[Zope-dev] Open Letter to zope-dev

[Andreas Jung]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joachim Werner" <joe@iuveno-net.de>
To: "Paul Everitt" <paul@zope.com>; "Robert Rottermann" <robert@redcor.ch>
Cc: <zope-dev@zope.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2001 08:22
Subject: Re: [Zope-dev] Open Letter to zope-dev


> > The second is pretty exciting as well.  I saw a presentation in Paris by
> > Juan David Palomar, of Localizer fame.  (The presentation is now up at
> > http://estce.act.uji.es:9673/localizer).  The presentation impressed me
> > on the need to get someone into the core of Zope that knows all these
> > details, but also convinced me that the Zope3 effort needs to anticipate
> > the needs of i18n and l10n.
>
> > ZBabel and Localizer are good starts, but as jdavid says, both should be
> > thought of as non-core projects that start influencing the core
> > step-by-step.
>
> Hi!
>
> I fully agree that ZBabel and Localizer don't have to be core projects
right
> now. But the core must be made fit for i18n to make sure that we don't
have
> to patch things like the user folder implementation or the Help! button in
> the code. In Zopw 2.5, there still seem to be "hot spots" to fix with
regard
> to i18n.


Of course there are hot spots. I have asked multiple times for help on the
mailing
lists and the Eurozope site to identify such related hot spots.
Also I had expect some input of the community regarding at unicode support
inside Zope. But there has been no feedback. It looks like no one needs
unicode
support in Zope ?! :-) Anyway, as a first step Zope 2.5 provides full
unicode
support for the ZCatalog. I would like to see some volunteers that could
help
to set up a list of requirements (the list is almost there on the Eurozope
site
I think) and possible solutions that could be integrated into the Zope core.
Referring to the "open letter to zope-dev" I could also charge the community
for zero feedback. But this is not the place and time for flamewars. Instead
we should bundle the power of ZC and the community. The opening of the CVS
is a good starting point but I would like to see more people contributing.

Cheers,
Andreas