[Zope3-dev] Re: What does python 3000 mean for zope?

[David Pratt]

Hi Jim. Fair enough. This gives me better sense of the picture. In a 
year or two from now I would not be surprised to see jython at 2.5 which 
could be interesting for the python frameworks. It also has a plan to 
evolve to P3K as well. All python projects will get there regardless. I 
am certain there will be some anticipation to port packages when P3K is 
out the door or as it evolves. Personally, I want to stay on the front 
end of the language. A good part of my enjoyment in development is 
wrapped in working and moving with the state of the art.

Regards,
David


Jim Fulton wrote:
> 
> On Sep 11, 2007, at 10:28 AM, David Pratt wrote:
> 
>> I was hoping Jim might respond to this thread since I am certain there 
>> is concern about what this means for the future of Zope. I am hoping 
>> that core communities of python framework developers may come together 
>> on what is in their best interests.
> 
> OK, here's my opinion.  I am not speaking for ZC.  I don't think we 
> should worry until Python 3 is much farther along.  I agree with those 
> who think that it will be hard to move to Python 3.  Put another way, I 
> think the benefit won't be worth the effort.  My suspicion is that this 
> will be true for *lots* of projects.  I expect Python 2 to be with us 
> for a long time. This is just a wild guess.  A lot can change in a year 
> or 2.  I think our official position should be that Zope is a Python 2 
> application and we'll evaluate opportunities to leverage Python 3 over 
> time as they present themselves.
> 
> I'm not going to reply to any replies to this post as I don't intend to 
> spend any more time on this issue myself.
> 
> Jim
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