[Zope-dev] direction

[Martin Aspeli]

On 5 July 2011 11:10, Jens Vagelpohl <jens at dataflake.org> wrote:

> On 7/5/11 11:56 , Martin Aspeli wrote:
> > On 5 July 2011 10:31, Hanno Schlichting<hanno at hannosch.eu>  wrote:
> >> So we just got ourselves a Zope2 version 3.0. And no, naming it 4.0 or
> >> 5.0 or anything else doesn't make it any better at all. So 3.0 is the
> >> most sensible one :)
> >
> >
> > Boy, that's going to be confusing. :)
> >
> > I'd actually favour calling it Zope2 4.0 just to avoid any mix-up with
> the
> > defunct Zope 3, although I don't think there are any particularly good
> > options here.
>
> I actually think it's a brilliant idea to "skip" 3.0 and call it 4.0.
>
> As Martin said, the potential for confusion is very high. A 4.0 would
> not only steer around confusing Zope3 3.x and Zope2 3.x, it would also
> make it easier to move back to the simple "Zope" moniker without any
> qualifying number tacked on. People who only look at version numbers
> would now choose Zope 4.0 instead of falling into the "unmaintained"
> Zope3 trap.


I would tend to agree, given that we now have Blue Bream.

Martin
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