[Zope] reality check

[Rik Hoekstra]

To:             	Rik Hoekstra <hoekstra@fsw.leidenuniv.nl>
Copies to:      	zope@zope.org
Subject:        	Re: [Zope] reality check
Organization:   	Net Facilities Group    ***   http://www.nfg.nl 
From:           	gyst@nfg.nl (Guido A.J. Stevens)
Date sent:      	12 Dec 1999 12:35:45 +0100

> Hi Rik,
> 
> Just wanted to let you know you're _completely_ wrong :-). "Changing
> context in Zope" is exactly what I was looking for and I find myself
> referencing it frequently.
> 

Good to hear it.

> I'll take your points seriously though: after fiddling with Zope for
> some weeks now I've found some errors in some documentation and I'll
> contact the authors off-list.

I'm sure that will encourage everyone to write more documentation 
(depending on your remarks that is ;-)


> 
> I must say I'm quite satisfied with the Zope documentation. It's
> fragmented, yes, but there's a lot of it. I've got a big pile of
> printouts on my desk, bigger than anything available for PHP e.g., and
> it's just a subset of what can be gotten from the Zope site. I for one
> attribute my difficulties in implementing Zope more to the complexity
> and huge feature-set of the Zope engine, than to a lack of
> documentation. Good documentation helps, but it does not make Zope
> intrinsically easier.

OK, I agree to this point. Getting Zope takes an open mind and some 
perseverance, which is more than some people are able to manage

Rik