buildout/newsite notes

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Rough Notes on a Possible Website for buildout ( http://www.buildout.org/ )

Objectives:

  • to give buildout a more professional face on the web

  • to raise the awareness of the buildout tool within the Python community

  • to improve and aggregate the documentation in a more friendly form

  • to provide a one-stop resource for learning about buildout recipes

Site Outline:

  • what is it, in a nutshell?

  • list of features

  • list of recipes

  • success stories

  • status box re version and stability

how-to installation

  • easy_install zc.buildout

resources

  • manual(s)

  • screencasts that teach usage

  • mailing lists

  • IRC hangout

  • a wiki? or use wiki.zope.org/buildout?

  • ptr to issue tracker

  • ptr to the buildout subversion repository

  • set of tutorial stories re specific recipes and situations

Approach:

  • host it on a community machine, perhaps where Zope Foundation is now

  • base it on a Zope 3 site installation

  • rely upon contributed documents written in reStructuredText