[Zope] Does anyone care whether we deprecate ZClasses?

[Ben Mason]

And another +1

> -----Original Message-----
> From: zope-bounces at zope.org [mailto:zope-bounces at zope.org] On 
> Behalf Of Dennis Allison
> Sent: 01 April 2005 15:44
> To: Jim Fulton
> Cc: zope at zope.org
> Subject: Re: [Zope] Does anyone care whether we deprecate ZClasses?
> 
> 
> +1 for deprecation.  
> 
> 
> On Fri, 1 Apr 2005, Jim Fulton wrote:
> > 
> > ZClasses are a feature that support through-the-web development.
> > Many people have found them useful in the past, but they have some
> > significant deficiencies, including:
> > 
> > - They can't be managed with file-system tools, especially
> >    revision control systems like CVS and subversion.
> > 
> > - They don't work well with Python development tools, like
> >    profilers and debugger.
> > 
> > - They aren't being actively maintained.
> > 
> > Most serious Zope developers stopped using them a long time
> > ago and are frustrated that we still expend resources keeping them
> > around.  For example, the release of Zope 2.8 has been delayed
> > by the requirement of getting ZClasses working with Zope 2.8.
> > 
> > We could choose to deprecate ZClasses.  If we deprecated them in
> > Zope 2.8, they would still work in Zope 2.8 and Zope 2.9, but
> > their support would be removed in Zope 2.10.  Would anyone be upset
> > if this happened?
> > 
> > Jim
> > 
> > 
> 
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