[Zope3-Users] So, there is going to be no Zope4... how to handle maintenance a couple of years from now?

[Thierry Florac]

Hi,

Le Sun, 7 Sep 2014 09:26:43 +0530,
  Milind Khadilkar <zedobject at gmail.com> a écrit:

> Seems there will be no Zope4. Puts a fond hope to rest.
> 
> I have one large Zope2 (Zope 2.6) project, one large Zope3 (Zope 3.4)
> project, two medium sized Grok projects, one GAE project, allof them
> need to be maintained beyond two years.
> I would like, if possible, to redevelop them using ONE single
> framework. While some of the original developers are available, most
> work would need to be done through people who need to be trained from
> the ground up.
> 
> My first choice (mainly because I have a complex Zope3 project to
> redevelop) would be Bluebream, even if it means using ZCML and
> programming in ZCA-shackles. But I am speaking without any real
> experience of it. (Negative press ensured that I did not go for it...)
> 
> Any suggestions?

If you are considering a complete re-development, maybe you should have
a look at Pyramid.
It allows you to reuse a lot of Zope related technologies, including
ZODB, traversing and even ZCA ! ;-)

I use and develop ZTFY which is based on Bluebream (with updated
packages based on ZTK) and which is used in many of my own projects
with great success, but which is probably condamned to death in a
relatively near future...

Regards,
Thierry


P.S.: by the way, I don't really understand where is the real problem
with ZCA (which is so powerful, and not so complicated!) and with ZCML
(which is nothing in XML files terms compared to any "serious" Java
server development environment...)