[Zope-CMF] [dev] CMF 1.4 alpha

[Chris Withers]

Hamish Harvey (David) wrote:
> 
> The "can contain" list solves the "people want to create only certain types in 
> certain *types* of folder (folderish)". It doesn't allow people to specify on 
> a per-folder-instance basis what types can be added (eg in the /news folder) 
> without a kludge:

I think this is adding unneccessary complexity...

> I achieved this effect by creating multiple FTIs based on PortalFolder (I 
> presume, it was a while ago) and using the 'can contain' list on those custom 
> types. A LinkFolder is only allowed to contain other LinkFolder and Links, 
> for example.

...since this is the right way to do this. if a folder can only contain certain 
types of content, I'd say that makes it significantly different enough from a 
normal folder to warrant it being a new content types.

> I draw attention to this only because I see a difference, not because I need 
> the feature. 

So it's a YAGNI then ;-)

cheers,

Chris