[Zope3-dev] Re: VFS remains

[Shane Hathaway]

Christian Heimes wrote:
> Chris Withers wrote:
> 
>> When did the VFS idea die?
> 
> 
> See 
> http://cvs.zope.org/Zope3/src/zope/publisher/Attic/vfs.py?rev=1.4&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup&only_with_tag=NameGeddon-branch. 
> It looks like it was removed due the namegeddon. Stephan promised me in 
> #zope3-dev that he will rewrite the texts in the zope3 wiki. The files 
> mentioned in my last email refer to the old vfs framework. Somone forget 
> to clean them up and to kick them in the attic of the cvs. :)

Namegeddon wasn't the real reason for its removal.  Jim just didn't see 
a need for it, and it was far from perfect, so he got rid of it.  I 
still think the idea is quite useful, but Zope 3 is already introducing 
a lot of new concepts.  We don't want to introduce too many at once.

Shane