[Zope] Zope 2.0 final release update...

[Brian Lloyd]

> > We plan to release a beta 5 this week with fixes to the
> > must-fix bugs that have been reported to date (including the
> > various hanging and stuttering problems that have been reported).
> > Unless new showstopping bugs are reported, then 2.0 final will
> > probably come out about a week (give or take a few days) later.
> 
>   That's cool ! How about the Portal Toolkit ?
> 
> -Petru

Well, in a sense the core of the PTK is already in Zope2 (ZCatalog
and ZClasses). The main missing link is the thing that we have been
calling "Membership". An early shot at membership is in use on the
new Zope.org beta site, but actually defining just what membership
is (and more importantly, what it should be) has turned out to be
_much_ more involved that it would seem at first glance.

I can't give you a date or anything on Membership, other than to 
say that we haven't forgotten it (though the form it will take is
still in flux).

One thing I would like to start doing is maintaining a general
"Zope Roadmap" on zope.org that tries to give a high-level
summary of what is planned regarding Zope development for the
next quarter or so. That way folks wouldn't have to immerse
themselves in the list to determine what will be happening in
the near-term. This will happen in the next few weeks, after
2.0 comes out.


Brian Lloyd        brian@digicool.com
Software Engineer  540.371.6909              
Digital Creations  http://www.digicool.com