[Zope3-dev] Zope Package (Directory) Structure Reorganization

[Shane Hathaway]

Barry A. Warsaw wrote:
>>>>>>"GP" == Gary Poster <garyposter@earthlink.net> writes:
>>>>>>
> 
>     |              OFS
>     |            ** -->(if OFS *only* holds Container, why bother with it?
>     |                    Either stick Folder in here or move Container up and
>     |                    eliminate OFS altogether)
>     |                  Container
>     |                      ...
> 
> I've always been puzzled by the moniker "OFS" and have to think about
> what that means each time.  I'm not even sure if I'm write ("Object
> File System"?).  I'm +1 on any reorg that makes this directory's
> purpose more clear.

I like the notion that OFS contains only the things you would need to 
make a static web site: folders, files, and images.  Imagine people 
coming from other web servers and trying to make sense of an entire 
object system.  They need a way in.  The easiest thing to do is upload 
static HTML and images, and to do that, just use OFS.  OFS is the 
doorway from files and directories to very simple objects.  And OFS is 
always there to fall back on.

This is one of the things that Zope 2 did right.

Shane