[Pyblosxom-devel] Circular dependency mess

[Neil S. <pyb...@ne...>]

Been looking at liberally sprinkling logging support to a bunch of
modules.  Now, wanting to start out nice and easy, I decided to start
with plugin_utils.py.

Except tools.py import plugin_utils.py, and trying to use the logging
facilities in the latter causes Python to call me names and question my
lineage.  And I don't like it when programming languages do that to
me. :P

I've this notion of further breaking down various modules, to try and
get pyblosxom to the point that it's at least possible to include
logging in the various modules without circular dependencies causing me
to tear my hair out in sizable chunks.

I'm not sure how attached anyone is to the current structure, so I'm
announcing my intention of doing so beforehand (to give way to
objections and such).

This is, of course, a non-trivial change, hence this message.  I feel
that this ought to be done before 1.5 is pushed out (with proper
deprecation messages and such where appropriate, of course), though I
wouldn't be suprised if this stretches far into 1.6, as I haven't really
taken a very close look at how big a job it is.

I can probably post an update here if anyone's curious.

If there are no objections, I'll proceed to chopping up pyblosxom
modules.  To start with, I want to move logging-related functions into
its own module, as well as other, more minor, attendant changes: i.e.,
deprecated_function() will need to relocated, or at least, I'd have to
figure out how not to invoke Python's wrath at yet another breach of
circular dependency conduct.

Let me know what you guys think.
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