[Distutils] zc.buildout 'extends' options

[Martin Aspeli]

Hi Jim,

>> Is this desirable?
> 
> I think so.  I have a nagging concern that this might be better  
> handled at a lower level, but having buildout aware of the caching  
> means that zc.sourcerelease would also be able to take advantage of  
> it, so, for example, you could build a source release from a buildout  
> that used remote configuration.

Cool.

>> Any plans for such a feature?
> 
> Not yet. :)
> 
>> Would you accept a patch, if we could make it work?
> 
> 
> Sure, assuming that it included tests.  Also, rather than a patch, I'd  
> prefer a development branch if you have access to the zope.org  
> repository.

Sure. Branch off trunk?

I'm seeing some test failures on trunk, by the way (OS X, Python 2.4). 
Are these expected?

$ ./bin/test
Running zope.testing.testrunner.layer.UnitTests tests:
   Set up zope.testing.testrunner.layer.UnitTests in 0.000 seconds.
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Failure in test test_bootstrap_py (zc.buildout.tests)
Failed doctest test for zc.buildout.tests.test_bootstrap_py
   File 
"/Users/optilude/Development/Plone/Code/Build/buildout/zc.buildout/src/zc/buildout/tests.py", 
line 581, in test_bootstrap_py

----------------------------------------------------------------------
File 
"/Users/optilude/Development/Plone/Code/Build/buildout/zc.buildout/src/zc/buildout/tests.py", 
line 592, in zc.buildout.tests.test_bootstrap_py
Failed example:
     print system(zc.buildout.easy_install._safe_arg(sys.executable)+' '+
                  'bootstrap.py'), # doctest: +ELLIPSIS
Expected:
     Downloading ...
     Generated script '/sample/bin/buildout'.
Got:
     Creating directory '/sample/bin'.
     Creating directory '/sample/parts'.
     Creating directory '/sample/eggs'.
     Creating directory '/sample/develop-eggs'.
     Generated script '/sample/bin/buildout'.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
File 
"/Users/optilude/Development/Plone/Code/Build/buildout/zc.buildout/src/zc/buildout/tests.py", 
line 609, in zc.buildout.tests.test_bootstrap_py
Failed example:
     ls(sample_buildout, 'eggs')
Expected:
     -  setuptools.eggpyN.N.egg
     d  zc.buildout.eggpyN.N.egg
Got:
     d  setuptools.eggpyN.N.egg
     d  zc.buildout.eggpyN.N.egg

zip_safe flag not set; analyzing archive contents...


Failure in test 
/Users/optilude/Development/Plone/Code/Build/buildout/zc.buildout/zc.recipe.egg_/src/zc/recipe/egg/api.txt
Failed doctest test for api.txt
   File 
"/Users/optilude/Development/Plone/Code/Build/buildout/zc.buildout/zc.recipe.egg_/src/zc/recipe/egg/api.txt", 
line 0

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File 
"/Users/optilude/Development/Plone/Code/Build/buildout/zc.buildout/zc.recipe.egg_/src/zc/recipe/egg/api.txt", 
line 97, in api.txt
Failed example:
     cat(sample_buildout, '.installed.cfg')
Expected:
     [buildout]
     installed_develop_eggs = /sample-buildout/develop-eggs/sample.egg-link
     parts = sample-part
     <BLANKLINE>
     [sample-part]
     __buildout_installed__ =
     __buildout_signature__ = sample- zc.recipe.egg-_b = 
/sample-buildout/bin
     _d = /sample-buildout/develop-eggs
     _e = /sample-buildout/eggs
     bin-directory = /sample-buildout/bin
     develop-eggs-directory = /sample-buildout/develop-eggs
     eggs = demo<0.3
     eggs-directory = /sample-buildout/eggs
     executable = python
     extras = other
     find-links = http://localhost:8080/
     index = http://localhost:8080/index
     recipe = sample
Got:
     [buildout]
     installed_develop_eggs = /sample-buildout/develop-eggs/sample.egg-link
     parts = sample-part
     <BLANKLINE>
     [sample-part]
     __buildout_installed__ =
     __buildout_signature__ = sample- zc.recipe.egg-_b = 
/sample-buildout/bin
     _d = /sample-buildout/develop-eggs
     _e = /sample-buildout/eggs
     bin-directory = /sample-buildout/bin
     develop-eggs-directory = /sample-buildout/develop-eggs
     eggs = demo<0.3
     eggs-directory = /sample-buildout/eggs
     executable = 
/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/Resources/Python.app/Contents/MacOS/Python
     extras = other
     find-links = http://localhost:8080/
     index = http://localhost:8080/index
     recipe = sample

   Ran 360 tests with 2 failures and 0 errors in 5 minutes 0.629 seconds.
Tearing down left over layers:
   Tear down zope.testing.testrunner.layer.UnitTests in 0.000 seconds.

Martin


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