From: Ian B. <ia...@co...> - 2001-11-02 00:26:51
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Tavis Rudd <ta...@ca...> wrote: > > These status quo items all stay: > > - the name WebKit > > - WebKit as an app server focused on easy of use and > > extensibility - Webware as an umbrella for Webware components > > I'll agree to disagree :-) ... what do other people think?? (I'm > really curious) It's a little confusing, but I do see the point of it. Maybe the *Kit name makes it more confusing. But eh... whatever. > > - a Webware component is simply a Python package with some > > additional conventions > > sure, but we shouldn't stipulate that the docs must be written in the > same form as Webware's (HTML). I'm thinking from the perspective of > Cheetah's docs here. Is there any such requirement? They have to be rendered into HTML for viewing through Webware, but that's obvious, since you view it through a browser. A more complete description might describe other versions of the documentation, but there'd be nothing to do with them now. > > - It's "from SomeKit import SomeModule" and will not be "from > > Webware.SomeKit import SomModule" > > What do other people think about this? My dislike of it primarilly > stems from 'MiscUtils' and 'WebUtils'. If the are going to be > top-level packages they should have names that clearly identify them > as part of Webware. MiscUtils and WebUtils are kind of messy, and it is kind of lame they are in the top namespace. But "from WebUtils.Funcs import htmlEncode" is already really wordy. They're messy packages, and that's kind of the point. OTOH, I don't really feel they need to be accessible as external packages -- if anything in them is worth using outside, then it should be factored out better. I also really dislike WebUtils because, in order to get into WebKit I have to hit W<tab>K<tab> instead of just W<tab>. But that's probably not the best reason. > > I'm open to: > > > > - more discussion on COMKit being external vs. internal to WebKit > Good. But COMKit seems not to have anything to do with all those people who don't use Windows. It's already written, so if it's longer than necessary it doesn't really matter. Ian |