Scavenging the mail folder uncovered Chris McDonough's letter:
My opinion, for what its worth, is that DTML is valuable because it lets non-Python programmers have a crack at building simple dynamic pages in an environment that they're familiar with (ie. in the context and style of HTML). But I do think that we've possibly allowed DTML to overstep its bounds as a reporting language, and now we've got people trying to make it do things that could be infinitely better handled in Python.
I completely agree.
But we've also got external methods and Evan Simpson has contributed ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Talking about external methods I have a little problem with them: every time a method outputs to stdout zope bombs and you have to restart it. So we have to put try/except clauses around anything when an exception logged somewere would be much better in debugging the method. It is a problem of my installation, a known one or a feature?
Python Methods. So I think we're slowly reaching a point where Zope is an ideal environment for Python programmers and a less ideal but still very usable environment for non-Python programmers. I would suggest giving both tools a workout.
i'll investigate Python Methods. and, from *my* point of view a more python-programmer oriented zope is better than a simplier but less powerfull one. IMHO; off course.
I also would suggest that if you've got the time, we could definitely use your help simplifying Zope in other ways. For example, both the Zope Mozilla Initiative and the Zope Documentation Project could use reliable expert help. Both projects are extremely interesting too.
apart from my involvement in debian, i work for a company commited to free software. we use zope extensively and we'll surely give back to the community any patch/improvment/documentation we produce. ciao and thank you again, federico -- Federico Di Gregorio MIXAD LIVE System Programmer fog@mixadlive.com Debian GNU/Linux Developer & Italian Press Contact fog@debian.org Try the Joy of TeX [http://www.tug.org] -- brought to you by One Line Spam