[Zope3-dev] Re: zc.zope3recipes not working on Windows

[Jim Fulton]

On Jun 1, 2007, at 11:10 AM, Hanno Schlichting wrote:

> Tres Seaver wrote:
>> Jim Fulton wrote:
>>> On May 31, 2007, at 1:59 AM, Stephan Richter wrote:
>>
>>>> Hi Jim and other zc.zope3recipes experts,
>>>>
>>>> I have had some reports from Windows users that the z3c.formdemo --
>>>> which is
>>>> built with zc.zope3recipes -- is not working on Windows. The
>>>> reported error
>>>> was as follows:
>>> The instance recipe should advertise that it only works on Windows,
>>> because it is based on zdaemon.  I  tend to forget that zdaemon
>>> doesn't work on Windows. :/
>>
>>> This isn't easy for *me* to fix because I don't have enough Windows
>>> foo.  I'd be happy to work with someone who knew Windows well,
>>> especially services (or other long-running process options, if
>>> any).   If anyone like that is going to be at the sprint at the
>>> upcoming DZUG meeting, I'd be very happy to work with them there.
>>
>>> A partial fix that only supports the ctl 'fg', 'run', and 'debug',
>>> commands should be fairly easy, although I'm a bit hesitant without
>>> understanding how we might want this to work in the long run.
>>
>> Hanno has checked in a Zope2 patch which makes 'zopectl' work on
>> Windows, and adds two new Windows-specific commands to install and
>> remove the Zope servvice:
>>
>> http://svn.zope.org/Zope/trunk/lib/python/Zope2/Startup/zopectl.py? 
>> rev=75066&view=rev
>
> The Zope Windows service installation and all the start/stop/restart
> commands are just calling the already existing zopeservice.py  
> (mentioned
> by Adam Groszer).
>
> I'm already at the DZUG sprint location (we just got the wireless
> working) and I'm happy to explain the changes I did or help in  
> applying
> them to any other script / recipe or whatever :)

Awesome! I'll look you up there.  (I won't get there until Saturday  
night or Sunday.)

Jim

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