[Zope-dev] zope.mimetype dependency on zope.publisher

[sean.upton at uniontrib.com]

All - looking for a bit of input on a dependency for zope.mimetype
(zope.publisher) not advertised in setup.py for that package:

zope.mimetype.typegetter imports zope.publisher.contenttype for two
functions (parse() and parseOrdered()).  I'm assuming this dependency is
more historical than anything else, but I'm guessing out of ignorance.

I'm working on a minimal-dependencies CA application (using zope.schema
and zope.component only) that could likely use zope.mimetype in a
context outside of a full zope 3 web publishing environment, and I was
curious if this particular dependency is purposeful/desired?

Thanks,
Sean

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 Sean Upton                     The San Diego Union-Tribune
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