Hi Yuppie! Previously yuppie wrote: > Hi Wichert! > > > Wichert Akkerman wrote: > >At the moment it is not possible to use skin layers in pure python > >packages. This is caused by the DirectoryView implementation using > >a minimal path name for the layer id. This path name is created > >by CMFCore.utils.minimalpath, which uses the ProductsPaths list of > >directories to look for the filesystem directory and uses an absolute > >path if it can't find it. Since this absolute path will differ per > >install you can't use it in something like genericsetup profiles. > > > >The patch below fixes this by adding $INSTANCE_HOME/lib/python to the > >ProductsPaths list. This allows minimalpath to find python packages > >installed > >there. > > > >Are there any objections to commiting this to trunk? > > Yes, I object. This is a hack that resolves the issue just for some > special use cases. We need a solution that works with python packages > anywhere in the python path. > > Please read this thread: > http://mail.zope.org/pipermail/zope-cmf/2006-July/024631.html > > And please note that we just need a human readable registry key, nothing > that allows to look up the directories directly.
Ok, I did that: http://www.zope.org/Collectors/CMF/467 it needs a few tests obviously, but I think the approach is correct. Wichert. -- Wichert Akkerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It is simple to make things. http://www.wiggy.net/ It is hard to make things simple. _______________________________________________ Zope-CMF maillist - Zope-CMF@lists.zope.org http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-cmf See http://collector.zope.org/CMF for bug reports and feature requests
