[Erp5-dev] Portal types of portal types, actions of actions, roles of roles

[Bartek Gorny]

Don't you think it would be useful to tag some semi-stable revision
just before refactoring? The last tag is three months old anyway, so
it seems about time for a new one. In this case, if you start a major
reshuffle, it would be nice to provide a "revert-point" in case
something goes wrong or breaks existing projects.

Bartek

2009/10/12 Jean-Paul Smets <jp at nexedi.com>:
> Hi,
>
> ERP5 will progressively stop using CMF and  replace each used CMF tool
> by an ERP5 equivalent. After one or two years, all CMF dependencies will
> be removed. ERP5 should then be able to run in pure "ZODB + WSGI" mode,
> using the Zope Toolkit (ZTK), yet keeping upward compatibility for all
> current sites (ie. no data migration needed).
>
> The introduction today of "Portal types of portal types" is the first
> example of such change. It is also one of the first examples of
> completely reflexive content management framework. "Portal types of
> portal types" were initially created for a big government project which
> requires end users to be able to create their own portal types
> (hundreds) through a validation workflow. They will be used in an
> increasing range of applications, for example to help users add new
> kinds of Tickets to ERP5 CRM without any programming. Since, it is still
> quite new, many applications are still unknown.
>
> The portal_types of portal_types were tested for quite some time and
> were designed for transparent upgrade. However, if this new tool breaks
> your existing project, please tell us so that we can fix, add tests and
> learn how to reduce the risks of problems for the next refactoring.
>
> Regards,
>
> JPS.
>
>
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