[Zope-dev] naming Zope

[Tres Seaver]

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Jim Fulton wrote:
> Thanks for posting this.  (Thank you too Chris for starting the Zope 4  
> thread.) Despite the inevitable bike shedding, I think this is a  
> discussion worth having.
> 
> Here are my opinions, which build on the arguments you gave, even  
> though I disagree with some of your conclusions.
> 
> 1. I hate "Zope Classic". It was a mistake for Coke and I think it  
> would be a mistake for us too. :)
> 
> 2. I think Zope 3 the application should die.  It should go the way of  
> New Coke.
> 
> 3. I think the word "Zope" should refer to both the application  
> currently called Zope 2 and the Zope ecosystem, depending on context,  
> although I'm also fine with coming up with another name as long as it  
> doesn't imply obsolescence. :)

Amen to all of that.

WRT the "Framework" name: "framework" is a misleading name for the
collection of packages salvaged from the "new Coke" effort:  it is
actually a *bunch* of frameworks, in the classic software engineering
sense, along with some "pure" libraries.

The notional "Zope Framwork" is alos *not* what other Python web
developers mean when they say "web framework":  Grok and BFG fit that
meaning.  Zope2 is really an "app server" / "pluggable application",
rather than a "web framework".


Tres.
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