[Zope-dev] Some thoughts on KGS
Martijn Faassen
faassen at startifact.com
Thu Aug 6 12:16:41 EDT 2009
Hey,
Jim Fulton wrote:
> I think the KGS should define 3 categories of packages:
>
> - ZTK packages
>
> These are packages we maintain and expect people to build things on.
>
> - Test packages
>
> These are packages that build on the ZTK. These are used to test
> the ZTK packages, but aren't part
> of the ZTK.
Could you give an example ofa 'test package'? I'm having trouble
thinking of what these might be.
> - dependencies of ZTK packages or test packages.
> Note that the ZTK should probably avoid non-third-party
> dependencies that are not
> part of the ZTK. There are some fuzzy cases, like ZODB and ZConfig.
What would 'dependencies of ZTK packages or test packages' be? Aren't
those third party packages?
> I propose that any test infrastructure we come up with needs to handle
> these 3 cases. In any cases, the test infrastructure needs to fix
> version for all of the categories of packages and there needs to be a
> formal process (uh, like tests passing :) for updating the
> configuration.
Could you say a bit more about what's motivating this proposal?
Regards,
Martijn
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