diff --git a/dev/bootstrap.py b/dev/bootstrap.py
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+##############################################################################
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2006 Zope Corporation and Contributors.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# This software is subject to the provisions of the Zope Public License,
+# Version 2.1 (ZPL).  A copy of the ZPL should accompany this distribution.
+# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND ANY AND ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
+# WARRANTIES ARE DISCLAIMED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
+# WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, AGAINST INFRINGEMENT, AND FITNESS
+# FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+#
+##############################################################################
+"""Bootstrap a buildout-based project
+
+Simply run this script in a directory containing a buildout.cfg.
+The script accepts buildout command-line options, so you can
+use the -c option to specify an alternate configuration file.
+
+$Id: bootstrap.py 85041 2008-03-31 15:57:30Z andreasjung $
+"""
+
+import os, shutil, sys, tempfile, urllib2
+
+tmpeggs = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+
+try:
+    import pkg_resources
+except ImportError:
+    ez = {}
+    exec urllib2.urlopen('http://peak.telecommunity.com/dist/ez_setup.py'
+                         ).read() in ez
+    ez['use_setuptools'](to_dir=tmpeggs, download_delay=0)
+
+    import pkg_resources
+
+if sys.platform == 'win32':
+    def quote(c):
+        if ' ' in c:
+            return '"%s"' % c # work around spawn lamosity on windows
+        else:
+            return c
+else:
+    def quote (c):
+        return c
+
+cmd = 'from setuptools.command.easy_install import main; main()'
+ws  = pkg_resources.working_set
+assert os.spawnle(
+    os.P_WAIT, sys.executable, quote (sys.executable),
+    '-c', quote (cmd), '-mqNxd', quote (tmpeggs), 'zc.buildout',
+    dict(os.environ,
+         PYTHONPATH=
+         ws.find(pkg_resources.Requirement.parse('setuptools')).location
+         ),
+    ) == 0
+
+ws.add_entry(tmpeggs)
+ws.require('zc.buildout')
+import zc.buildout.buildout
+zc.buildout.buildout.main(sys.argv[1:] + ['bootstrap'])
+shutil.rmtree(tmpeggs)
diff --git a/dev/buildout.cfg b/dev/buildout.cfg
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+[buildout]
+extensions = mr.developer buildout.dumppickedversions
+unzip = true
+parts = instance omelette zopepy
+extends = 
+    http://dist.plone.org/release/3.3rc2/versions.cfg
+    http://good-py.appspot.com/release/plone.app.discussion/1.0a1
+versions = versions
+sources = sources
+
+auto-checkout =
+    plone.app.discussion
+
+[versions]
+zc.buildout = 1.2.1
+
+[zope2]
+recipe = plone.recipe.zope2install
+fake-zope-eggs = true
+additional-fake-eggs = ZODB3
+url = ${versions:zope2-url}
+
+[instance]
+recipe = plone.recipe.zope2instance
+zope2-location = ${zope2:location}
+user = admin:admin
+http-address = 8080
+debug-mode = on
+verbose-security = on
+eggs =
+    Plone
+    plone.reload
+    Products.PdbDebugMode
+    plone.app.discussion
+    
+zcml =
+    plone.reload
+
+[omelette]
+recipe = collective.recipe.omelette
+eggs = ${instance:eggs}
+packages = ${zope2:location}/lib/python ./
+
+[zopepy]
+recipe = zc.recipe.egg
+eggs = ${instance:eggs}
+interpreter = zopepy
+extra-paths = ${zope2:location}/lib/python
+scripts = zopepy
+
+[sources]
+plone.app.discussion = svn https://svn.plone.org/svn/plone/plone.app.discussion/trunk