[Zope3-dev] RFC: move 'App' out of 'Zope'

Guido van Rossum guido@python.org
Sat, 21 Dec 2002 09:33:31 -0500


> why not 
> 
>     python
>       zope (was app)
>       reusable packages e.g.:
>       zodb 
>       pagetemplate
>       security
>       ...
> 
> If the reusable packages are reusable they should be able
> to stand on their own.  

But a toplevel package named 'security' is a really bad idea.  Many
(most) packages currently in Zope have too-generic names like that.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)