[ZODB-Dev] RFC: Python2 - Py3k database compatibility

[Tres Seaver]

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On 04/29/2013 12:44 PM, Jim Fulton wrote:
> Yes.  There are lots of features I'd like to add to ZODB.  I tend to
> work on them when I have time (infrequently) or where we have a
> driving need at ZC.  Long ZODB release cycles provide a lot of stop
> energy.

We are already developing this way (the 'py3' branch has not been
merged).  However, if you do a lot of Python2-only feature work and merge
to master, you will likely push back to horizon for merging that branch:
 we will have to port any work done to it.

Using the "4.0" label to signal "big changes ahead, evaluate carefully
before upgrading" was the primary reason I had been pushing to get the
Py3k stuff landed (the low-risk thing would have been more naturally
labeled "3.11").

FWIW, we have reports that some brave souls have successfully built Py3k
apps using the 'py3' branch.


Tres.
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