[Zope] version control, deployment scenarios?

Alexander Jerusalem ajeru@vknn.org
Tue, 22 Oct 2002 13:27:21 +0100


Hi all,

I'm thinking about using Zope for the next version of the content 
management/e-learning platform that my organisation is building. The 
features of Zope are quite awsome. What I have not been able to make sure 
from the online documentation is if the development, version control and 
deployment scenario that we are currently using is possible with Zope. Our 
development team is dispersed across europe so:

* Each of us has a development server at their work place
* We all check the source files into a sourceforge CVS system.
* We update the production server directly from the sourceforge CVS with a 
script.

My question is, if this is a viable solution with Zope. I'm concerned that 
it might be a problem because I'm not sure if all tasks concerning source 
files like page templates, python scripts, etc can be done without using 
the Zope management interface. A solution where we'd have to use the Zope 
management interface would also be ok as long as it can be done for all 
changed/added/delete files at once. What I don't want to do is touch each 
and every added or changed file to import it into Zope.

I would very much appreciate any comment or link to some how-to.

Best Regards
Alexander Jerusalem
Vienna Knowledge Net