[Zope3-dev] event-meta.zcml placement? i18n-meta.zcml?

[Gary Poster]

Jim Fulton wrote:
> Gary Poster wrote:
> 
>> The event-meta.zcml is placed now in Zope/App, rather than in 
>> Zope/Event.  This contradicts the zcml docs, does a funny repoint to 
>> the  Zope.Event.metaConfigure.py file anyway, and finally makes it 
>> even harder than usual to find the pertinent event meta zcml if you go 
>> hunting for it.
> 
> The metaConfigure.py needs to move too. That was an oversight of mine.
> 
> 
>> 1) what was the rationale for this?
> 
> 
> Anything outside of zope.app needs to be usable outside of the
> application server. This means it should have no dependencies on zope.app.
> In addition, anything outside os zope.app should have mimimal 
> dependencies on
> other zope packages.
> 
> There should be no zcml in packages outside of zope.app and zope.configure.
> 
>> 2) I don't see mention of zcml in the grand renaming scheme.  If we're 
>> going through the effort, might it make sense to make some 
>> zcml-placement style guidelines (both configure.zcml and meta.zcml) as 
>> well?  For instance, if there is a reason for this move, it would be 
>> good to document it somewhere.
> 
> OK. So, there should be no zcml outside of zope.app and zope.configure. :)
> 
> Would you mind documenting this somewhere?

OK, done. 
http://dev.zope.org/Wikis/DevSite/Projects/ComponentArchitecture/ZCMLStyleGuide 
is modified to include this information.

>> FWIW, the i18n package does this too (i.e., see Zope/App/i18n-meta.zcml).
> 
> Right.  We need to move the metaConfigure modules for these. Would you mind
> moving these?

Nope.  I'll do it after I do IHomgenous stuff.

Gary