Re: Re: dist_plone script in cvs

On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 09:38:20 +0100, Simon Eisenmann <simon-4x/[email protected]>  
wrote:

> Alexander Limi wrote:
>> 3) Adds the cross-platform additions that consitute Plone, and creates   
>> Plone-X.Y
>>  The installers are normally built on top of [3]. Plone Core[2] is for   
>> people who just want the minimal Plone install with minimal  
>> dependencies,  aka. People Who Know What They Want.
>
> Well .. i dont really see a reason why there should be a tarball of a  
> platfom specific plone. Please explain :)

This is the "source install" if you like. Not platform-specific, but  
includes the extra elements that are not in Plone Core (which is the  
minimal install, with only Plone + dependencies).

> I would rather see it like this
>> Which means any platform-specific installers:
>
> a, get the dist_plone script
> b, run it with python2.3 dist_plone.py --target=$PLATFORM
> c, have all required software ready to use in the destination dir
>     and build the installer from it (best from another script)
>
> Of course the script could also roll out tarballs like
> Plone.$PLATFORM.tar.gz
> with the following structure:
> - download (contains all the downloaded archives)
> - lib/python (contains all required python modules)
> - lib/pyhton/Products (contains all Product)

Just to clarify (I believe we agree, but just to make sure :):

"Plone" (Plone-X.Y.tar.gz) should just be a tarball with all the things  
you stick in the Products directory, and used as a base for the other  
packages.

> The core tarball will build only with products so there is no folder  
> stucture there and it wont contain the downloaded archives as well.

We need both "Plone Core" (audience: minimal install) and "Plone"  
(audience: those who want the full Plone, but can't/won't use the  
installers) available.

What happens in the Platform-specific packages is up to the authors, as  
long as they build on "Plone", and add whatever they think is suitable.  
All of these add-ons should be in uninstalled form, however.

Optionally they can build a plone-core RPM/DEB if they want the minimal  
install to be available too.

> In all tarballs will be a file CONTENTS.txt containing a list of the  
> urls which have been downloaded an when.

Sounds good.

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