[Zope] RE: [Zope] Request regarding 'Hotfixes'

[marc lindahl]

> From: Dieter Maurer <dieter@handshake.de>
> Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 18:33:00 +0200 (CEST)
> To: marc@bowery.com (marc lindahl)
> Cc: <bill@libc.org>, <zope@zope.org>
> Subject: Re: [Zope] RE: [Zope] Request regarding 'Hotfixes'
> 
> marc lindahl writes:
>>> A "hotfix" is called "hot" because ignoring it can be
>>> a significant risk.
>>> The name has nothing to do with the usual method to activate the
>>> fix.
>> 
>> That's really stretching the meaning of the word hot...
> But associating it with the runtime enhancement of Python
> classes (the "usual method to activate the fix") is stretching
> it *FAR* more....

I disagree -- 'hot' meaning hot-pluggable?  Hot-swappable?  Very common
meaning.  Anyway, this is a useless discussion, we've moved beyond it.  ZC
has made it clear what they meant, regardless of how others interpreted it.