[Erp5-dev] bootstrap

[Yoshinori Okuji]

I write this mail, because I found a serious mistake in erp5_core.

The business template erp5_core is very special, because it has a bootstrap 
issue. Since erp5_core itself is a business template, erp5_core may not 
manage meta information about business templates.

The bootstrap of ERP5 is done by ERP5Generator in ERP5/ERP5Site.py. This short 
Python code deals with the most difficult part to initialize the minimal ERP5 
Site. It adds the portal type Business Template by using the factory type 
information in ERP5/Document/BusinessTemplate.py, and imports two workflows 
related to Business Template. After these, it can add erp5_core.

Since erp5_core depends on the portal type and the workflows, you must not 
modify them by erp5_core itself. If you do this, the functionality of 
Business Template malfunctions. When you want to modify them, you must modify 
the factory type information in the document, and export the workflows in XML 
format to the directory bootstrap in ERP5.

YO
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Yoshinori Okuji, Nexedi Research Director
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