[Zope3-dev] ZCML alternative

[Jim Fulton]

Guido van Rossum wrote:
> 
> (I'm snipping all the other arguments; I happen to agree with Shane in
> most points, but I'll leave that discussion for another time.)
> 
> > Yes, you forgot another huge advantage of ZCML. ZCML is not aimed at
> > the developer, but at the site admin. This way the admin does not
> > have to use and learn Python in order to configure Zope, but use a
> > syntax (XML) which s/he is most likely familiar with.
> 
> You gotta be kidding.  On a customer gig I saw a site admin edit a
> config file written in Python. 

You gotta be kidding. It was *you* who recommended *not* using Python
for configuration after you saw Python used for configuration early
on. 

...
> Given that our XML schema (or DTD, or whatever) is entirely unique

Is that supposed to matter?

...
> (and not very standard as XML style goes, IMO)

Uh, I have no idea what that's supposed to mean.

Jim

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