[Zope-dev] Future of ZClasses

[Jim Fulton]

Jonathan wrote:
> 
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andreas Jung" <lists at zopyx.com>
>> To: "Jonathan" <dev101 at magma.ca>; <zope-dev at zope.org>
>>> I found a thread (from March 2006) discussing the future of zclasses, 
>>> but
>>> i could not determine if a 'final' decision had been made.
>>>
>>> According to Changes.txt for Zope 2.10.0:
>>>
>>> "ZClasses are deprecated and should no longer be used. In addition any
>>> code related to the ZClasses (re)distribution mechanism is removed."
>>
>> Right. And nobody stepped in to work on an alternative solution. Another
>> indication that the core developers don't care much about ZClasses.
>>
>>> Does this mean that any application which incorporates zclasses will
>>> break if upgraded to zope 2.10.x?
>>
>> Likely.
> 
> Oh crap...

Before you get to excited, you should probably try it.  If it breaks,
it is likely to break in small ways.  I'm just guessing.  ZClasses
haven't been removed. It's just that I'm pretty much the only one who
can fix them and I have lots of other priorities. :/

Jim