[Zope-dev] allow-picked-versions=false in ztk.cfg?

[Jim Fulton]

On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 8:50 PM, Martin Aspeli <optilude+lists at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hanno Schlichting wrote:
>> On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 10:29 PM, Martijn Faassen <faassen at startifact.com> wrote:
>>>  > [ztk.cfg] contains a line
>>>
>>>  > allow-picked-versions = false
>>>
>>> I agree with Thomas that we should remove this from ztk.cfg, as if we
>>> publish this for reuse we don't want to impose this policy on everybody
>>> who builds on it.
>>>
>>> The question though is why this is in there in the first place.
>>> Presumably it is to ensure that the *ZTK* locks down all versions. I
>>> think we can reasonably ensure this by moving the
>>> 'allow-picked-versions' to the ZTK's "buildout.cfg" instead, right?
>>
>> Yes, +1 for moving it to the buildout.cfg.
>
> If we do that, I'd also suggest we use the 'buildout.dumppickedversions'
>  extension. This prints the picked versions with some explanation about
> what required them, either to a file or to the console. This is a useful
> sanity check: if you see a package in there that looks spurious you may
> ask whether it should've been pinned somewhere.

Running buildout in verbose mode (-v) gives you this same information.
 Is the idea that this information gets printed even in normal mode?

Jim

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Jim Fulton