[Zope-dev] Re: More arguments for "z" (was Re: Zope and zope)

[Philipp von Weitershausen]

Jim,

let's make this telegraph style :)

>> OK, here's another.
>>
>> What about renaming the Zope 3 zope package to "z".

+1

>> - It fits with the expansion of "Zope":
>>   "Z Object Publishing Environment".
>>
>> - It's short :)
>>
>> - *At this time* (but after the move to svn), it's not too hard to make
>>   a change like this for Zope 3. Backward compatibility is not a big
>>   issue. This will change when X3.0 is released, which is why I'm
>>   bothering to deal with this now.

+1

> Other reasons I like "z":
> 
> - Less noise in imports

+1

> - Echos the "circle z"

+0  (that's a marketing issue ;))

> - The packages in "z" can be used for more than just Zope

+2

> 
> - Emphasizes the more "minimalist" nature of Zope 3 relative
>   to Zope 2

+2

Philipp