[Zope] version has tons of things locked

[Christopher N. Deckard]

On Thu, 14 Nov 2002 11:36:50 +0000, Chris Withers spoke forth:

> Christopher N. Deckard wrote:
> > won't be locked anymore.  The problem here is that they may be
> > about 1,000 objects that are version locked.  How can I fix
> > this?  The objects that are locked should not have been locked, 
> 
> Objects only become locked if you modify them in the version.
> What changes have you made?

I created folders inside existing folders (maybe about 800 new
folders).  I added 5 new Page Templates in various places.  Edited
some others.  Added 5-10 new Python Scripts, edited some others.

> > What are my options here?  
> 
> Commit the version, in which case all changes made in it will be
> committed to your ZODB.

I did that.  But things continued to be locked by the version.  I
had to make a new transaction to modify an object before I could
save the version.  At that point it would actually become unlocked.

> Abort the version, in which case all changes made in it will be
> lost.

You can't abort a version when the version claims that there is
nothing to abort.

> > At one point a new Python Script that was
> > created in the version ended up not being able to be accessed
> > outside of the version.
> 
> That's exactly what should happen.

That shouldn't happen if the version was saved.  I think you missed
that part about me actually saving the version.

> > I made a copy of it and then got POSkey
> > error exceptions. 
> 
> if you get those, it might be time to ask on zodb-dev@zope.org.

Ok.  Will do.

> > Everything is fine for that script now.  What would have wigged
> > out the version?
> 
> Versions are pretty old and crufty, as a rule of thumb, don't use
> them.

I've never had this problem with versions and I've been using them
for well over a year.  If versions are that bad, maybe they should
be deprecated until a new version of versions comes around.

> cheers

Where's my eggnog?

> Chris

That's my name.  :-)

Thanks,
-Chris