[Zope-dev] Re: [Zope3-dev] RFC: Reunite Zope 2 and Zope 3 in the source code repository

Philipp von Weitershausen philipp at weitershausen.de
Thu Nov 24 00:41:31 EST 2005


Stephan Richter wrote:
> On Thursday 24 November 2005 00:05, Philipp von Weitershausen wrote:
> > Stephan Richter wrote:
> > > I totally disagree. I, as a Zope 3 developer, have to learn Zope 2 and
> > > Five.
> >
> > What makes you think so? I, for one, have not the slightest clue of how
> > zope.wfmc works. Still I'm able to contribute to Zope 3, am I not? If I
> > refactor something, I might even have to touch zope.wfmc, but for the most
> > part this could be very superficial. And if not, I have some trusty
> > community members who can help me on a branch.
> >
> > It's been this way for years now, there's no compelling reason why it
> > should change.
>
> Except that I have made deep changes in the past that affect the entire
> architecture. And the changes were deep. If there would be a merge, don't
> expect me to ever make such contributions again.

At least no one is expecting to make such big changes by yourself. Being stubborn and
refusing to do further contributions, be they large or small, isn't going to get us
anywhere. The people who are so far backing up this proposal have nothing but support to
offer and you know that.

Philipp


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