[Zope-dev] Policy question: correct location to put member co ntributed libraries libraries

[Brian Lloyd]

> I have a PersistentList and PersistentDict library available 
> for download
> over at zope.org.  I had the tarball put the library in 
> lib/python/ZODB,
> which is clearly wrong (must of had a brain cramp that day :).
> 
> Question -- where should it go?
> 
> It could install itself as if it were a Zope Product:
> lib/python/Products/PersistentListDict/(PersistentList.py,
> PersistentDict.py, readme.txt)
> 
> ...
> 
> However... it's not really a Product.  It's a Python class to 
> be called
> from Python code.  It doesn't participate in or have anything 
> to do with
> the Zope product interface at all.

Andrew - 

Probably the best place is a package in the 
 lib/python/Shared/
directory of the Zope installation. This is the 
place for packages that are not product-specific. 
For example, lib/python/Shared/DC contains packages 
from Digital Creations - you might want to put your 
stuff in lib/python/Shared/Foo/PersistentListDict 
(where "Foo" is your organization or some other 
contextual name to distinguish your packages).

Hope this helps!


Brian Lloyd        brian@digicool.com
Software Engineer  540.371.6909              
Digital Creations  http://www.digicool.com