[Zope-dev] PROPOSAL: Splitting ZPatterns into two products

Phillip J. Eby writes:

So, I am thinking perhaps I should split ZPatterns into two products: PlugIns and DataSkins. The DataSkins product would require the PlugIns product. LoginManager would require both. For backward compatibility, there would need to be a "final release" of ZPatterns which contained stubs to load in classes from their new locations, so that existing objects stored in ZODB's would not be "broken". Newly created objects, of course, would refer to the new products automatically.

Sounds like it would reduce some of the apparent complexity of the current ZPatterns. Not the final solution but it would help.