[Zope] ZopePacks: A Proposal for a new Zope Product...

[Martijn Pieters]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Butch Landingin [mailto:butchland@yahoo.com]
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I've created a proposal for a new Zope product which I'm
> in the process of building.
> 
> The url of the proposal is:
> 
>     http://www.zope.org/Members/butchland/ZopePackProposal/index_html
> 
> Its a long document and it suffers a little in the 
> succintness/clarity department (sorry about that :()
> 
> In summary, I'm proposing a mechanism by which
> we can manage ZClasses and other objects (e.g. Folders) 
> exported via .zexp files  and somewhat make the process 
> of deploying ZClass-based applications easier and 
> error-free.
> 
> I hope you take the time out to read it and give me your
> valuable opinion, advice, and help.

A very good proposal, Butch.

Why not include Python products as well? Granted, you have to restart
Zope for them, but the dependency checks alone would make it very
worthwhile, a bit like RPMs.

The format developed for a ZopePack could also include information on
where to find the latest version, and the ZopePackProduct could even
check for newer versions on demand. No downloading to the server with
automatic install though, unless we develop some kind of signing scheme,
and other security checks.

Heck, we could even adjust Zope.org Products to support ZopePacks in
some way.

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Martijn Pieters, Software Engineer 
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