[Zope-dev] lxml dependency in Zope 2.12.10 KGS

[Martijn Faassen]

Hi there,

On 09/10/2010 04:01 PM, Martin Aspeli wrote:
> When the software breaks, people go elsewhere. I didn't say Windows
> support was easy, or any fun. But we have to decide: do we care about
> people who have made (or are forced to make) different technology
> choices than us, or do we tell them their platform is unsupported?

If you don't provide good Windows support and leave it to people who 
supposedly do care, you're setting yourself up for a self-fulfilling 
prophecy; the Windows people will not be there in the first place.

And you're *lucky* as a project if you hear from people who have trouble 
installing it. Most people who have trouble installing your problem will 
just silently move on to something else. It makes sense to listen to 
these people very carefully when they are there, and even to anticipate 
what they might desire - if it's something as obvious as Windows support.

It might also help to just go and read the lxml mailing list. As I see 
Laurence just said, Sidnei was talking about working on this very topic 
just 4 days ago...

Regards,

Martijn