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

[Jean-Paul Smets]

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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