[Zope-dev] Re: [Zope3-dev] Re: Two visions

[Martijn Faassen]

Max M wrote:
> Jim Fulton wrote:
> 
>> 2) In an alternate vision, Zope 2 evolves to Zope 5.
> 
> 
> Zope 2 is complicated! It has too many layers of everything.
> 
> The reason for Zope 3 is to make it simpler for developers.
> 
> Therefore I believe that any succesfull strategy would require Zope 3 to 
> be usable completely without all the Zope 2 layers.
> 
> If Zope 3 becomes just another layer on top of Zope 2 -> CMF -> Plone it 
> will not reduce complexity, as any developer would still need to learn 
> the entire stack.
> 
> Wherever practical, Zope 2 technologies should be rewritten to Zope 3 
> technologies to remove layers from the stack.

I think these are good points.

Five runs the risk of being yet another layer on a stack like Plone, but 
Five also gives the chance of us stripping off these layers and 
replacing it with something cleaner, and at the same time Five is giving 
an impulse to Zope 3 development as things slowly get ported to Zope 3 
or written in a Zope 3 style.

The Five project has the right attitude to deal with such integration 
issues. We have been quite successful: In Zope 2.9 it's possible to 
build modern Zope 3-style apps, using formlib and sqlos and so on (we've 
done it).

In this vision, the Zope 3 project should stay where it is and push 
things forward. That doesn't mean Five should be ignored by Zope 3 
developers, but it should be compartmentalized in people's minds. Zope 3 
does innovation, Five does integration, and then the big codebases can 
move forward using both.

Regards,

Martijn