[Zope3-dev] packaging conventions note

[Jim Fulton]

Phillip J. Eby wrote:
...
> 
> *Please* don't put things in the __init__.py of Zope 3 packages, 
> especially those packages that have subpackages.  I'd like to be able to 
> import and reuse pieces of Z3 functionality without loading entire 
> frameworks and their requirements.  This made it very difficult to use 
> Zope 2 pieces.

This really only applies to the zope and zopeproducts packages,
which are meant to be namespace packages. See my other note on
namespace vs module packages.

Jim

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