[Zope-CMF] [Checkins] SVN: Products.CMFCalendar/trunk/setup.py - dependency cleanup

[Jens Vagelpohl]

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On Feb 16, 2009, at 13:29 , yuppie wrote:

> Jens Vagelpohl wrote:
>> I'm wondering, ist it necessary to declare a dependency where we know
>> that it is a required dependency for another dependency we already
>> declare? Specifically, if CMFDefault is declared as dependency, is it
>> necessary to also declare CMFCore because we know CMFDefault already
>> declares it?
>
> No. But as Hanno pointed out yesterday, it is good practice to specify
> all *direct* dependencies:
> http://mail.zope.org/pipermail/zope-dev/2009-February/034582.html
>
> The Zope2 package is an exception because it represents the Zope 2
> platform and ships with a KGS. So direct dependencies on packages  
> Zope2
> also depends on should not be specified if Zope2 is specified as  
> dependency.
>
> I thought that was consensus, but if you don't agree I'm fine with
> further discussions.

No, don't get me wrong, I did not signal any disagreement or  
agreement ;-) I was just wondering if there was a new set of "best  
practices" that I missed. I did not draw the line between the other  
discussion and your checkins at all, it did not strike me as related.

Does anyone else have a specific opinion for this case, disregarding  
the five.localsitemanager discussion?

jens


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