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"Let's suppose you have a table with 2^n cups..."
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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 16:11:28 +0200
From: Amir Abiri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Shlomi Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Hello World
From: "Shlomi Fish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On Tue, 12 Mar 2002, Amir Abiri wrote:
>
> > From: "Shlomi Fish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > > On Tue, 12 Mar 2002, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> > >
> > > > Has anybody looked recently at upgrading zope?
> > > >
> > > > What does it take?
> > > >
> > > > If it takes too much work: is it worth considering using another
system
> > > > for the site?
> > > >
> > >
> > > I did. My problem was that Squishdot (which is the main back-end)
requires
> > > some manual steps to upgrade from two subsequent versions. The current
> > > squishdot version we have is the oldest possible so there are about 30
> > > manual steps that need to be taken.
> >
> > This is less what my skills are about, but of course i can do that two,
> > given enough headache.
> >
>
> I can also do it, but I'm looking for a simpler and more
> straightforward way.
>
> > > Beats me why they could not write a Python script to automate the
upgrade.
> > >
> > > The problem with switching to another system, is that we will lose all
our
> > > articles history.
> >
> > Why ? Are they encrypted ?
> > Where are the articles stored ? Database ? Text files ? Is it it
impossible
> > to Perl them out of there ?
> >
>
> They are stored in one monolithic file that has all the Zope data. I don't
> know what its exact format is. It's something that is specific to Zope.
> You may be able to Python-them out of there if you study Zope a bit.
If it comes out to the screen, then it can go out into a file. If figuring
out zope itself will be to hard, then i'll simply web-rip localhost.
Web-Crawling is my little specialty.
> The problem is that Chen, who sat up Zope in the first place is not
> responsive any more regarding the web-site. Moshe Zadka, who is
> supposed to be a Zope expert - I did not hear from him online for quite a
> long time, and he used to be quite active.
Well, it would be better of course if some could wake one of them or both
from their hybernation. But i'm sure we can manage without them.
> Zope is an architecture, and therefore very difficult to handle than a
> set of standalone do-what-you-need scripts.
Another good reason to move the whole thing to PHP from scratch, in case i
hybernate in the future.
When do i start ? ;)
Next two days will probably be hell for me, but all my weekend will probably
be yours.
> Regards,
>
> Shlomi Fish
To all: pls stop ccing me in private. I'm subscribed to the list and i get
all emails twice... :)
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