To: Rik Hoekstra <hoekstra@fsw.leidenuniv.nl> Copies to: zope@zope.org Subject: Re: [Zope] reality check Organization: Net Facilities Group *** http://www.nfg.nl From: gyst@nfg.nl (Guido A.J. Stevens) Date sent: 12 Dec 1999 12:35:45 +0100
Hi Rik,
Just wanted to let you know you're _completely_ wrong :-). "Changing context in Zope" is exactly what I was looking for and I find myself referencing it frequently.
Good to hear it.
I'll take your points seriously though: after fiddling with Zope for some weeks now I've found some errors in some documentation and I'll contact the authors off-list.
I'm sure that will encourage everyone to write more documentation (depending on your remarks that is ;-)
I must say I'm quite satisfied with the Zope documentation. It's fragmented, yes, but there's a lot of it. I've got a big pile of printouts on my desk, bigger than anything available for PHP e.g., and it's just a subset of what can be gotten from the Zope site. I for one attribute my difficulties in implementing Zope more to the complexity and huge feature-set of the Zope engine, than to a lack of documentation. Good documentation helps, but it does not make Zope intrinsically easier.
OK, I agree to this point. Getting Zope takes an open mind and some perseverance, which is more than some people are able to manage Rik