Proposal: "Last modified by"

Hey Jonas, folks,

> A Problem with Plone that I'm asked about very often is the lack of a =

> "last modified by" attribute in the plone content types.

yep, very common, indeed.
 =

> Since there already is a "Contributors" attribute, it seems straight =

> forward to me that you could insert the names in that field everytime an =

> archetype object is saved. It would be enough with the last person, =

> but you could also make a list, and the last person in that list could =

> be he "last modified by"-person.
> =

> So. Why isn't it so in the current implementation of archetypes? Is it =

> because nobody has thought of it, or is it because there is a problem to =

> this solution ?

What do you guys think about this pretty straight-forward changes to
Archetypes?

Index: Archetypes/ExtensibleMetadata.py
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=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
--- Archetypes/ExtensibleMetadata.py    (revis=E3o 6655)
+++ Archetypes/ExtensibleMetadata.py    (c=F3pia de trabalho)
@@ -116,6 +116,11 @@
                 description_msgid=3D"help_creators",
                 i18n_domain=3D"plone"),
         ),
+        StringField(
+            'lastEditor',
+            widget=3DStringWidget(
+                visible=3D{'edit':'invisible', 'view':'invisible'}),
+        ),
         DateTimeField(
             'effectiveDate',
             mutator=3D'setEffectiveDate',
@@ -458,7 +463,9 @@
         Take appropriate action after the resource has been modified.
         For now, change the modification_date.
         """
-        # XXX This could also store the id of the user doing modifications.
+        mtool =3D getToolByName(self, 'portal_membership')
+        editor =3D mtool.getAuthenticatedMember().getId()
+        self.setLastEditor(editor)
         self.setModificationDate(DateTime())
         if shasattr(self, 'http__refreshEtag'):
             self.http__refreshEtag()

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