[Zope] Zope RPMs

[Shane Hathaway]

Matthew T. Kromer wrote:

> Derek Simkowiak wrote:
> 
>> ->   *  upgrade to Python 2.1.2 and Zope 2.4.4 beta or Zope 2.5
>>
>>     RPMs of Zope 2.4.4beta or Zope 2.5 would be very nice.
>>
>>     Believe it or not, some of us actually use the administrative 
>> features of RPMs.  It would be nice if the RPMs were generated in an 
>> automatic way, instead of just as some guy's pet project that gets 
>> updated when he has time.
>>
>>     Furthermore, it would be nice if the RPMs were tested on systems
>> other than Red Hat (for me, that would be Mandrake, in particular).  I
>> have to use --nodeps (and --force?  I don't remember) to install because
>> it looks for a package that is named differently under Mandrake... I can
>> provide details if anyone is interested.
> 
> We would be delighted if you spent the time and developed automatic 
> packaging for the distributions which concern you.  Our build process 
> does not generate RPMs or any other package format.


FYI the "automatic packaging" part is already done.  "rpm -bb" takes a 
.spec file, unpacks the sources in a temporary folder, performs a 
complete build, and generates RPMs.  The only thing someone needs to 
maintain is the .spec file, which might be slightly different per 
distribution.


Shane