[Zope-dev] naming Zope

[Wichert Akkerman]

Previously Martijn Faassen wrote:
> I think renaming Zope 2 to Zope Classic will be easy. If the Zope 2 
> developers are okay with this, let's go right ahead. Not much discussion 
> needed. Zope 2.11 becomes Zope Classic 11. It's a huge version number, 
> but Zope Classic is over a decade old anyway. Nobody's going to mind. It 
> looks impressive and it should be impressive; Zope Classic has been 
> maintained for a long time by the community.

-1

The term `classic' is associated with things like old, ancient and obsolete
to me and immediately makes me want to figure out what the new thing is.
I do not think that is desired here: Zope 2 is just as hip and modern as
Zope 3 and deserves just as much attention.

Wichert.

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