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Wichert Akkerman wrote:
> Previously Jens Vagelpohl wrote:
>> What we get from the plugin registration isn't the structure expected  
>> as a return value from all_meta_types. The plugin registration only  
>> gives us a sequence of meta_type strings.  So in effect we are not  
>> filtering, we're simply converting to a suitable data structure that  
>> is found in Products.meta_types, and those are then returned.
> 
> Right, I saw that a bit later.
> 
>> I haven't worked with products that are standard Python packages, but  
>> even if you cannot find them in Products.meta_types (why not I  
>> wonder? Is this a bug in the mechanism that enables Python package  
>> products?) I am assuming there has to be some place where you could  
>> look up their product information programmatically. all_meta_types  
>> could be extended to look in more than one place for this product  
>> information.
> 
> After doing a bit of hunting around it turns out there is a bit of Zope
> magic involved: during Zope startup initialize() is called for all
> products and the output of that is used to do things like fill
> Products.meta_types. Since I forgot to add a five:registerPackage in my
> configure.zcml that was never called, hence the problem.

Cool, glad that works for you.


Tres.
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