Re: Zope 3.4 and the way forward
Christian Theune <[email protected]>
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On 12/30/2009 12:17 AM, Martijn Faassen wrote: > Hey, > > Marius Gedminas wrote: >> So, what's the way forward for existing Zope 3.4 (KGS) users? >> >> Rewrite our apps so we don't depend on anything in zope.app and switch >> to the ZTK? > > That's not possible as far as I can see, as the Zope 3.4 KGS doesn't > support this. No zope.container yet, for instance, so no way to get rid > of zope.app.container. It's only possible to start such an app rewrite > once you're on the ZTK. (we don't know whether it's possible to complete > such a rewrite. we will have to see) > >> Band together and release a Zope 3.5 KGS, which would be a strict >> superset of the ZTK 1.0? > >> Band together and release a ZopeApp 1.0 KGS which would be a strict >> superset of the ZTK 1.0? > > Yes. Possibly a Zope 3.5 KGS that extends that further, I'm not sure. > >> (In which case, why not call it Zope 3.5 KGS?) > > Because Grok can use the ZopeApp 1.0 KGS as well. So can Zope 2 users > who need to upgrade away from zope.app packages. (I think!) > >> Forget all this open-source sharing stuff and maintain our own separate >> versions.cfg files with ad-hoc version mixes? > > I'm trying to remember this open source sharing stuff and avoid ad-hoc > version mixes where we can. > >> Personally, I'd prefer option 1 (if there were docs to tell me what to >> do to get rid of zope.app, which is implausible) or option 2. > > I prefer option 3 (ZopeApp KGS), because there's a greater opportunity > for that old open source sharing thing. And also because it would help > us get rid of the somewhat confusing "Zope 3" terminology. Hmm. Just because I've been lagging and do get some newcomer questions here and there: is there an overview of what KGSs exist and what they "mean"? Christian -- Christian Theune · [email protected] gocept gmbh & co. kg · forsterstraße 29 · 06112 halle (saale) · germany http://gocept.com · tel +49 345 1229889 0 · fax +49 345 1229889 1 Zope and Plone consulting and development _______________________________________________ Zope-Dev maillist - [email protected] https://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - https://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce https://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope )