[Zope-dev] beta.zope.org (www.zope.org relaunch project)

Jens Vagelpohl jens at dataflake.org
Wed May 11 01:54:17 EDT 2011


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On 5/11/11 02:04 , Alex Clark wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 5/10/11 5:38 AM, Lennart Regebro wrote:
>> On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 09:15, Jens Vagelpohl<jens at dataflake.org>  wrote:
>>> I strongly disagree on the term "Zope 2". Now is a great time to finally
>>> stop the Zope2/3 confusion: Kill that name and start using a more
>>> sensible name, such as "the Zope application server".
> 
> 
> Right. However I'm not convinced this is something you can 
> agree/disagree on. Zope 2 exists. Zope 3 does not (it was split apart 
> and renamed). As such, I don't see a problem with referring to it (Zope 
> 2) by name (it's not Voldemort, after all). Someday it will die; but 
> that day is not today. And until that day comes (or it gets renamed, 
> heaven forbid) I would strive for clear and consistent branding (and in 
> this case, I think I would also try to make it clear that Zope 2 is 
> "legacy" software).

Zope 2 was never a brand. It only existed to have a name for the older
application server when Zope 3 existed. It led to confusion and still
does. The name must go away. It is now the only application server with
the "Zope" name left, and that's a simple, clear and consistent brand.
We can help make the Zope 2 name go away by stopping its use on
"official" community sites like the new zope.org.

jens


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