[Zope3-dev] Requiring Python 2.3 (was: zope3 doesn't like the python datetime module?)

[Tres Seaver]

On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 18:36, Phillip J. Eby wrote:
> At 02:27 AM 9/22/03 +0200, Philipp von Weitershausen wrote:
> >Tim Peters wrote:
> >>Yup.  Offhand I don't know what causes the problem.  I would *like* to see
> >>Zope Corp require Python 2.3 for Zope3.
> >
> >A strong +1 from me. Not only can we drop certain compatability modules 
> >we've been keeping around; we can also safely rely on a few very nice 
> >Python 2.3 features, such as
> 
> I'm -1 on a change, mainly because my shop is likely to stay 2.2.2 for a 
> while.  I've got too many *other* things being changed in the production 
> and development environments for the next few months to want to throw a 
> Python version upgrade into the mix right now.

Phillip, if that isn't a typo, then my experience says you would be
*much* better off moving at least to 2.2.3;  there are crash bugs lying
around in the 2.2.2 release, which won't *ever* be a "supported" Zope
release.  OTOH, perhaps your code never exercises those crash bugs. ;)

I'm beginning to buy the argument that 2.3 is a "better 2.2 than 2.2.3",
even;  it seems to be *way* less disruptive an upgrade than the one from
2.1.x to 2.2.y.

+1 on 2.3 for Zope 3:  I'm willing to bet that Zope3 will stress Python
in new and stranger ways as we go forward, and nobody is willing to
maintain the 2.2 line anymore.


Tres.
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