[Zope3-Users] content object migration (was: need guidance)

[Duncan McGreggor]

On Nov 30, 2005, at 12:49 PM, Chris McDonough wrote:

> As we move towards another iteration, if I need to, while I'm writing 
> code, I write evolution scripts that are capable of fixing ZODB data 
> in place between milestone revisions of code.  I happen to know 
> exactly when I need to do this, because I've been working with ZODB 
> for many years.  Other developers working with me do the same.

Awesome email, Chris -- thanks for sharing!

In particular, I am tantalized by the paragraph above ;-) As I alluded 
in a previous post, this has been a very painful point for myself an 
other developers with whom I have worked. For one client, we used the 
CMFPlone.MigrationTool on a Zope2/Plone project where content addition 
was occurring throughout the development phase. I found the tool 
cumbersome and the whole process most painful and distasteful.

Do you employ an analogous tool or elegant manual approach for z3 
projects? If you have no tool, have you guys compiled a best practices 
doc (informal or otherwise) whereby those of us inexperienced in these 
particulars could benefit?

Thanks!

d