On Sunday 27 February 2005 11:46, Jake wrote:
I have to agree with Chris on this one. While Zope X3 is nice for those sharping the blades (cutting edge) for most people wanting to get into Zope I would push them towards 2.7.
Well, I qualified my answer by saying that if you are Python programmer and need to develop non-standard apps you should use Zope 3. And I think this is a valid assessment. A Python programmer will be much more productive in Zope 3 than in Zope 2. Further, there are several large projects for Zope 3 and they all have no problem keeping up with the development speed, simply because it is not that fast. Have you actually done anything in Zope 3 yet?
Now, when Zope 3.0 comes along, or maybe 3.1 and all the backward compatibility is worked out it might be a different story.
Changes between Zope 3 releases will be always backward-compatible. This is a checkin policy.
From what I can see, there is still 2.7.5 (beta 1 just release) probably a 2.7.6 and then 2.8b/a/rc - > 2.8 and a few more releases under that. All of that looks like at least a year of development in 2.X series.
Development for Zope 2 and 3 is totally disconnected. I personally do not care at all how long Zope 2 will be released/developed/supported. Regards, Stephan -- Stephan Richter CBU Physics & Chemistry (B.S.) / Tufts Physics (Ph.D. student) Web2k - Web Software Design, Development and Training