Re: Zope3 name

Paul Everitt <[email protected]> Tue, 11 Feb 2003 20:40:41 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.web.zope.zope2-migration
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On mardi, f=E9v 11, 2003, at 20:20 Europe/Paris, Jim Fulton wrote:
>>  - Zope3 will be so different for developers from 2.7, it seems
>>    confusing to make it sound like a major point change when it's
>>    actually a complete rewrite.
>
> Major point changes often are rewrites. The reason for selecting a=20
> major
> point change is to let people know that this is a really major=20
> revision.

In this case, though, we have three points in the migration:

1) It's a rewrite.

2) It's a new API.

3) There's a new database format.

Obviously (2) is the big one.  Since the Zope 2 API isn't supported in=20=

Zope 3, many people (me included) will consider it more than the=20
traditional "rev the major version number" upgrade.

Back to Kai's points, I think he validates some of the concerns listed=20=

in the wiki under risk factors.  Is there any serious interest in=20
discussing risk management, vis a vis Kai's email?

--Paul=