[Zope-dev] IRC discussion about testing

[Martijn Faassen]

Stephan Richter wrote:
> On Wednesday 12 August 2009, Jim Fulton wrote:
>> I'm not sure why this all has to be computer readable.  What is the
>> use case for computer readable knowledge of whether a package is in
>> the kgs or just used to test it?  What is the need for computer
>> readable information about where the package is being developed.
> 
> We can use such a list to extract more information from included packages. For 
> example, I have a script to extract all CHANGES.txt entries in comparison to 
> an older KGS version.

Ah, nice use case. In fact I also have a script that parses CHANGES.txt 
entries and turns them into atom feeds, which could then be merged. I 
intended to use this to monitor the development of the KGS.

Regards,

Martijn