On Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:23:14 +0200, Chris Barnes
<ch...@txbarnes.com> wrote:
In fact, this is my main complaint with Plone in general. It might very
well be easy to use for the end users - but to run the entire system
requires a person who is well versed in Zope/python.
To run it — I'd say no. To customize it, absolutely. There's "use" as in
"end user", and "use" as in develop for / customize. We are very much
aware that the current approach where Plone straddles multiple large
pieces of infrastructure (Zope 2, Zope 3 and the CMF), is not ideal. The
other option would be to dump our current user base and restart
development in pure Zope 3 (or something else), which was an option that
was deemed too risky.
I'm a computer administrator by profession - and *I* haven't been able
to get a Plone site up and running yet. What does that say for the
"average user"? Iow, the kb needed to run & maintain a Plone system is
WAY under stated.
With the latest advancements in configuration and setup tools (buildout
being among the major changes here), the core part of this problem will be
in much better shape than it was a year ago. The main problem as I see it
at the moment is that not all documentation is current, but the team is
working on updating the documentation to the current state of the art.
I have to be honest - I am close to giving up on Plone.
That's sad to hear. Let us know if there are specific things we can help
with.
There are lots of things we want to make better about Plone — the good
news is that the team is acutely aware of these issues, and everyone is
pulling in the same direction to get them fixed. It just takes a bit of
time, as everything does in a project with a large installed user base,
where you need to care about upgrades and compatibility.
--
Alexander Limi · http://limi.net
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