complex configuration, future of pyramid zcml, etc

[Iain Duncan]

From Chris in another thread:
This reminds me that someone needs to step up and maintain pyramid_zcml. I no longer do so actively, and I won't be able to support it in the future at all.

Thanks Chris. Does this mean that for new features ( ie route custom predicates ) they are only going to be available in python configuration? If so, I guess we'd better look into switching. I know you used to use zcml back in the BFG days, I take it you've found it not worth while, if you feel like sharing thoughts, I'd love to hear them. Is anyone else a zcml fan or am I using a dying feature? 

I do like using the includeOverrides facility of pyramid_zcml, have you found that not really necessary? We have all the parts of our framework and our client apps broken up in to discrete python packages, each with their own configure.zcml file, and we've found it to be a really nice way to control complex configuration.  But I suppose I might be able to achieve the same thing with a similar chain of imperative modules.

Would really like to hear other peoples thoughts on this.

Thanks
Iain