[Zope3-dev] New warning in stupid_build.py

Jim Fulton jim@zope.com
Fri, 14 Jun 2002 13:22:09 -0400


Stephan Richter wrote:
> 
> On Friday 14 June 2002 10:24, Guido van Rossum wrote:
> > This code from stupid_build.py:
> >
> >     if not os.path.exists('principals.zcml'):
> >         print """WARNING: You need to create principals.zcml
> >
> >         The file principals.zcml contains your "bootstrap" user
> >         database. You aren't going to get very far without it.  Start
> >         by copying principals.zcml.in and then look at
> >         sample_principals.zcml for some example principal and role
> >         settings.
> >         """
> >
> > belongs in z3.py.
> >
> > Agreed?
> 
> Can't we just ask the user for an admin user name and password and
> auto-generate the first principals.zcml... ?

principals.zcml may contain multiple principals.

There are a lot of things we *could* do, but I submit that there
are much bigger and more important fish to fry at this point.

Jim

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