[Zope-dev] the Zope Framework project

[Martijn Faassen]

Chris McDonough wrote:
[snip]
> This just seems like a blindingly obvious antigoal to actually breaking apart
> the software into more discrete bits using eggs.  Why not just stick with a huge
> tarball release or one single egg if it all has to be versioned through time to
> 99% of its consumers as one giant collection of software treated as a unit?

Why not:

* Repoze and others couldn't use the bits they care about.

* Grok (or anything else) couldn't diverge from a common KGS when it 
needs to.

* individual apps couldn't diverge from a common KGS when *they* need to.

* A clear set of explicit, layered dependencies in software is generally 
a good thing. We can start thinking about smaller pieces better. By 
splitting up into individually packaged and released bits, we are forced 
to think about these things more.

I don't see this as at all incompatible with a group managing a list of 
versions that is known to work together, as a service to various groups 
which do need such lists anyway.

Regards,

Martijn