[Zope3-Users] Buildout query

[David Pratt]

Hi there. I downloaded documentlibrary to experiment a bit. Though I got 
a traceback on zc.recipe.egg during the process, it is is clear to me 
the power of buildout - thanks Jim! It also raised a few questions for me:

1. For zope3 recipe, how would one omit certain packages from [zope3] 
part of the buildout
2. How could one omit replace a package with a customized version of 
same stored in a private svn for [data] part
3. How can one pull from private svn repository for the [instance] part 
where you don't have an egg registered with PyPI?

It strikes me that this is great way to package a finished app, and also 
try different things out without concern for your system site-packages. 
But I am of course interested in sandbox scenario just as much or more 
since I am always working with more that a single package at a time that 
are in a changing state always. It definitely looks at though I need to 
improve my egg lingo due to the different ways of describing eggs :-) 
Many thanks.

Regards,
David


David Pratt wrote:
> Hi Kapil. Many thanks for your reply. I will be sure to look at this. 
> Examining a few real applications that make use of buildout should 
> definitely help make things clearer.
> 
> Regards,
> David
> 
> Kapil Thangavelu wrote:
>>
>> infrae's documentlibrary looks like a good example of using the 
>> buildout machinery for a custom application.
>>
>> -k
>>
>> On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 13:57:25 -0600, David Pratt 
>> <fairwinds at eastlink.ca> wrote:
>>
>>> It is perhaps a bit too early for this discussion. All I can say is 
>>> that it is getting tougher to keep track of packages and dependencies 
>>> when you want to mix and match for different instances with packages 
>>> of different versions coming from private and public repository 
>>> sources. Given that there are packages I want to remove (packages I 
>>> don't use), replace (like a custom zodb so that I don't need to 
>>> change zodb imports all over the place) or add in z3 just adds to the 
>>> mix. It would be great if someone could paint a clear picture of the 
>>> best way to deal with this so the packaging is more transparent and 
>>> less of a distraction for development. Many thanks.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> David
>>>
>>> David Pratt wrote:
>>>> I am just beginning to look at buildout. I want to be able to 
>>>> combine my z3 packages with some of z3's, also replacing some of 
>>>> z3's packages for customized versions of the same package. Is anyone 
>>>> doing this or similar yet that they might comment on how useful 
>>>> buildout is on anything more complicated. Many thanks.
>>>>  Regards,
>>>> David
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