[Zope-CMF] Re: RFC: Flon functionality ported to CMF?

[whit]

> Yes, there certainly is a terrible tool proliferation, probably more  
> painfully in Plone than in the CMF. IMHO it wouldn't be so bad if  those 
> were optional components that provide optional functionality,  but most 
> of them must be there or the site breaks.

exactly. almost every addon has it's own set of tools, and many time 
these serve functions better served by z3's concept of services 
(PortalTranforms from AT comes to mind).

at least if they were components, extending them would be easier, even 
though the truly optional tool / utility is rare.

-w