[Zope-dev] Zope 2.12: mkzopeinstance, runzope and zopectl - a small proposal

[Tres Seaver]

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Jonas Meurer wrote:

> zope2 releases based on buildout make it very hard for distributors to
> package zope2. especially as zope2 requires 
> from what i know about buildout (and that's not much), it either requires
> a working internet connection or a local mirror with exact versions of
> all required python eggs.

Any distributor packaging Zope should be able to assemble the collection
of required eggs separately (it doesn't need to be a "mirror").

> i would highly appreciate a final release tarball which includes all
> required python library/module eggs.

Sorry, we aren't making such tarballs any longer.  Distributors who
don't want to package the broken-out eggs separately will need to
synthesize such a beast, perhaps using something like 'zc.sourcerelease'.


Tres.
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