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Tom Lazar wrote:
> On 29.02.2008, at 01:02, Tim Hicks wrote:
> 
>> Hi Tom,
>>
>> Tom Lazar wrote:
>>> hi everybody,
>>> in preparation of the next 1.6 beta release
>>
>> Nice!  Does that mean you're about to cut a new release? :)
> 
> yes, i promised aclark on #plone to do a 1.6b2
> 
> and *then* i thought "hey, while i'm at it i could also eggify the whole 
> thing and put an end to the confusion that 1.6b1 created."
> 
> two hours later i was finished with the eggs and had to interrupt the 
> release. but i'll finish it within the next days

Excellent!

I'm a bit out of touch with the issue tracker at the moment.  There 
isn't any low hanging fruit there that could be picked before a release, 
is there?

>>> i'm now in the process of  eggifying all old-style products of 
>>> quills. after consulting with  wiggy and aclark on #plone, i'm moving 
>>> each trunk to its new location,  i.e.
>>> /collective/Quills/trunk -> 
>>> /collective/Products.Quills/trunk/Products/ Quills
>>> in place of the then missing trunk folder i'm leaving an explanatory  
>>> README file, as wiggy did for the other eggified plone products.
>>
>> I understand little about eggs and buildout, but this sounds like 
>> progress :).  Thanks!
> 
> the goal is that all people will have to do to install quills is to 
> `easy_install Products.Quills` (or something along those lines, i'm 
> still in the process of wrapping my head around eggs and pypi myself.)
> 
> at the very least, in a buildout context, all that needs to be done is 
> to add one line in buildout.cfg.

Nice!

> p.s. i just caught up on the list: nice work on the 1.7 branch!

Oh yeah, I meant to ask you about that.  I'm guessing I might need you 
to hold my hand when I get to merging my 1.7 branches back to trunk 
after all of these moves...


Tim