[Zope3-dev] Re: [Checkins] SVN: zope.fssync/trunk/ Initial commit of zope.fssync for eggification.

[Benji York]

Tres Seaver wrote:
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> Benji York wrote:
>> Baiju M wrote:
>>> On 10/29/06, Benji York <benji at zope.com> wrote:
>>>> I'm really glad to see so much work being done on eggification, but am a
>>>> little concerned as to the mechanics.   I'm worried that if dozens of
>>>> packages are separated out before they are actually knit into Zope
>>>> proper, we'll get drift between the two.
>>>>
>>>> It would seem to make more sense to eggify one or a few packages and get
>>>> them properly working in the core, and then go from there.
>>> zope.fssync and some other packages are not distributed with Zope 3.
>> That doesn't answer my question, for two reasons.  There are still
>> duplicate copies of the code.  I suspect we should be removing the code
>> from the core tree as the packages are separated out (of course we have
>> to have a story for people who use those packages from the trunk first).
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> Leave an 'svn:external' behind to the new location, perhaps with a
> 'DEPRECATED.txt' file stating when the external would go away?

That's fine with me.  I'm not debating how it should be done, just that 
/some/ migration planning should be done.  I don't see any evidence of 
externals (or anything else) being added to the trunk.  Maybe I'm 
overreacting (as little reacting as I'm doing).
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Benji York
Senior Software Engineer
Zope Corporation