[Zope3-dev] Re: Packaging pre-proposal/notes

[Stephan Richter]

On Tuesday 17 February 2004 13:51, Martijn Faassen wrote:
> Also note that I understand this proposal to include more than just
> small packages like folder. I could in theory create a fairly large
> package for XML that is structured like this:
>
> zopexml
> zopexml/browser
> zopexml/interfaces
>
> with quite extensive submodules in browser and interfaces.
>
> Alternatively I can have a very small package foo, where it looks like
> this:
>
> foo/foo.py
> foo/browser.py
> foo/interfaces.py

I agree with all of the above.

> This is similar to what we have now after we finish refactoring and
> flattening stuff out. :)

For 3rd party products, such as the one living in zope.products, this is 
exactely how it works today. zwiki, for example uses your first layout, while 
many of the demo packages I wrote use the latter. I personally like it this 
way a lot.

Regards,
Stephan
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Stephan Richter
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