-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 yuppie wrote:
> Working on the five:registerClass directive for Five 1.2 and Zope 2.9 I > had a closer look at the product initialization code. > > I propose the following modifications for the dicts in > Products.meta_types (set by registerClass): > > > 1.) 'action' key: > ----------------- > > I'd like to give empty 'action' values a special meaning: The meta_type > is not visible in the add drop down in the ZMI. > > The five:registerClass directive allows to set empty 'action' values. > > This would resolve http://www.zope.org/Collectors/Zope/1885 . > > Filtering out meta_types with empty 'action' values is a two line change > in main.dtml. I'd like to make that change also on the 2.8 branch to > enable that feature for 2.8.5 with Five 1.2. +1. > 2.) 'interfaces' key: > --------------------- > > Does currently only contain oldstyle interfaces. The code in > OFS.ObjectManager that uses that key works also with z3 interfaces. I'd > like to add z3 interfaces to the value of that key. That would e.g. > allow to set only new style interfaces on catalog index classes. I'd just as soon rip old-style interfaces out by the roots. +1 for allowing new-style ones in 2.8.x; -1 for continuing to support old-style ones on the trunk (anybody clever enough to use the old ones "back in the day" is clever enough, and should be motivated enough, to convert). > 3.) 'product' key: > ------------------ > > AFAICS it isn't used in Zope itself. I'd like to add a note that it > might be removed in a future version. +1. > 4.) related cleanup: > -------------------- > > Application.install_product has some backwards compatibility code for > products that have initialization code outside the 'initialize' method > of their __init__.py. This is deprecated at least for 5 years. I'd like > to add explicit deprecation warnings on the 2.8 branch and to remove > that code for Zope 2.9. +1. > This isn't much work, it can all be done in time for the Zope 2.9 beta. > > Any feedback is welcome. If there are no objections, I'll make the > changes as proposed. Tres. - -- =================================================================== Tres Seaver +1 202-558-7113 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Palladion Software "Excellence by Design" http://palladion.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDYPhi+gerLs4ltQ4RAjqAAKCa3BqERqXAC/uYPQp5n9Y8ZZL33QCeJ65o rKUDm17Qy3x+iNa1+5HxYnU= =e0ZF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Zope-Dev maillist - Zope-Dev@zope.org http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope )