[Zope-CMF] ZMF vs ZEO

Jon Edwards jon@pcgs.freeserve.co.uk
Thu, 20 Sep 2001 15:30:39 +0100


> FilesystemDirectoryView objects are not really suitable for moving
> around via import / export -- they need to be created relative to
> the actual directory structure of the machine Zope is running on,
> because their *only* persistent attribute is the 'dirpath' of the
> directory they point to.  Perhaps we should add a ZMI tab which shows
> this path, and allows the site manager to update it.
>
> Tres.

That's an excellent idea, IMHO. I've been bitten many times by this problem
when moving stuff between my Windows dev machine and my hosting provider's
Linux box (and vice-versa). You can work round it with lots of
cutting-and-pasting, or by deleting and re-adding the FDVs as Jens
suggested, but this would be much easier.

My 2 pence!

Cheers, Jon