[Zope] Re: Zope product update question

[Cyrille Bonnet]

Hi guys,

thanks for your replies. It is very helpful.

Essentially, I was trusting the Quick Installer tool too much: files on 
the file system will be used, regardless if you've installed the product 
or not.

Thanks for your help.

Cyrille

Jens Vagelpohl wrote:
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> On 20 Apr 2006, at 22:39, Cyrille Bonnet wrote:
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>> Hi there,
>>
>> I have a question regarding product update.
>>
>> I have updated a product (ATContentTypes) on the file system. Upon  
>> restarting the server, the new version of the product appears in  red 
>> in the QuickInstaller (as expected).
>>
>> Even though I haven't re-installed the product, some changes are  
>> picked up (for instance, it uses the new schemata for ATDocument).
>>
>> Is this the expected behaviour?
> 
> 
> Yes. Once the new code is on the file system it will be read in and  used.
> 
> I believe the "QuickInstaller" does nothing more than execute  external 
> methods that have special "well-known" names which then  trigger 
> whatever Plone magic needs to be triggered to complete the  upgrade. The 
> "QuickInstaller" is a special Plone-only item, normal  Zope product 
> installation does not use it.
> 
> jens
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