[Zope] WTF is a monkeypatch?

[Paul Winkler]

On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 01:36:10PM -0400, John Coleman wrote:
> I am trying to resolve some Oracle issues with ZopeProfiler, but it's a 
> "monkey patch" with no instructions on installing it.  I've searched 
> this mailing list and the zope.org website high and low for instructions 
> on installing a "monkey patch," but I'll be damned if I can find them. 
> Can someone offer assistance?

"Monkey patch" means that instead of patching the actual source code,
we are replacing some class or function at runtime.  It's the same
as a "Hotfix" except it's generally agreed that the Hotfix name is
reserved for security-related patches.

Monkey patches are normally distributed and installed like any
other zope product: You put the directory in your Products
directory and restart. That's it.
IIRC, ZopeProfiler follows this pattern.

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