[Zope-CMF] Re: Allowed content types (CMF 1.5 - Roadmap)

[Danny Bloemendaal]

Well, I think that the whole issue becomes irrelevent when Plone starts
using ATContentTypes. If ATContentTypes defines add/remove/whatever
permissions for each content type then we're done. Tiran?

"yuppie" <y.2004_ at wcm-solutions.de> wrote in message
news:4054C062.1000402 at wcm-solutions.de...
> Hi!
>
>
> Alexander Limi wrote:
> > Since we're still talking about CMF 1.5 and the roadmap, I was
> > surprised  that no-one mentioned the #1 most requested feature in the
> > CMF: Deciding  who can add what where.
>
> The development of the CMF is driven by contributions. If people request
> a feature, but nobody is willing to do the changes, the features will
> not make it into the next release. I guess you know that from Plone ;)
>
> > Roles-based Add Permission is already possible on a global level,
> > what's  needed is a way to allow this on a *per-content-type* basis.
>
> Just to be more explicit: You are talking about the 'portal_type', right?
>
> > Something like this:
> >                    Manager Reviewer Member
> > CMF: Add Document   [x]     [ ]      [x]
> > CMF: Add News Item  [x]     [ ]      [ ]
> > CMF: Add Event      [x]     [x]      [ ]
> >
> > The current CMF notion of having *one* permission that is common to all
> > content types is pretty restricting. Similarly, there should be such
> > permissions for Deleting/Modifying the different content types. (Also,
> > if  this is happening and new permissions are needed, it would be nice
> > to  follow the Product: Permission Name naming convention. Minor
> > nitpick, but  you all know how hard it is to find the permission you
> > need in a list of  300 alphabetically sorted permissions. :)
>
> Portal Types are defined in the Types Tool. One content class can be
> used for many Portal Types. The normal permission machinery only works
> per class.
>
> The solution that was discussed earlier was to have only one permission,
> but to allow to set it different for each Portal Type.
>
> [...]
> > This would require a big change to the Types Tool including
> > FactoryTypeInformation, but it's sorely needed.
>
> The 'add' permission is just a bugfix and delete / modify should also be
> possible without a big change. But someone has to *do* it.
>
> See also our discussion in December:
> <http://mail.zope.org/pipermail/zope-cmf/2003-December/019943.html>
>
>
> Cheers,
> Yuppie
>
>
>
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