[Zope3-dev] Broader name for service managers

[Tom Deprez]

Stephan Richter wrote:
>> I like the idea in principle, but I worry about mixing up Zope
>> feature names with actor names. I feel more comfortable calling Site
>> Manager the human who manages a Zope site (keeping in mind that one
>> Zope instance could have many such sites, and hence a number of
>> those Site Manager people :-).
>
> I agree.
>
>> Site Controler, maybe? or Site Master, Site Mangler ...
>>
>> Or maybe we should just call it Control Panel and say that now you
>> can have as many of those as you want in your Zope. It's what people
>> always wanted isn't it?
>
> Yeah, that sounds better. I would even call it "Site Control" or
> "Function Control".

Mmm, yes, the actor and the objects the actor uses are different:

Perhaps you should use as actor 'Site Administrator' while the objects
they manage are:

Packages
Configuration files
Define sites: Which is making a folder and adding a Service Manager
Object

Since a Service Manager Object manages Zope3 Services, I think that name
is correctly choosen.
Perhaps make use of a special 'folder' (one which contains a Service
Manager Object). eg a Site Folder.

Thus a 'Site Administrator', creates sites by creating a 'Site' object
which contains a 'Service Manager Object'.
Further the 'Site Administrator' adminstrers a site by adding/removing
packages and configure those packages.

My 2cents.

Regards,
Tom.