Hi, With the new Zope 2.7 install and configuration stuff (currently on the Zope trunk), ZC needs to redo its mechanisms for Zope binary distribution. Currently, ZC distributes binaries for Win32, Linux, and Solaris on Zope.org. The Linux and Solaris distributions are in the form of a tarball containing binaries. The Win32 distribution contains an executable installer generated by WISE. I'd like to propose that ZC drops the "generic" Linux binary distribution in favor of an RPM distribution that would be "guaranteed" to run on the latest Red Hat release or the one before it, but might also work on Mandrake, etc. It's getting a bit scary to try to distribute a "generic" Linux binary release (who knows what's different about each?), and we really don't have the resources to do a functional test of the binary release on every Linux platform. Additionally, most Linux distributions typically come with all the required tools to compile Zope from source, and compiling Zope from source is now a matter of 'configure; make; make install'. If people don't want to do this, they can install the RPM or their distribution's repackaging of Zope (ala Debian). I also propose we drop the Solaris binary distribution in favor of providing instructions to Solaris folks about how to compile and install the source package. This might be the most contentious proposal: I really have no idea how many people use the Solaris binary distro. The Win32 binary release should likely stay much like it is. I'm not sure about the "upgrade" release packages. Does anybody use these? Comments? - C