[Zope] Zope and Python on FreeBSD 5.1

[Sergey Volobuev]

> I read on the net that there have been issues with Zope/Plone and 
> Python on FreeBSD. Does anybody know what the status is today?
>
> Our production server is running FreeBSD 5.1 and Python 2.1.3. Zope 
> itself seems to be stable, but some products are behaving strangely 
> (on the other hand they behaved strangely on RedHat Linux too).


I've expiriensed frequent Zope crashes on FreeBSD. The problem was 
solved after installing python 2.1.3 from ports. The bug is fixed in 
ports since (don't remember exactly, but a long time ago). Just don't 
build python yourself.