[Zope] Zope2 - pro/contra

[Andreas Jung]

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Eric Bréhault wrote:
> Hello Sebastian,
> 
> I guess the main problem is the future maintenance of Zope. For
> instance, it is pretty sure that nobody will invest the time needed 
> to move it Python 3, and at some point it will probably be a
> problem.

The Zope development is almost dead and there only a few people
keeping it alive in terms of security maintenance etc. It would be
unhonest to compare Zope technology with a zombie but Zope was great
technology, mistakes had been made and all technology turns at some
point into legacy mode. Some part of the ZCA are still great and while
other parts of the ZCA should be considered as an architectural software
fail. The ZODB is still great and must not hide behind
so-called "NOSQL" technology  - the ZODB as NOSQL ten years ago and it
still superb in some way.

Personally I don't see Zope on Python 3 happen at any time soon, I don't
see Plone X running on Python 3 at any time soon..it's all legacy and
we have to live with that. For new projects it is time to move on and
learn from the good and parts of the Zope world in order to create
something better.

Cheers
- -aj
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