[Zope3-dev] Re: Zope 3 Roadmap thoughts

Godefroid Chapelle gotcha@swing.be
Wed, 29 Jan 2003 15:24:32 +0100


seb bacon wrote:
> Paul - this is a timely set of observations.
> 
> The Zope 2 meme (to use a Paulism ;-) is gaining mindshare at an 
> astonishing rate.  Misconceptions or ambiguities regarding Zope 3 could 
> massively disrupt the business requirements which are driving this 
> growth, and thereby cause problems for all of us who work with Zope on a 
> daily basis.
> 
> I know many others think this is crucially important.  I, too,  have 
> personally come across people who have been put off Zope 2 / confused / 
> scared by Zope 3.
> 
> But you are right, this is not the right forum in which to discuss these 
> matters.  This is an important enough issue that I propose a Zope 2 
> migration working group, which will consider:
> 
>  - Continuing support for Zope 2
>  - 'Branding' of Zope 3 for the community
>  - Upgrade paths, documentation, etc for Zope 2 -> Zope 3
> 
> I think it should have a new mailing list, because it is too important 
> to allow it to languish in a few isolated threads.
> 
> Does anyone agree, or will I be in a mailing list on my own?
> 
> :-)
> 
> 

Just coming from IRC zope3-dev where Stephan Richter, Paul Everitt, 
Steve Alexander, Ulrich Eck and I are discussing the migration.

So this new mailing list is maybe a very good proposal

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Godefroid Chapelle

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