[Zope-dev] TIP: Must enable 'new' for FreeBSD Python 1.5.2 port to install PythonMethods

Bill Anderson bill.anderson@libc.org
Fri, 18 Feb 2000 14:54:13 -0700


Petru Paler wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Feb 18, 2000 at 03:37:18PM -0500, Tom Neff wrote:
> > because there was no module 'new'.  It turns out that in the FreeBSD port of
> > Python 1.5.2 (/usr/ports/lang/python), the Modules/Setup file is substituted
> > with one that turns off Tommy Burnette's 'newmodule'.  I have no idea why
> > this should be, or why they didn't make whatever changes they needed as a
> > Patch rather than an absolute overwrite of the file, but however it
> > happened, you need to turn it back on in Modules/Setup and then remake and
> > reinstall. Once I did that, PythonMethods comes up fine and other products
> > (like BannerFolder-0.3) that rely on it, install as well.
> 
>    As a side note. *Don't* use BannerFolder's counters. You will get the
> banner copied for each impression :-/


What Counters? Are you talking about the hits, views, or remaining_views
?
Inguiring minds need to know. :)

FWIW, I am in the middle of a 'rewrite' of that product. I am adding the
ability to 'weight' banners, view reports, and track click-throughs.
Other changes are that it is being written in Python instead of
ZClasses.

Progress is slow, but existent; no time-frame for release yet, other
than 'soon'.

Bill


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