[Zope] Does anyone care whether we deprecate ZClasses?

[Allen Schmidt]

-l for deprecation....
...until we build a replacement anyway...



Dennis Allison wrote:

> +1 for deprecation.  
> 
> 
> On Fri, 1 Apr 2005, Jim Fulton wrote:
> 
>>ZClasses are a feature that support through-the-web development.
>>Many people have found them useful in the past, but they have some
>>significant deficiencies, including:
>>
>>- They can't be managed with file-system tools, especially
>>   revision control systems like CVS and subversion.
>>
>>- They don't work well with Python development tools, like
>>   profilers and debugger.
>>
>>- They aren't being actively maintained.
>>
>>Most serious Zope developers stopped using them a long time
>>ago and are frustrated that we still expend resources keeping them
>>around.  For example, the release of Zope 2.8 has been delayed
>>by the requirement of getting ZClasses working with Zope 2.8.
>>
>>We could choose to deprecate ZClasses.  If we deprecated them in
>>Zope 2.8, they would still work in Zope 2.8 and Zope 2.9, but
>>their support would be removed in Zope 2.10.  Would anyone be upset
>>if this happened?
>>
>>Jim
>>
>>
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