[Zope-CMF] how to distribute CMF components?

[Shane Hathaway]

seb bacon wrote:
> Just thinking aloud, really.  But if we're to leverage the clean,
> loosely coupled design principles of the CMF to share solutions, I
> think we should make an effort to standardise how this sharing might
> be done.

Suddenly there are quite a few CMF add-ons popping up, something I
didn't expect yet.  This is a good thing, but to support so many add-ons
the CMF really ought to provide a standard way to plug in add-ons. 
Right now add-ons are supposed to have a fake constructor that installs
skins, types, and whatever else.  I suspect this method will always
work, but like you, I'd like to see us come up with a better way.

> What does everyone else think?  Are there too few third party
> components to worry about this for now?  Is the CMF likely to change
> too quickly for third-party components to have a shelf-life of more
> than 2 months?

By labeling the release "1.0", we have made a more firm commitment to
retain backward compatibility than we could with the PTK.

Shane