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

Chris McDonough chrism@zope.com
Thu, 17 Apr 2003 19:34:53 -0400


I think we've decided to abandon Linux binaries entirely.  The pain
doesn't seem to be worth the gain.  That may change, but for now,
that's the working assumption.

- C


----- Original Message -----
From: "Joachim Werner" <joe@iuveno.de>
To: "Florent Guillaume" <fg@nuxeo.com>; "Zope Developers list"
<zope-dev@zope.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2003 7:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Zope-dev] What do we want in the way of Zope binary
distributions?


>
> >>I'd like to propose that ZC drops the "generic" Linux binary
distribution
> >>in favor of an RPM distribution that would be "guaranteed" to run
on
> >>the latest Red Hat release or the one before it, but might also
work on
> >>Mandrake, etc.
>
> Don't forget about SuSE (or UnitedLinux) for non-Americans ;-)
>
> It should be possible to get help from SuSE with doing official or
> semi-official SuSE RPMs of Zope. I could get a contact for you if
you
> need one.
>
> > 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.
>
> Binary builds have been quite useful for us, too. They always work,
even
> if you don't have the possibility to use gcc on a machine, which is
the
> case for a lot of people in a hosting environment.
>
> But of course you CAN run multiple Zope instances from an RPM
install:
> Just use instance homes!
>
> Joachim
>
>
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