[Zope-dev] Re: [Zope] How to upgrade from 2.0 to 2.1 Zope

Bill Anderson bill.anderson@libc.org
Wed, 08 Dec 1999 01:51:55 -0700


)This sounds like it is more suited for Zope-Dev at this point, thus the
change)

Stuart 'Zen' Bishop wrote:

...

> IMHO there should definitly be a seperation of the Zope distribution
> and site specific stuff (including /var). Especially useful for people
> who need to upgrade a number of Zope servers simultaneously.
> 
> Of course, this requires weeding out all the places where people have been
> encouranged to leave their own little messes:
>     Products
>     lib/python/Products
>     External
>     import
> 
> Any others? These are just the ones I know of...

Hmmm .. what if:
 One could have a central code repository, with the above directories
being configurable. That is to say, what if the start script/Xope.cgi,
could get the location of these directories at runtime, like an
environment variable? This would allow (AFAIK) the central source, and
individual (ie, per server) products. Certainly cuts down on disk usage
:-)

Comments?

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