[Zope-dev] Re: Directory structure on svn.zope.org

Jim Fulton jim at zope.com
Mon Dec 26 08:54:03 EST 2005


Philipp von Weitershausen wrote:
> Andreas Jung wrote:
> 
>>The top-level directory structure on svn.zope.org appears a bit messy to
>>me. There we have the folders for the "large" projects CMF, Zope, Zope3
>>and lots
>>modules that possibly don't belong there. Wouldn't it make sense to move
>>them into a dedicated Zope3-modules folder (or choose another name)?
> 
> 
> -1
> 
> Let's keep the SVN repo structure as flat as possible.
> 
> Note that I think a project's name should be the dotted name of the
> Python package (if one such package exists), so it should be
> 
>   Products.CompositePage/
>   Products.PluginRegistry/
>   Products.PluggableAuthService/
>   Products.Zelenium/
> 
> instead of
> 
>   CompositePage/
>   PluginRegistry/
>   PluggableAuthService/
>   Zelenium/
> 
> Why? Because it's a pattern we're following with other package projects
> already:

More importantly, imo, it reflects that actual name of the real subject of the
project.

Jim

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