[ZODB-Dev] Re: [Zope-dev] Contents of Initial Data.fs in Zope Distribution?

Casey Duncan casey@zope.com
Thu, 14 Nov 2002 13:15:00 -0500


On Thursday 14 November 2002 04:36 am, Steve Alexander wrote:
> Casey Duncan wrote:
>=20
> > It is only there due to lack of time to take it out. We had planned t=
o=20
> > take it
> > out for 2.6, but time was never made to replace it with code to=20
> > bootstrap an
> > empty storage with the proper root level elements still residing in
> > Data.fs.in.
>=20
> IIRC, the proper root level elements are now created in code.
> However, various unit tests of zope and 3rd party products rely on=20
> having a Data.fs.in.

Most are, but some still are not (notably the standard_* dtml methods).

Good to know that 3rd party products rely on it. I hadn't thought of that=
=2E Do=20
you know of one specifically?

-Casey