[Zope3-dev] Release numbering
Jim Fulton
jim at zope.com
Wed Apr 20 15:16:28 EDT 2005
Martijn Faassen wrote:
> Jim Fulton wrote:
> [snip]
>
>> 2. The X in Zope 3X means that there is not yet support for
>> Zope 2 transition. It's about setting expectations.
>
>
> But we're setting the expectation that one day there will be a version
> of Zope 3 that supports Zope 2.
No. We are setting the expectation that we will provide a supported
transition process. That *could* be backwward compatibility, but it
might be much less.
> Is this a realistic expectation? Stephan
> doesn't seem to think so, for one.
I think it is reasonable.
>> I'm OK with dropping the X is someone else wants to manage
>> this communication another way, but I'd rather not drop it.
>
>
> You could just say "Zope 3 is not compatible with Zope 2".
This is not acceptable in the long term.
...
> It just depends on how you count feature releases; for marketing reasons
> you might want to call a significant feature advance Zope 4. If Zope 4
> means a total rewrite from scratch, then please noooooh.
Fair enough. I certainly don't want to see another architectural
change as big as Zope 3.
Jim
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