[Zope3-dev] reST in Zope 3

[Stephan Richter]

On Monday 16 December 2002 08:01, Guido van Rossum wrote:
> I recommend that when we adopt 3rd party Python packages, we try to
> write our code so that it works whether we include the 3rd party
> package or not (in the latter case the user will have to install it
> separately).  Then we provide a full distro of the 3rd party package
> with certain (end-user-oriented) Zope3 distros, but not with the
> developer distro or in CVS.  (It's okay to require a certain version
> and complain loudly if an older version is found.)

Sounds very good to me. So once I land the OnlineHelp (AFTER the alpha), we 
will require docutils for Zope 3. Is everyone cool with that?

> One advantage of this approach is that it avoids the temptation to
> "fix" the 3rd party package, which generally ends up causing more pain
> than it's worth.

LOL. Yep, I just noticed that. :-)

Regards,
Stephan
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