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