[Zope-dev] ZClasses and Versioning

[Christopher Lozinski]

Dieter Maurer wrote:

>Christopher Lozinski wrote at 2006-7-10 19:28 -0700:
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>>I am interested in upgrading ZClasses and versioning.
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>What does "upgrading" mean here?
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I do not quite know what upgrading means.

I think that I have the same problem that many other users have.  I am 
quite lost when it comes to Zope 3.

I do not quite know what Zope 3 is.  So I cannot quite figure out what 
to do with my Zope 2 application. 
There is the Zope 3 book, but reportedly that does not explain the 
architecture.

I thought I saw a great schema on Z3Lab.org, but it had no text, and now 
I cannot find it.

I could have attended the Zope 3 class, I had a great time at the Zope 2 
class many years ago, but since I am not convinced I am migrating to 
Zope 3, I was not willing to spend the money.

There is the Seattle Plone conference in a few months, maybe I can go 
there then and get enlightenment.  In the meantime, I will just stick 
with my well understood tools.

It is hard to volunteer without clear direction.  Jim Fulton was very 
nice in offering to bring me up to speed, but I am careful not to lean 
on people, so that they are willing to help when I really need it.   It 
would just take too much of his time to bring me up to speed.   It is 
not just a few simple things that I need to understand.

I really like through the web development.  It is hard to make 
mistakes.  I can image a through the web interface on Zope 3, but since 
I cannot quite envision Zope3, so I have a hard time figuring out how to 
build the through the web interface.

Based on reading others postings , I think that I am not the only one 
lost in Zope space.   I do not have a clear vision where the core 
developers are going.

Personally I would love to see an effort called Zope classic, to just 
polish up zope 2.  But I do not think that is going to happen.   It 
would be a lot like Plone without the CMF.

So I am putting my energies into upgrading my application.   And just 
leaving it on zope 2.7*

So I am still interested in helping, but I am not able to move forward.  
I am lost in zope space. 

And that is why I am not quite able to describe what it means to upgrade 
ZClasses and versionning.  I know what I need to do, and I can do it 
really fast on Zope 2, but I am quite lost when it comes to Zope 3.  

And I am sure that I am not the only one with this problem.

Regards
Chris