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  • Generic Buildout Configuration

    from xkenneth on 2008-06-22 15:08
    Just to spark a bit of discussion:
    
        I want to make my time as useful as possible, so I don't want to waste time coding for unneeded features. Recently I've been questioning the usefulness of the buildoutbuilder as a generic buildout configuration tool. I see the tools main functionality being distributing the pre-configured and configuring plone-specific buildouts. I'd really like to spend as much time as possible making this an excellent tool. Let me know what you think.
    
    Regards,
    Ken
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  • Re: Generic Buildout Configuration

    from derek on 2008-06-23 20:19
    On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 3:08 PM, KennethMiller <xkenneth@...> wrote:
    > Just to spark a bit of discussion:
    >
    >    I want to make my time as useful as possible, so I don't want to waste time coding for unneeded features. Recently I've been questioning the usefulness of the buildoutbuilder as a generic buildout configuration tool. I see the tools main functionality being distributing the pre-configured and configuring plone-specific buildouts. I'd really like to spend as much time as possible making this an excellent tool. Let me know what you think.
    
    I have no problem with plone-specific, but am curious what
    difficulties make it more efficient to focus on plone than develop a
    generic tool. What features would a generic tool need that a plone
    tool doesn't?
    
    Derek
    
    • Re: Generic Buildout Configuration

      from xkenneth on 2008-06-24 00:25
      Derek,
      
           It's not a question of difficulty of implementation, I'm just  
      asking if you think anyone will use it for generic build-outs.
      
      Regards,
      Ken
      
      On Jun 23, 2008, at 7:18 PM, Derek Richardson wrote:
      
      > On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 3:08 PM, KennethMiller <xkenneth@...>  
      > wrote:
      >> Just to spark a bit of discussion:
      >>
      >>   I want to make my time as useful as possible, so I don't want to  
      >> waste time coding for unneeded features. Recently I've been  
      >> questioning the usefulness of the buildoutbuilder as a generic  
      >> buildout configuration tool. I see the tools main functionality  
      >> being distributing the pre-configured and configuring plone- 
      >> specific buildouts. I'd really like to spend as much time as  
      >> possible making this an excellent tool. Let me know what you think.
      >
      > I have no problem with plone-specific, but am curious what
      > difficulties make it more efficient to focus on plone than develop a
      > generic tool. What features would a generic tool need that a plone
      > tool doesn't?
      >
      > Derek
      >
      >
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      • Re: Generic Buildout Configuration

        from derek on 2008-06-24 00:43
        Oh, OK. You know, probably not - the demand is mostly in the plone
        community, most of those who use other z-based technologies don't
        encounter difficulty with buildout. That's why I said that plone-only
        sounded fine. I was just curious what the extra work would be to not
        have it plone-specific.
        
        Derek
        
        On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 12:25 AM, Kenneth Miller <xkenneth@...> wrote:
        > Derek,
        >
        >    It's not a question of difficulty of implementation, I'm just asking if
        > you think anyone will use it for generic build-outs.
        >
        > Regards,
        > Ken
        >
        > On Jun 23, 2008, at 7:18 PM, Derek Richardson wrote:
        >
        >> On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 3:08 PM, KennethMiller <xkenneth@...> wrote:
        >>>
        >>> Just to spark a bit of discussion:
        >>>
        >>>  I want to make my time as useful as possible, so I don't want to waste
        >>> time coding for unneeded features. Recently I've been questioning the
        >>> usefulness of the buildoutbuilder as a generic buildout configuration tool.
        >>> I see the tools main functionality being distributing the pre-configured and
        >>> configuring plone-specific buildouts. I'd really like to spend as much time
        >>> as possible making this an excellent tool. Let me know what you think.
        >>
        >> I have no problem with plone-specific, but am curious what
        >> difficulties make it more efficient to focus on plone than develop a
        >> generic tool. What features would a generic tool need that a plone
        >> tool doesn't?
        >>
        >> Derek
        >>
        >>
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