[Zope-dev] Re: AW: [Checkins] SVN: z3c.jbot/ Initial import.

[Philipp von Weitershausen]

Roger Ineichen wrote:
> Hi Malthe
> 
>> Betreff: [Checkins] SVN: z3c.jbot/ Initial import.
>>
>> Log message for revision 81997:
>>   Initial import.
> 
> [...]
> 
>> +  >>> from Products.Five.browser.pagetemplatefile import 
>> + ZopeTwoPageTemplateFile
> 
> I really like what you are doing, cool ideas!
> 
> But I also have a question. Should we not use another
> namspace for Zope packages which depend on Five or
> other packages then zope.* or z3c.*?

We do have the 'five' namespace for things like that, by the way (so far 
it's used by five.intid and five.localsitemanager, for instance).

> I'm not sure about that, it's just a question.
> What do you think about a namespace called z5c or 
> something like that? I guess it's easier to explain
> the different core concepts if we separate them
> in base libraries.
> 
> Or is it possible to skip the Five dependency and 
> implement Five support in a second layer/package?

-1 to magic or weak dependencies.
+1 to "test what you fly and fly what you test"

> btw, I think since we use buildout, it's not possible to
> implement mixed Zope3/Five packages bacause setup has to
> define the Five packages too. right?

In general, it makes the reuse of a package difficult if it depends on 
Zope 2 stuff (incl. Five).