[Zope-PTK] Packaging/Installation question

[Kevin Dangoor]

Shane wrote:
> If you use the "distribution" tab, you can create a tarball of
> ZClasses.  Enable the "configurable" option for everything.  If you're
> curious, you can see how this works in App/Product.py.  Basically,
> "product.dat" is a .zexp file.
>
> The only issue is that the "distribution" tab is not made available to
> the end user, so it's not easy to make changes and re-distribute.  OTOH
> some people might say that's a good thing.

Since PTK is meant to be plug and play and should have methods of
customization that don't require editing the ZClasses, this will probably be
the best way to distribute the PTK product. Perhaps the individual component
packages will be shipped as .zexp files.

Kevin