add a note to hopefully make the intentions of this package clearer

zopefoundation · Jan 17, 2009 · e3d8900 · e3d8900
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diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ Changelog
 1.0a2 - Unreleased
 ------------------
 
+* Update documentation to clarify the intentions of this package.  Also see
+  http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.zope.devel/18023 for more information.
+  [witsch]
+
 
 1.0a1 - Released January 15, 2009
 ---------------------------------

diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
       classifiers = [
         'Development Status :: 3 - Alpha',
         'Environment :: Web Environment',
+        'Framework :: Plone',
+        'Framework :: Zope2',
         'Intended Audience :: Developers',
         'Intended Audience :: System Administrators',
         'Intended Audience :: Other Audience',

diff --git a/src/zope/globalrequest/README.txt b/src/zope/globalrequest/README.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ following::
   from zope.globalrequest import getRequest
   request = getRequest()
 
+This package is mainly intended to be used with the Zope2/Plone stack.  While
+it also works with the Zope3 framework, the latter promotes a clean separation
+of concerns and the pattern of having a globally available request object is
+discouraged.
+
 
 Functional Tests
 ----------------