Re: Try Plock 0.3.0

Jean-Sébastien Mansart <jean-sebastien.mansart-WVG1LGuJuVy7W+FGuQ2g6tBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org> Tue, 28 Apr 2015 16:10:17 +0200
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Le 28/04/2015 15:49, Alex Clark a écrit :
> Hi Jean-Sébastien
>
>
> On 4/28/15 3:41 AM, Jean-Sébastien Mansart wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've read your post carrefully yesterday, and I've got a question : for
>> who is plock ?
>>
>> Is it for newbees that want to test plone and simplify them the
>> installation ?
>> (it seems...)
>>
>> Thanks for it anyway !
>
> Thanks for the feedback! It's primarily for me, and potentially useful
> to others (as these things normally go.)
>
> Some reasons I like it:
>
> - Allows me to move fast on the command line and spin up throw away test
> Plone sites easily e.g. $ plock `tmp`
> - Lists add-ons in a way that makes them consumable by shell utilities
> e.g. Install every plonetheme: $ plock -i `plock -lr | grep plonetheme`
> `tmp`
> - It provides a conceptual link to `pip install Plone` which is not a
> reality yet but I'd like it to be:
> https://github.com/plock/plock#why-build-plock-on-top-of-buildout
> - The Plock utility is a companion to Plock Pins, an opinionated
> repository of Buildout configuration files for Plone:
> https://github.com/plock/pins
>
> I basically got tired of this routine (and yes I know about bootstrap.py):
>
> $ cd `tmp`
> $ virtualenv .
> $ bin/pip install zc.buildout
> $ bin/buildout init
> $ vi buildout.cfg
> $ bin/buildout

Ok, I used to install plone via unified installer, not with virtualenv 
and such...
>
> Plock automates these steps for me, among other things. Lastly, I like
> that I can tell beginners to install Plone with something like:
>
> $ pip install plock; plock plone; plone/bin/plone fg
>
> Oh, and now that I'm thinking about it: one of the opinions Plock Pins
> makes is what to call the thing that runs Plone. Plock calls it:
>
> $ plone
>
> Nothing drives me more insane than starting Plone with something called
> "instance", as if everyone in the world knows Plone and the
> corresponding thing you run to start is called "instance". **SHIVERS**
SHIVERS !
>
> Lastly Part II, I was excited when David Bain contributed the universal
> installer tarball download to Plock and created a promotional banner.
> This gave Plock some legitimacy outside my limited-scope vision which I
> appreciate and hopefully others will too.
Good !
>
>
> Anyway, enough rambling.
>
>
> Hope that helps,
>
>
>
> Alex
>
>
>
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>> Le 28/04/2015 00:41, Alex Clark a écrit :
>>> Hello Plone Users!
>>>
>>> Just dropping a line to ask folks to test my new Plone installer called
>>> "Plock". It is a labor of <3:
>>>
>>> - Blog Entry:http://blog.aclark.net/2015/04/26/plock-rocks/
>>> - Install: $ pip install plock
>>>
>>>
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>>
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> Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights
> Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight.
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Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications
Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights
Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight.
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