Shane Hathaway wrote:
I've created a patch that allows you to create redistributable archives
with the distribution tab. It's checked in to CVS on a branch. This
is what was needed for us to start using the distribution tab more
frequently.
Great :-)
Thanks again Shane...
Is the patch
Chris Withers wrote:
Dieter Maurer wrote:
What is needed is a new way of installing Zope stuff for the following
categories:
1. Python Base Products (Like ZPatterns, PTKBase and TrackerBase)
2. Instantiatable Products (like TinyTables, Squishdot and Tracker)
3. Interface
Bill Anderson wrote:
I believe he is talkin gabout the __init__ function checking to see if
the .zexp has been imported, and if not, importing it for you. It's an
idea I have kicked around, but haven't tried yet.
IIRC, the 'Distribution' tab creates all this for you...
It creates a binary
Dieter Maurer wrote:
What is needed is a new way of installing Zope stuff for the following
categories:
1. Python Base Products (Like ZPatterns, PTKBase and TrackerBase)
2. Instantiatable Products (like TinyTables, Squishdot and Tracker)
3. Interface Skins (none right now,
Hi,
Zope currently has two ways of distributing products:
1. Tarballs containing python products
2. .zexps containing methods, ZClass products and the like.
Things are now getting bad as products are emerging (PTK, Tracker, etc)
which require both of these to get a single product working which
Here is a page by Butch Landingin at
http://www.zope.org/Members/butchland/ZopePackProposal
He talks about the need for a Zope Pack Manager.
Or maybe that should be Zope Package Manager? :)
It would be nice to have a single unified way of preparing apps,
products or whatever for distribution.
Jimmie Houchin wrote:
It would be nice to have a single unified way of preparing apps,
products or whatever for distribution. The process be nicely automated
or provide a user interface for building the distributable. The install
process would also need to be just as painless.
Totally agree.
Chris Withers writes:
Hi,
Zope currently has two ways of distributing products:
1. Tarballs containing python products
2. .zexps containing methods, ZClass products and the like.
Things are now getting bad as products are emerging (PTK, Tracker, etc)
which require both of these