[Zope3-dev] Re: Selecting a code name

[Alexander Limi]

On Wed, 08 Feb 2006 03:16:22 -0800, Martijn Faassen <faassen at infrae.com>  
wrote:

> "Zope X3 is the next major Zope release and has been written from  
> scratch based on the latest software design patterns and the experiences  
> of Zope 2. The "X" in the name stands for "experimental", since this  
> release does not try to provide any backward-compatibility to Zope 2."
>
> with the subtle difference that we couldn't ever say Zope 3 was non  
> experimental *unless* it has Zope 2 compatibility features.

This is the one I (and several others) read and the one I saw interpreted  
on websites. Hence the confusion.

> Now let's forget about that damn X. It's history.

Yup, thanks for providing the full view. The complexity of your post  
further reinforces how confusing the situation is, even to an  
almost-insider.

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