On 16 Jan 2006, at 21:39, Olivier Grisel wrote: > Florent Guillaume a écrit : >> A general note about writing extension profiles. >> For all the files that are there only to *add* things to an >> existing tool, you don't need to add the meta_type attribute for >> the references to that tool. For example below, you only need to >> write: >> <object name="portal_actions"> >> or >> <object name="portal_layouts"> >> The meta_type is only useful if these objects were about to be >> created, which they're not in an extension profile. > > About extension profiles, wouldn't it be possible to clearly label > which profiles are extension profiles and which are base profiles > in the portal setup UI so as to be able to guess whether > configuration made in the ZMI will be purged or not at next import > time? The CPS setup tool lists the base profile first, the others are extension profiles. Probably all that UI could be done better. > Furthermore, the import/export tabs should display a reminder to > which profile is currently activated. Yes. Actually just import, as export doesn't care and just uses the listed export steps. Patches welcome :) Florent -- Florent Guillaume, Nuxeo (Paris, France) Director of R&D +33 1 40 33 71 59 http://nuxeo.com fg at nuxeo.com
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