[Distutils] zc.buildout 2.0.0a6 released: updated config-file syntax

[Jim Fulton]

I've just released zc.buildout-2.0.0a6.

The primary change in this release is that the configuration-file
syntax has changed:

- Relative indentation in option values is retained if the first
  line is blank. (IOW, if the non-blank text is on the continuation
  lines.) As in::

     [mysection]
     tree =
       /root
         /branch

  In such cases, internal blank lines are also retained.

- The configuration syntax is more tightly defined, allowing fewer
  syntax definitions.

  Buildout 1 configuration files were parsed with the Python
  ConfigParser module. The ConfigParser module's format is poorly
  documented and wildly flexible. For example:

  - Any characters other than left square brackets were allowed in
    section names.

  - Arbitrary text was allowed and ignored after the closing bracket on
    section header lines.

  - Any characters other than equal signs or colons were allowed in an
    option name.

  - Configuration options could be spelled as RFC 822 mail headers
    (using a colon, rather than an equal sign).

  - Comments could begin with "rem".

  - Semicolons could be used to start inline comments, but only if
    preceeded by a whitespace character.

See http://pypi.python.org/pypi/zc.buildout/2.0.0a6#configuration-file-syntax

This potentially the most controversial backward-incompatible
change in buildout 2, so try it out and let me know if the
changes present any serious problems.

To get this release you need a new bootstrap file:

  http://downloads.buildout.org/2/bootstrap.py

You also need to use the -t option, because buildout 2 isn't
final.

(The new bootstrap is needed because I'm not releasing buildout
 non-final releases to pypi in deference to tools that don't prefer
 final releases.

 The bootstrap from 2.0.0a5 can't be used because it uses a
 github download area and github took away that feature.)

Jim

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