That sounds good to me! I think having the 1 big zip file is important, b/c we want to make this process as painless as possible for users.
That is, our "RPM" release will be soup-to-nuts, designed for the person who doesn't want to have to figure out what pieces they need, or how they all go together.
I realize that having a huge file for d/l can take up a great deal of bandwidth, but I think that it's important to have such a package available. My philosophy is let everyone get the system running & doing something useful quickly, _then_ promote exploration.