-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Fabio Tranchitella wrote:
Zope 2 and Plone ================
Zope 2 and Plone are obviously related, so the future of one of the two influences the other one.
The main problem for Zope2 is that the current stable upstream branch (2.12) still requires python2.4.
Incorrect: Zope 2.12 is supported only on Python 2.5 / 2.6. The INSTALL.rst[1] file says: Prerequisites ------------- System requirements when building from source - A supported version of Python, including the development support if installed from system-level packages. Supported versions include: * 2.5.x, (x >= 4) * 2.6.x - Zope needs the Python ``zlib`` module to be importable. If you are building your own Python from source, please be sure that you have the headers installed which correspond to your system's ``zlib``. - A C compiler capable of building extension modules for your Python (gcc recommended).
This is not acceptable in Debian and Ubuntu, and Zope 2 is right now the only stopper for the removal of python2.4 from both Debian and Ubuntu.
Even worse, the current stable Plone releases requires Zope 2.10, which we suppose will never support anything but python2.4 in the foreseeable future. The new major upstream branch (Plone 4) is still far from being released, which means that the only way to support Plone and Zope 2.x in Debian and Ubuntu is to keep python2.4 in the distribution.
Plone 4.0 is slated be released this year, with an explicit goal of running on Zope 2.12 / Python 2.{5,6}][1].
For this reason, together with the upstream suggestions to use the unified installer and zc.buildout as primary tools for deploying Zope 2 and Plone, the Debian/Ubuntu Zope Team decided to drop support for Zope 2, Plone and all the other Zope 2 products. We will file requests of removal for all the Zope and Plone packages from the archive.
In the short term, I would just update the existing packages to use Python 2.5, which is "known to work" with Zope 2.10. [1] http://svn.zope.org/Zope/branches/2.12/doc/INSTALL.rst?view=auto [2] http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.zope.plone.teams.framework/2767 Tres. - -- =================================================================== Tres Seaver +1 540-429-0999 tseaver@palladion.com Palladion Software "Excellence by Design" http://palladion.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFKQTj2+gerLs4ltQ4RAksHAJoDgFLtBHjATSgNhIstWOjWeHSuAgCfevxM v0hySbVNf1nbrL8GzyBqKcU= =w/ik -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----