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["Fabien \(Open ERP\)" <fp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Olivier,

Are you sure it's a good idea to allow context in workflows ?

Workflows are not used for user interface interactions, but for 
controlling the
evolution of the object. It has no sense to put context on constraints 
and, for
the same reason, I don't think we should allow context in workflows.

An activity should not depend on a context but on data stored on the object.
The goal of the workflow is to easily modify it, add/remove some 
transitions, etc.
If we depend on contexts, we may loose this modularity.

I am still not sure about this, but I would not allow the context to be 
used in
workflows, for the same reason that it has no sense to put context on 
constraints.


On 13/12/11 19:05, Olivier Dony (OpenERP) wrote:
> FWIW, you can have a look at the branch where I tested merging the same thing[1].
>
> As I explain on my merge prop there, I think we need more work on the addons side in order to get any benefit from this work, and that will be much more tricky. I started a wip of changing addons in this manner[2] but it is far from complete or working yet, and perhaps it's too much at this point.
>
>
> [1] lp:~openerp-dev/openobject-server/trunk-workflow-context-odo
> [2] lp:~openerp-dev/openobject-addons/trunk-workflow-context-odo
>    


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