Re: Try Plock 0.3.0

> 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**

I strongly agree with the sentiment, and with the overall intention behind
Plock.  In fact, why is it even in *bin*?  (I know, it's *nix, but still.)


On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 7:12 AM Jean-Sébastien Mansart <
jean-sebastien.mansart-WVG1LGuJuVy7W+FGuQ2g6tBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org> wrote:

> 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
> >
> >
> >
> >> *Jean-Sébastien Mansart *- Développeur Web
> >> Email :
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> >> <mailto:jean-sebastien.mansart-WVG1LGuJuVy7W+FGuQ2g6tBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
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> >>
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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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