[ZODB-Dev] need Windows binary for StandaloneZODB 1.0 rc1

Barry A. Warsaw barry@zope.com
Sun, 27 Jan 2002 18:41:07 -0500


>>>>> "KA" == Kevin Altis <altis@semi-retired.com> writes:

    KA> The README makes no mention of requiring a C compiler or
    KA> linker, but when I tried to do a build I got the following
    KA> error, so I was unable to do an install.

Good point.  I'll add this requirement to the README file.

    KA> On a related note, in order to be more Windows and Mac OS
    KA> friendly it is helpful if files have extensions such as .txt
    KA> on files like the README so that a reasonable guess can be
    KA> made by the OS what program to use to open a file when
    KA> double-clicking the file or using an open/edit command. The
    KA> Python distribution uses extensions, so other Python packages
    KA> such do the same unless they are Unix-only. There are many
    KA> README, NEWS, NOTES, TODO, etc.  files in the distribution
    KA> that should have extensions.

Good point.  I don't think it's worth moving these files around now,
but when we merge the StandaloneZODB 1.0 branch with the CVS trunk,
I'll rename those files.

Thanks,
-Barry