[Zope-dev] setup.py "extra" dependencies

[Gary Poster]

On Mar 6, 2009, at 9:50 AM, Martijn Faassen wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> Thanks Gary for sketching our the zc.async usecase. Note that zc.async
> isn't in the Zope Framework at this point in time so it wouldn't be
> directly affected by this policy, but it's still a useful usecase of  
> course.

Right, that was the intent.

...

> * we are going to work at getting rid of the zope.app.testing extra by
> distributing its facilities into individual zope.* packages. Hopefully
> we can get a clear consensus on this one from the people who object to
> the general policy.

+1

> * if you think a new "extra" dependency is needed in a Zope Framework
> package, and you're not just moving stuff between packages but  
> actually
> developing new code, bring it up on zope-dev so we can at least  
> consider
> alternatives. Perhaps a better home can be found for this code.

Fair enough.

> * on a case-by-case basis we can consider removing extra dependencies
> for particular Zope Framework packages, just like what we're doing  
> right
> now for zope.component. We'll discuss that whenever needed. I'll of
> course be biased in favor of such removal, but I can be convinced  
> otherwise.

Fair enough.

Thanks

Gary