[Zope-dev] Re: paver: buildout is utterly doomed

[Kent Tenney]

>  The Paver site seems based on the doc generation thing that the new docs on
> python.org use.

Sphinx is the doc generation thing, it's really nice, takes ReST files and
creates TOC, indexes, provides search, all from an attractive front page.

If a tiny bit of markup was added to the existing ReST files in
zc.buildout and massaged
by Sphinx, the result would be useful and accessable doc.

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> > Alternatively we start to figure out how to convert our buildouts to
> Paver. :)
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>  I'd argue that the build system isn't quite as important as all that. We
> should ensure our packages work properly any setuptools-capable environment.
> Building and deployment will always be project-specific to a certain extent.
>
>  However, I think we (including Plone) have a lot vested in zc.buildout and
> I think it is worth presenting it in the proper way.
>
>  Martin
>
>  --
>  Author of `Professional Plone Development`, a book for developers who
>  want to work with Plone. See http://martinaspeli.net/plone-book
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