Original Author ShaneH Please comment on the ProductInstallationSystemFeedback page. It is not as easy as it could be to manage Zope products. An installation system could go a long way toward making Zope friendlier for new users and making it easier to stay up to date on products from varied sources. It is initially nonintuitive to decompress an archive right on top of the Zope installation. Many Windows decompressors do not support the .tar.gz format.
Products often have unspecified dependencies on other products.
The error message generated by this condition is not very helpful for new users. There is no documented procedure for uninstalling products. Users of a product are never alerted when a new version of the product is available. Business value Businesses are emerging that are built around adding value to Zope. To keep up a professional image, they need to be able to make their products as easy to install as Zope itself.