Hi Raphael, Raphael Ritz wrote: > Well, whether you consider folders per se as content > or not can be a matter of long debates. But to answer > your specific question: if you consider an ATBTreeFolder > content, then yes, Plone content - realized via a copy > and rename of the 'Large Plone Folder' FTI and then > configuring the workflow tool to not consider this > type subject to *any* workflow (BTW: this is exactly > how CMFDefault handles folders in the first place; it > was a conscious decision in Plone to make folders > per se subject to workflow which - frankly speaking - > I've never understood. For almost all use cases I > came across it is more of a hinderance than a help > to have folders workflowed). >
In this context, yes, I'd say content - but I understand your reservations about that, and appreciate that my use-case is not typical. > Maybe the key thing to understand here is that Plone is an > application on top of Zope *and* CMF. Zope provides the > security mechanism in the first place. The CMF provides a > workflow tool which - among other things - extends Zope's > security mechnism to become *type and state* depended > (via 'portal_type' and 'review_state'). This is a *big* > improvement but still there might be cases where you don't > want or need that. That's all I'm saying. > Yup - as a Zope and Plone user, I'm painfully aware that I do not know enough about the CMF that lies between them. > PS: If people think Plone content ought to have a > review_state I simply disagree. > Not wanting to be awkward, but just to understand your reservations, would you see a problem in requiring the "review_state" attribute but supporting a value of "null" or better "irrelevant" or "immune" or some such? (Can't think of the right word - as an RDBMS man, "null" makes me shudder but I guess it is what I'm really trying to say!) IOW, is it the attribute or it's values that trouble you? -- Regards, PhilK Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Public key: http://www.xfr.co.uk Voicemail & Facsimile: 07092 070518 "You'll find that one part's sweet and one part's tart: say where the sweetness and the sourness start." - Tony Harrison _______________________________________________ Setup mailing list [email protected] http://lists.plone.org/mailman/listinfo/setup
