Make check-outs more like release (Re: [Zope3-dev] Re: Zope 3.0, and why ...

[Lennart Regebro]

Jim Fulton wrote:
> BTW, I think we should make checkouts more like the release.
> It's a pain to give two sets of instructions.  We have to give
> 2 sets anyway, but some of the differences are gratuitous.

+1 for that.

> - To rename src to lib/python in the repository

Or rename lib/python to src. ;)
I've never really liked the lib/python directory anyway.

> - To explain that checkouts *are* different. They are like
>   in-place software installs.  (Though perhaps we could have
>   a working configure that can set the python used by the make
>   file.)  "make" and "make install" would do the same thing,
>   the later remining the user that check outs always build in
>   place.

Sounds good.

> - Make instances the normal usage patterns *even* for checkouts.

I don't understand what that means, so it's probably good. :-)

-- 
Lennart Regebro, Nuxeo     http://www.nuxeo.com/
CPS Content Management     http://www.cps-project.org/