[Zope3-dev] Re: [Checkins] SVN: lovely.rating/ Initial import from Lovely Systems repository

[Bernd Dorn]

On 19.08.2006, at 11:41, Lennart Regebro wrote:

> I'd like to throw a stick in the fire by taking up a completely  
> different issue:
>
> The amount of top level modules and repositories. :-)
>
> if lovely.rating depends on schooltool.something, not only does this
> mean any usage of lovely.rating (which I imagine I would like to use)
> also needs one module form schooltool. In addition, we have whatever
> top level module I choose to use. That involves three different
> repositories, mine, zopes and schooltools, and three new toplevel
> modules.
>
> If I then throw in more modules that have more external dependencies,
> this will quickly mushroom. For example, I'd like to use ratings and
> tags with zblog. That means I need to involve the codespeak repository
> as well, and zblog has it's own top level module. And then I want a
> discussion forum (I don't think one of those exists) which presumably
> would have another top level module, and maybe another repository, and
> maybe more dependencies.

The only problem i see here is that there are currently no releases  
(e.g. eggs) for most of the packages and therefore everybody has to  
use svn. We should really start to create releases.

>
> So, what I'm saying is, that I would like to minimize the amount of
> top level domains, and external repository dependecies in the zope
> repo.
>
> That said, I think lovely is a lovely name, and don't at all mind
> having that as a common name for useable little modules like the tag
> and ratings module. :-)

the lovely namespace is from a company called lovelysystems

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