[Zope] to convert images on the fly with zope

Martijn Pieters mj@zope.com
Tue, 21 Aug 2001 10:31:49 -0400


> I just posted a hotfix to create thumbnails on the fly
> (http://www.zope.org/Members/bowerymarc) -- when you use the 'tag' method
of
> Images.  It generates JPEG thumbs of the size specified in the tag.  You
> could either use that (so you'd still have access to the original format),
> or adapt it.

I feel that the term 'Hotfix' isn't really the appropriate label to use for
your product; 'Monkey patch' is more approrpiate maybe, as it is not a
hotfix. It is not a fix for a serious problem in Zope that cannot wait for
the next release, the normal intent of a hotfix, for example. The term
'hotfix' now has contextual meaning, that of a urgent fix for a serious,
usualy security related prioblem in Zope.

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Martijn Pieters
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