<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474880943651_5730">Hi</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474880943651_5677"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474880943651_5698" dir="ltr">I am very new to Zope and have recently inherited a legacy Redhat 4 system that some infrastructure based on Zope 2.x and I would like some advice please. My task is to migrate to a Redhat 7 system with same functionality including Zope and its associated modules. The original system is a 32 bit VM and the target one is 64 bit so I see issues immediately. I need to get Zope to as high a version as possible but some early attempts have failed and I am struggling. <br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474880943651_6179"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474880943651_6084">I'd like to know:</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474880943651_6015"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474880943651_6016">1. Is it possible to migrate to Zope 3.x or 4.x from 2.x and is it worth it?</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474880943651_6092"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474880943651_6091">2. From your experience what is the most effective method of migrating? <br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474880943651_6090"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474880943651_6089">3. Is is better to put the existing 2.x system in a Docker container and move it as a component?</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474880943651_6088"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474880943651_6087"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474880943651_6095">If any of you out there are freelancers with expertise in migration of Zope I would be interested in paying for some of your time to help me with this.<br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474880943651_6085"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474880943651_6086">regards</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474880943651_6093">Diarmuid Coyle</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474880943651_6187">ITSP</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474880943651_6142">Cambridge</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474880943651_6143">UK</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474880943651_6144"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474880943651_6145">PS: If this is the wrong forum for this post, sorry, let me know where should post it. :-)<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474880943651_5678"><br></div></div></body></html>