[loggerhead/MERGE] Switch Loggerhead from KID to ZPT template engine

[Michael Hudson]

Aaron Bentley wrote:
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> Martin Albisetti wrote:
>> On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 10:32 AM, Aaron Bentley <aaron at aaronbentley.com> wrote:
>>>> The short answer is yes.
>>>> It requires an extra dependency, and it's currently only packaged for
>>>> python 2.4 in Hardy, so it forces us to stick with python 2.4.
>>> What package?  I'm having trouble finding it on my Hardy despite having
>>> Launchpad installed there.
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>>> Does zope provide the templating as a separate piece, or are we dragging
>>> most of zope in as a dependency?
>> We seem to be dragging in Zope as a dependency.
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> Considering how much people kick and scream about TurboGears and its
> dependencies, it doesn't seem advisable to depend on Zope as well.
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> Again, I ask, what package is supplying TAL for you?

Well, it was zope.pagetemplate, but...

> My computer has simpletal installed:

Some swift hacking got things working with simpletal.  It's a little bit 
slower than zope.pagetemplate on our torture tests, but it uses less 
memory, so with the lack of dependencies, it seems like a good option.

Thanks for the suggestion :)

Cheers,
mwh