[Zope3-dev] zope.formlib depends on zope.app

[Martijn Faassen]

Hi there,

I just noticed something that is not exactly right: zope.formlib, even 
though it's sitting in the 'zope' package, depends on zope.app. We need 
to work towards making it only depend on stuff in zope, likely by 
starting to move things that are reusable from zope.app into zope.

I've been advocating greater cooperation between Python web frameworks 
in the area of widgets and forms, and have been pointing out the widgets 
Zope 3 has to people. Within our Zope community I've been talking to 
Archetypes developers and they're going to make Archetypes suitable so 
it can use Zope 3 widgets. Now I'm starting to look beyond that.

I think we have a lot to gain if we can get a common pool of widgets 
shared beyond just Zope. I think the widget system in particular, and 
probably also zope.formlib, are amenable to independent reuse with some 
work, and I think we should look into doing this work in the Zope 3.2 
release cycle.

Regards,

Martijn