[Zope-dev] zope and python compatibility

Jamie Heilman jamie@audible.transient.net
Fri, 10 Jan 2003 17:27:07 -0800


> I'm beginning to wonder whether Zope 2.7 shouldn't require Python
> 2.1.3 rather than 2.2.2.  The original motivation for requiring 2.2.x
> was to allow easy backporting of Zope 3 components, and that is no
> longer a goal.  I've asked Brian to review the version decision in
> this light.

Without python 2.2 zope will continue to harbor remotely exploitable
zlib-based memory exhaustion attacks. FWIW
 
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