[Zope] How stable is the 2.0 alpha release?

[Alexander Staubo]

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>From: Michel Pelletier [mailto:michel@digicool.com]
>Sent: 16. juni 1999 16:12
>To: 'Alexander Staubo'; Zope Mailing List (E-mail)
>Subject: RE: [Zope] How stable is the 2.0 alpha release?
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Alexander Staubo [mailto:alex@mop.no]
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 1999 9:13 PM
>> To: Zope Mailing List (E-mail)
>> Subject: [Zope] How stable is the 2.0 alpha release?
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>> I realize this is a completely silly and impossible question,
>> but for a
>> new Linux-based production server to run Zope, we feel a bit squeezed
>> between using 1.10 (which does not have Z Classes), 1.11.0pr1
>> (which has
>> proven to be quite stable but does not support concurrency),
>> and 2.0.0a1
>> or the latest CVS version (which is an alpha, and which I have not
>> attempted to run for stability testing).
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>> We'd be able to live with an unstable server for a couple (literally
>> speaking, I think) of weeks, but beyond that time, we would like
>> something of production, or at least beta, quality. Until this is
>> cleared up we can cope with 1.110pr1, I guess.
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>*Seems* stable to me.
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>It may be very stable.  You may setup a vast production site with it.
>You may find a very excellent bug that may trash all your work.
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>If it makes you feel any better, we'll fix the bug if it's there. ;)

Great, what about all the things mentioned in the 2.0.0a1 release notes?
Release notes mention that alpha 2 "will be released in the week of May
26," which obviously did not happen. Are you behind schedule?

The alpha 1 todo list is relatively serious, eg., "Most database
adapters are likely to be problematic [...] when running Zope 2 with
multiple threads" -- eek! Which ones are subject this to this problem?

I could not find documentation on compatibility issues with ZODB2,
either (probably covered on this list at some point; would you care to
repeat?), ie. can I just copy by data.bbb into the alpha version?

Do you recommend updating the sources from the public CVS after
installing alpha 1?

>-Michel
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