On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 02:21:32PM -0400, Paul Winkler wrote: > Done. Like I said, just trivial docs typos.
While I'm at it, anybody object to the attached patch to doc/FAQ.txt ? -- Paul Winkler http://www.slinkp.com
Index: FAQ.txt =================================================================== --- FAQ.txt (revision 30745) +++ FAQ.txt (working copy) @@ -194,7 +194,35 @@ (yay) it's var/z2.pid, for pcgi (not so yay), it's var/pcgi.pid. - 4. After moving my old Data.fs to Zope 2.8 I get an + Upgrading from Earlier Versions of Zope + + 1. How can I upgrade to Zope 2.8? + + The usual procedure when installing a new version of Zope is: + + - Create a new instance (see doc/INSTALL.txt). + + - Copy the var/Data.fs file from your old instance into your + new instance's var/ directory. (It is best to do this while + the old instance is not running; alternatively, you can + use repozo.py as described at + http://www.zope.org/Wikis/ZODB/FileStorageBackup + to make a live backup, then create a new Data.fs from that + backup in your new instance.) + + Keep your old Data.fs in the old instance as a backup. + + - Copy the Products and Extensions directories from your old + instance into the new instance. + + - Update etc/zope.conf with any changes you made in your + old instance. (Likewise for zeo.conf if you are using zeo.) + + - Start the new instance. (Be sure the old instance is not running.) + + - Update any ZCatalogs as described below. + + 2. After moving my old Data.fs to Zope 2.8 I get an "AttributeError, _length" when trying to use the ZCatalog? In Zope 2.8 we cleaned up the index implementations and therefore @@ -224,6 +252,25 @@ converted and reindexed" + 3. CMF doesn't work! + + Check that you have a recent stable version of CMF. + You need at least CMF-1.4.8. CMF is available at + http://www.zope.org/Products/CMF/ + + + 4. Plone doesn't work! + + As of the release of Zope 2.8.0, Plone does not support + Zope 2.8 yet. Check http://www.plone.org for updates. + + + 5. I'm using Python 2.4 and I'm having a problem... + + Zope 2.8 has not been tested with Python 2.4. + Please use Python 2.3. + + General
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