[Zope3-dev] Re: Zope 3 Roadmap thoughts

[Jim Fulton]

Shane Hathaway wrote:
> 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

Agreed.


 > that
> there's really nothing to discuss. 

Well, that's not quite right. There's lots to discuss, but there are
more urgent tasks at the moment.

It is certainly worth discussing the lifecycles of Zope 2 and Zope 3
during the transaition period.

 > It's vital to the life of the
> company.  It's an open and shut case. :-) 

It's definately the case that migration needs to be smooth. There are
lots of details, including tradeoffs that will need to be worked out
eventually.

 > AFAIK, the stable release of
> Zope 3.0 will correctly run the majority of Zope 2 products unmodified.

That's not a foregone conclusion.

Jim


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