separate product; a new base class that derives from CatalogAware:
> 
> http://www.zope.org/Members/htrd/BetterCatalogAware/
> 
> The techniques used in this product have been thoroughly stressed in
> several other production systems, but this is the first time they
> have been collected together in one place so bugs are possible.
> 
> 
> >That makes CatalogAware much saner and will produce less
> >bloat. Actually, maybe I should just go make that change in the
> >trunk and the
> >2.4 branch, although I'm a little afraid of what (if anything) it will
> >break for everybody.  To be honest, I really don't have much time to
> >spend thinking about this, and my fears are probably just FUD.
> 
> Im not sure how many people are using CatalogAware; I think many
> serious users have been scared off by the problem reports in the
> list archives.
> 
> IMO fixing this may be worth a little breakage.
> 
> Toby Dickenson
> tdickenson@geminidataloggers.com

-- 
Tim Moore