[Zope] Photo: somes issues and thoughts

[Ron Bickers]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: zope-admin@zope.org [mailto:zope-admin@zope.org]On Behalf Of Keith
> J. Farmer

> Say you have an unrecognizeable image file (in our case, it was a
> user-submitted Picture It image).  Photo doesn't know of this type, and
> ends up seeing the height and width as both zero.  In the resizing
> calculation, this leads to a divide-by-zero error.

Thanks for bringing this up.  I'll do something about this, though I'm not
sure exactly what yet.

> The display cache, also, could use some refinement IMHO.  I happen to
> use ExtFile's SYNC setting, so that my repository reflects the hierarchy
> of the ZODB.  Since Photo deposits the images in their own folders, that
> would seem the ideal place, I think, for placing the temporary files,
> rather than tossing them all into one directory.

Are you running the latest version 1.2.3?  The SYNC setting is supported in
that version so that cached photos (and the original) are stored in a ZODB
hierarchy matching directory.

> I suppose it's a matter of taste -- having them all in one place is
> easier for cleanup.

Nay... it just makes a mess. ;-)

> Otherwise, I'm rather pleased with how Photo's working for my site.

Glad to hear that.
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Ron Bickers
Logic Etc, Inc.