[Zope] Zope X3 vs. Zope 2.7.4

[Stephan Richter]

On Sunday 27 February 2005 11:46, Jake wrote:
> I have to agree with Chris on this one. While Zope X3 is nice for those
> sharping the blades (cutting edge) for most people wanting to get into
> Zope I would push them towards 2.7.

Well, I qualified my answer by saying that if you are Python programmer and 
need to develop non-standard apps you should use Zope 3. And I think this is 
a valid assessment. A Python programmer will be much more productive in Zope 
3 than in Zope 2.

Further, there are several large projects for Zope 3 and they all have no 
problem keeping up with the development speed, simply because it is not that 
fast. 

Have you actually done anything in Zope 3 yet?

> Now, when Zope 3.0 comes along, or maybe 3.1 and all the backward
> compatibility is worked out it might be a different story.

Changes between Zope 3 releases will be always backward-compatible. This is a 
checkin policy.

>  From what I can see, there is still 2.7.5 (beta 1 just release)
> probably a 2.7.6 and then 2.8b/a/rc - > 2.8 and a few more releases
> under that. All of that looks like at least a year of development in
> 2.X series.

Development for Zope 2 and 3 is totally disconnected. I personally do not care 
at all how long Zope 2 will be released/developed/supported.

Regards,
Stephan
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