[Grok-dev] Re: Defining 3rd-party eggs within a grok buildout?

[Martijn Faassen]

Sebastian Ware wrote:
> Would I add
> 
>   [buildout]
>   extends= http://grok.zope.org/releaseinfo/grok-0.12.1.cfg
> 
> to my xxx.cfg file or would I manually copy the items in grok-0.12.1.cfg 
> to my xxx.cfg?
> 
> I am guessing I can't have two extends directives?

I think (but haven't tested) that you can have your own versions.cfg 
file which has an extends that extends the Grok versions URL.

  buildout.cfg
      |
  myversions.cfg
      |
grok-0.12.1.cfg

Note that those URLs don't have to be on the web; you can simply extend 
a file in your buildout directory. In fact grokproject is going to 
install the downloaded grok file for you in your buildout directory once 
the new version is released - this to enable grokproject to work better 
in offline situations.

Note that the simplest setup for your own application doesn't involve 
its own myversions.cfg, but simply this:

buildout.cfg (with extra versions specified for app-specific dependencies)
     |
grok-0.12.1.cfg

Regards,

Martijn