[Grok-dev] find-links instead of eggbasket

[Maurits van Rees]

Op 25-03-10 15:31, Martijn Faassen schreef:
> Hi there,
>
>   From the discussion earlier it looks like we can reliably use
> find-links instead of eggbasket, with a caveat concerning timeout.
>
> So, I propose:
>
> * we devise a way to make our own index for Grok on
>     grok.zope.org/releaseinfo. This should contain basically what the
>     eggbasket contains (including windows eggs and such). So perhaps we
>      can use eggbasket. compoze is also a tool we should consider.
>
> * we use the same structure we already had proposed for downloading the
>     versions info, though it turns out due to the extends cache we don't
>     strictly need it. I'd say: grok.zope.org/releaseinfo/1.1/eggs/ or
>     something for the eggs for Grok 1.1. We can put the versions list also
>     under grok.zope.org/releaseinfo/1.1/versions.cfg
>
> * we then add a find-links to our standard grokproject-generated grok
>     projects that points to this. We remove the eggbasket stuff from
>     grokproject-generated projects.
>
> * there was some talk about adding timeout facilities to buildout. This
>     doesn't sound strictly necessary to ensure Grok eggs will be fetched
>     from grok.zope.org, as find-links is reported to be followed first,
>     but we should at least explore what's optimal here for a typical
>     Grok installation.
>
> Hopefully this strategy will make installation for beginners at least as
> smooth as with eggbasket, but installation for users who already have
> installed Grok more smooth as no more downloading of giant tarballs.

As one of the original creators of the eggbasket, and lurker on this 
list, I'd say this sounds good.

And no, I am not doing anything with Grok currently (or the past two 
years really), so I am not volunteering. :-)

Maurits