[Zope-dev] Future of ZClasses

[Jonathan]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dieter Maurer" <dieter at handshake.de>
To: "Jonathan" <dev101 at magma.ca>
Cc: <zope-dev at zope.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 4:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Zope-dev] Future of ZClasses


> Jonathan wrote at 2006-9-28 15:11 -0400:
>> ...
>>For internal applications I would rather leave the ZClasses in place and 
>>try
>>to fix whatever breaks when zope is upgraded, however the application that
>>caused my initial question is for an external client (with no in-house 
>>zope
>>expertise of their own) and they are not at all pleased with the idea of
>>having to 'fix things' everytime they update their zope version.
>
> Who speaks about every time (of an upgrade).
>
> I remember 2 (small) ZClass related problems after Zope upgrades
> and 1 time (for Zope 2.8) where ZClasses were not ready
> for the Zope beta version.
>
> The Zope 2.8 port of ZClasses was probably a significant effort
> (Thank's Jim). It is not unlikely that they will die should another
> such effort be necessary.
>
> However, for the next releases, no such effort is on the horizon.
>
> We might see small (unanticipated) problems like the 2 mentioned
> above.
>
>
>>In this particular instance, I am going to have to 'bite-the-bullet' and
>>remove all traces of ZClasses, so that they can upgrade to future versions
>>of zope without fear.
>
> It is your choice. I will not argue against it....

In this particular instance the client is a government department. They do 
not want to have an application that requires a specific skill set (ie. 
mine) in order to do an upgrade (they have an internal policy about keeping 
all o/s and application platforms current - which they do themselves).  As 
much as I would like it, they do not want to hire me everytime they do an 
upgrade (could be a good business concept though!)


Jonathan