[Zope3-Users] Re: KGS Site Updated

Philipp von Weitershausen philipp at weitershausen.de
Sun Nov 18 05:06:45 EST 2007


Stephan Richter wrote:
> I just updated the Zope 3.4 KGS with some new features.
> 
> 1. You only need to upload the "controlled-packages.cfg" file now; all other 
> files are generated.
> 
> 2. The "controlled-packages.cfg" file now supports a name and version option. 
> Thus, all generated files are versioned now. The unversioned version of the 
> files refers to the latest one.
> 
> 3. A new "links.html" file now lists all packages in one URL, so that it is 
> suitable for the "find-links" option. (I have not tested this yet, anyone?)

That's quite useful when combining multiple KGSs

> 4. A new "minimal/" folder now contains an index just of the controlled 
> packages. This minimal index can be used by compoze as one contributing 
> index. (I have not tested this yet, can anyone try this and report how it can 
> be done?)
> 
> 5. There is now an introduction page called "intro.html" that lists all 
> versions and files. It also explains how to use the files. See:
> http://download.zope.org/zope3.4/intro.html

You have a typo there. The buildout option is called "extends", not 
"extend".

> 6. The KGS now supports extensions, meaning one KGS can build on another. You 
> simply specify the "extend" option in the "[KGS]" section of the controlled 
> packages configuration file. This should allow frameworks built on top of 
> Zoep 3, like grok, to build their own KGS without much effort.
> 
> That said, I would really like for people to test all the features and see 
> whether they work for them.
> 
> But most importantly, I would like for people to contribute to the "Usage" 
> section of the introduction page!



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