)This sounds like it is more suited for Zope-Dev at this point, thus the change) Stuart 'Zen' Bishop wrote: ...

IMHO there should definitly be a seperation of the Zope distribution and site specific stuff (including /var). Especially useful for people who need to upgrade a number of Zope servers simultaneously.

Of course, this requires weeding out all the places where people have been encouranged to leave their own little messes: Products lib/python/Products External import

Any others? These are just the ones I know of...

Hmmm .. what if: One could have a central code repository, with the above directories being configurable. That is to say, what if the start script/Xope.cgi, could get the location of these directories at runtime, like an environment variable? This would allow (AFAIK) the central source, and individual (ie, per server) products. Certainly cuts down on disk usage :-) Comments? -- In flying I have learned that carelessness and overconfidence are usually far more dangerous than deliberately accepted risks. -- Wilbur Wright in a letter to his father, September 1900