[Zope] Linux/Redhat advice : RPMs vs Src for Zope development ?

[Scott Parish]

> my view:
> rpms provide better management.  you can install and uninstall with ease.  and
> i think most rpms come with all/most parameters compiled in. 

My preference is almost always source.  I don't however like the mess of just
installing whatever all into /usr/local.  What i've been using is stow 
(ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/stow), which allows me to install each package i compile
into a structure like /usr/local/stow/packagename, and then it sym links it
into the /usr/local tree, meaning that everything works the same, but i can
now uninstall or temp uninstall on the fly, i can find which package a file
came from or which files a package came with, and i can move stuff off to
other file systems if i get tight on space.  Very sweet!

sRp