On Mar 22, 2010, at 5:21 AM, Chris Withers wrote:

> Gary Poster wrote:
>>> Are these any docs on the new features on that branch? If so, where should 
>>> I look?
>> The user-visible part of the changes is in the z3c.recipe.scripts recipe 
>> contained within the zc.buildout checkout, like zc.recipe.egg.
> 
> Sorry, you lost me there... I thought z3c.recipe.scripts was another package 
> entirely.

Yes

> Have you merged it into zc.buildout?

Yes

> If so, why?

The same kind of reason that zc.buildout.eggs is part of the buildout checkout. 
 The buildout tests rely on the functionality that z3c.recipe.scripts provides.

>> Note that mixing a system python's site-packages and buildout eggs will, in 
>> my guess, always be less stable
> 
> Hmm, I guess you just need to make sure that the buildout manages the system 
> packages too... There must be a recipe which drive aptitude around somewhere?

Not to my knowledge.

Gary

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