[Zope3-dev] Re: Zope 3 Roadmap thoughts

[Shane Hathaway]

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.

Is there some way to measure Zope 2 uptake?  I'm having trouble seeing 
evidence of either gain or loss of mindshare.

About migration: Because we have a large amount of customer-specific 
code that requires Zope 2, Zope Corp. needs a smooth migration.  I know 
the community has been concerned about migration, and ZC has not 
participated much in the discussions.  It's not because we don't care 
about migration.  It's because smooth migration is so important that 
there's really nothing to discuss.  It's vital to the life of the 
company.  It's an open and shut case. :-)  AFAIK, the stable release of 
Zope 3.0 will correctly run the majority of Zope 2 products unmodified.

Shane