--On Montag, 29. November 2004 12:43 Uhr +0100 "Stefan H. Holek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[docutils was moved from lib/python/docutils to lib/python/third_party/docutils/docutils and an ugly sys.path hack employed]
Why oh why do we always have to make it harder to start up Zope (instead of making it simpler, for once)?
Extending the path in lib/python/sitecustomize only works if lib/python is on the PYTHONPATH at the time the interpreter is started. This is fine in case of ./bin/zopectl, but not anywhere else. For example it breaks basically all test runners. Yes, I have seen that test.py got hacked to append third_party/docutils to the sys.path, this is however not a solution IMO, but plain cheating around a code layout error. test.py is *not* the only test runner around, nor is ./bin/zopectl the only way to start up Zope!
I agree.
Many a sysadmin will curse at having to "fix" a whole bunch of scripts. We have been very careful in the past to accommodate them, let me remind you of the ZOPE_CONFIG hack we added just for legacy scripts.
What is the reason for third_party? Is is absolutely required, and if yes, why? Why not keep it simple (well, as simple as possible given the already tricky Z2 startup sequence)?
It has been moved there because older Zope versions shipped with a stripped down and hacked docutils version which fit into the path magic. But this version was hard to maintain and it was a pain in the a** to update the package from time to time. That's why it moved as a whole into a different location. Independent of its location there is a need to adjust sys.path to make imports working (it does not matter if it is under lib/python or lib/python/third_party). Using a sitecustomize.py appeared as the best solution compared to hacking runzope/zopectl or added some paths somewhere inside the Zope startup machinery). But patches (before the next 2.7.4 beta release) are welcome :-)
Andreas
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