[Zope-CMF] Re: [dev] CMF 1.5 roadmap?

[Tres Seaver]

Alexander Limi wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 10:10:36 -0500, Tres Seaver <tseaver at zope.com> wrote:
> 
>> OK, that was the original intent of the 'nouvelle' bit.  One thing I 
>> am  slightly worried about is adding the dependency on Epoz;  we might 
>> need  to think about how we degrade gracefully in it absence.
> 
> 
> -1 on adding Epoz to the core of CMF - it's the Content Management  
> *Framework*. ;)
> 
> Depending on which version of Epoz you are referring to (0.7.x - the  
> original Epoz or the 1.0.x version, rewritten by Paul and Guido, soon 
> to  get a new name :), the 0.7 series is very hard to extend cleanly, 
> which is  another reason for not including it with the framework. It 
> does what it  does very well, but it's not something you build on and 
> extend with the  current architecture.

I wasn't planning anything very ambitious. :)

> Adding Epoz to CMFDefault I have no problem with, though.

Right, what was under discussion was reskinning CMFDefault.Document and 
CMFDefault.NewsItem to use Epoz, if it were present.

> Which brings me to my next question: Has there been any progress on the  
> previously discussed distribution change of separating CMFDefault from 
> the  CMF Core, and not having any dependencies to it? Sorry if I'm 
> covering old  ground here, but I couldn't find anything about it on the 
> lists lately.

I'm pretty sure that CMFCore no longer has dependencies on CMFDefault. 
Yuppie helped root out the last of those prior to 1.4 (I think).

Tres.
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