[Zope3-Users] buildout and egg depedencies

[Jim Fulton]

On Dec 11, 2007, at 1:37 PM, Christophe Combelles wrote:

> Jim Fulton a écrit :
> (...)
>>> issues, but again I find myself fighting against my natural  
>>> instincts.
>>> Where's some end user documentation?
>> http://pypi.python.org/pypi/zc.buildout
>> http://us.pycon.org/common/talkdata/PyCon2007/116/buildout.pdf
>
> I've started learning buildout 3 weeks ago and I've found this  
> document (the latter) extremely useful, because it is not a low- 
> level reference but rather a 30000-feets view with opinions, some  
> examples, some ideas, and it explains the 'why' and the 'when'. It  
> has helped me understanding buildout quickly, to the point of using  
> it for production on small projects. And I'm now saving lots of time  
> installing preview and final versions.
> Temporarily switching final eggs to develop-eggs to quickly fix some  
> bug is another interesting idea suggested by this document and it  
> will eventually help improving zope because it makes it so easy to  
> test and commit even a minor issue in a particular environment,  
> without interfering with anything else.
> Btw, I've started a translation of this tutorial, and I was suddenly  
> wondering what was its license? (I didn't find a mention)


I'm glad you found it useful. It is ZPL. Translate away.  BTW, as you  
find bugs/typos, feel free to make corrections. The source is in the  
doc directory of the buildout project.

Jim

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Jim Fulton
Zope Corporation