[Zope-dev] [Zope-Checkins] SVN: Zope/branches/tseaver-clarify_install_docs/doc/ Split out docs for 'normal' installation from those using 'zc.buildout'.

Chris Withers chris at simplistix.co.uk
Tue Mar 2 12:35:21 EST 2010


Tres Seaver wrote:
>  Installing Zope
> -===============
> +---------------
>  
> -Unless using buildout to build a zope instance as described
> -:ref:`below <buildout-instances>`, you will need to install Zope
> -separately. If you want to create a buildout-based Zope instance,
> -please skip directly to that section.
> +The recommended way to install Zope is within a virtualized Python environment
> +using ``virtualenv`` as follows::

Really? I wouldn't recommend virtualenv...
Myself, I find the buildout instance the easiest and lightest weight 
method...

By all means, document virtualenv as an option, but blessing it as "the 
one true way" is a bit much...

cheers,

Chris

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