[Zope3-dev] Python version for Zope 3

[Gary Poster]

>
> The Zope 3 wiki indicates that we should be able to use Python 2.2,
> not necessarily 2.2.1, to run Zope 3:
>
>
http://dev.zope.org/Wikis/DevSite/Projects/ComponentArchitecture/SettingUpAZ
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>
> The tests do not currently pass because the code uses True and False,
> which were added to ease support Python 2.3 code on Python 2.2.x, but
> "x" needs to be at least 1.
>
> Does the wiki page need to be updated, or should we change the code to
> not require True and False to be defined as builtins?  (Another option
> would be to modify the __builtin__ module on startup, but that's ugly
> in other ways.)

I asked this a while back on the list and the concensus was that one needed
2.2.1+.  So I'd say a wiki change is in order.

Gary