[Zope3-dev] More thoughts on packaging

[Stephan Richter]

On Friday 13 February 2004 15:16, Phillip J. Eby wrote:
> Advantages:
>
> * Leverages distutils packaging system support, since you can build Windows
> .exes, RPMs, source tarballs, etc.
>
> * Takes advantage of any future distutils support for additional packaging
> systems
>
> * Keeps the metadata lightweight and focused on Zope-specific needs
>
> * Doesn't require anyone to learn another "full" packaging system
>
>
> Disadvantages:
>
> * Has to be written (but is relatively lightweight)

I was hoping that we would be able to use distutils somehow. Unfortunately I 
know nothing about distutils. But your suggestions sound good to me from a 
high-level perspective.

Regards,
Stephan
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