Re: [myhdl-list] Reflections on a MyHDL IP library

[Brendan R. <bre...@gm...>]

Jan Decaluwe <jan <at> jandecaluwe.com> writes:

> 
> George Pantazopoulos wrote:

> > After doing some explorations, I highly recommend looking at Zope for
> > myhdl.org. I've been looking at content management systems, including
> > MediaWiki, phpBB, Drupal, Wordpress, and Zope. So far, I think Zope offers
> > the most potential.
> 
> Mm, but have you ever used it  Several year ago, I have a number of times,
> and never really liked it. I found if very complicated and full of jargon.
> Also, it has something unpythonic: it's large, not orthogonal and complex.
> It was supposed to become the Python killer app, but from what I hear
> many pythonistas simply don't like it.
> 
> I never used Plone, but I imagine it has been invented to take away
> some complexity from the underlying Zope to make a more usable system.
> Still, I fear that the underlying complexity still shines through.
> Tom is using it for his site, so he may give good advice here.
> 
> In any case, with the migration to myhdl.org we now have the opportunity
> to re-assess the CMS software issue. I think it's wise to take some
> time to consider the options carefully, based on a specific list
> of must-have and desirable features.
> 
> Jan
> 

I'm definitely not a fan of Zope and, through relation, Plone.  It's just too
complex.  There are a few new python-based CMSs, however, and of these I think
that skeletonz (http://orangoo.com/skeletonz/) looks pretty promising, though
there's bound to be one for Turbogears or Django as well.

Just my $0.02.

- Brendan