[Zope3-dev] Moving more stuff to zope.products

[Jim Fulton]

Casey Duncan wrote:
...

> In general I think anything that describes policy that will be
> overridden with any frequency (like 1 or more times ;^) should not be in
> the core.

Well said.

 > Some others I think we might consider moving:
>
> onlinehelp
> rdb
> schemagen (is this even still used?)

Yup

> security? (not sure but it seems policyish)

I don't think so. Parts of it maybe.

> services (not the whole thing, but this seems like a big grab-bag)

Yes, for some of them.

> Another partially related thought:
> 
> Why don't the __init__.py files have a (terse) docstring that explains
> the purpose of the package? Some of their names are so general, that
> their purpose is not readily apparent. Even something like """The splat
> package facilitates the canonical splat protocol from rfc1234""" would
> be very helpful.

Agreed, except that I prefer to use README.txt files.  They are easier
to see and easier to edit and aren't mixed up with code.

Jim

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