On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 3:48 AM, martin f krafft <madd...@madduck.net>wrote:
> Hi folks, > > I am new to Django and could not find the answer to a very important > consideration I need to make before diving into Django more. I used > to work with Zope and Plone, and one of the major problems were > upgrades, not of Zope or Plone, but of all the products that were > needed for a particular site. > > Django also uses pluggable apps. Between djangopluggables and > code.google.com (and possibly other sites), there's a lot of > external applications providing great functionality. However, I am > reluctant to rely on those, mainly due to my experience with Plone > and Zope. > > What's Django's strategy to integrate external pluggables into the > main distribution and support it across upgrades? For instance, > django-tagging[0] seems like a good candidate for core > functionality. Does it stand a chance? > > 0. http://djangoplugables.com/projects/django-tagging/ > > What's the process for integrating such external functionality into > Django's core? > > PS: Django seems a lot thinner and more elegant than Plone/Zope, so > upgrades are likely to be less of a problem, but still... > > -- > martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) > \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; n...@madduck > > "security here. yes, ma'am. yes. groucho glasses. yes, we're on it. > c'mon, guys. somebody gave an aardvark a nose-cut: somebody who > can't deal with deconstructionist humor. code blue." > -- > http://azure.humbug.org.au/~aj/armadillos.txt<http://azure.humbug.org.au/%7Eaj/armadillos.txt> > > spamtraps: madduck.bo...@madduck.net > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEAREDAAYFAkoWZswACgkQIgvIgzMMSnVi5gCcC2S8dnR0VhKp2ZOiQZ7R04MZ > /3MAoJAacIK+HQ3kYteVJfVj214TjCIa > =jvHf > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > http://jacobian.org/writing/what-is-django-contrib/ here is a description of what one of the core developers see as the role of django contrib. It should be noted that 2 of the core devs said at euro django con that that they prefer the core of django to remain slim. Alex -- "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." --Voltaire "The people's good is the highest law."--Cicero --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
