I'd just like to know when can we expect a 2.6.1b2. It would be nice to have a new release where we don't have to patch just to get ZClasses to work.
Yes, it IS indeed a problem if there is no single Zope version out there that can be used without patches. 2.6.0 has the DateTime bug, the 2.6.1b1 has new issues. I have complained a lot about the lousy release management in the past, but nobody seems to listen.
Joachim
P.S.: After all, it's so easy: Take a Zope version that has some bugs, fix the bugs and release it as a bugfix release. DON'T add features that might trigger new bugs. THEN start working on the next feature release.
AND: THERE SHOULD NEVER, I REPEAT: NEVER BE NEW FUNCTIONALITY OR CODE CHANGES BETWEEN A FINAL BETA AND A RELEASE! IF IT IS NOT FINAL; RELEASE ANOTHER BETA!!!!!!
If only it were that easy. Everybody wants "no new features" except for the one feature they desperately want to have without upgrading to the next feature release. :-( --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)