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• Adminjonstahl (Admin, Plone) commented  ·  November 19, 2009 8:28 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  easy_install is recommended in the boilerplate instructions that zopeskel generates. bad recipe!

• Adminoptilude (Admin, Plone) commented  ·  June 25, 2009 7:19 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Moreover, with Plone 3.3, the other annoying thing is removed: ZCML slugs.

  Basically, installing a product should mean you go to buildout.cfg, add it to the 'eggs' line, and re-run buildout. It'll then be downloaded, installed and configured, including dependencies.

  This assumes the product is nice and defines an entry point in setup.py like this:

  entry_points="""
  [z3c.autoinclude.plugin]
  target = plone
  """

  If it has that, then you don't need a slug unless it's in the Products.* namespace. It may take a bit of time for most packages to catch up and have this entry point, but it's a two minute job for product authors to add.

• AdminAlexander Limi (Admin, Plone) commented  ·  June 25, 2009 11:31 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  easy_install is not how you install products. You're supposed to use buildout, which manages the dependencies and makes sure stuff doesn't break.

  Let us know where easy_install was recommended, so we can remove it. :)