[Zope-dev] Future of ZClasses

[Jonathan]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Fulton" <jim at zope.com>
To: "Jonathan" <dev101 at magma.ca>
Cc: "Andreas Jung" <lists at zopyx.com>; <zope-dev at zope.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 2:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Zope-dev] Future of ZClasses


> 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

>From a 'robustness' and 'sleep-better-at-nite' perspective I would rather 
spend the time making sure the application is rock-solid (by replacing the 
zclasses once and for all) and not have to worry about this issue everytime 
a new release of zope is installed.

I'm going to consider this a 'learning experience' ;-)

BTW -  nothing beats ZClasses and DTML for quick-and-dirty demos, one-time 
applications, and rapid-prototyping!