[Zope] Re: [Zope-dev] What do we want in the way of Zope binary distributions?

[Florent Guillaume]

Chris McDonough wrote:
>>Well I like to use "pristine" binary builds from ZC to get reproducible
>>environment, but having an RPM will mean that it'll only allow me to
>>install it in one place, so only one Zope instance.
> 
> Not just one Zope instance, but probably just one Zope software_home
> for any particular major Zope release.  E.g. you will likely not be
> able to install both Zope-2.7.0 and Zope-2.7.1 via RPM without doing
> some hackery, but you should be able to install Zope-2.7.1 and Zope
> 2.8.0 without fear of conflicts.
> 
> Many instances can use the same software home and making an instance
> home will be very easy under 2.7+.  It will also be a required step,
> so there's no chance you'll forget it. ;-)
> 
>>Well ok, I know lots of ways to get what I need (rpm2cpio for one), but
>>it will complicate my life a bit.
> 
> Does what I said above change this?

Yes, that's a cleaner way to look at it. I'm not overly fond of several 
instance_homes with only one software_home as I really want to keep 
different sites completely separated (i.e., when upgrading the software 
for one site I don't want it to impact my other test sites). But that's 
probably only me.

In this light an RPM is ok.

Florent

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