[Zope3-dev] RFC - Implement Views As Adapters

[Jim Fulton]

Shane Hathaway wrote:
> On Tuesday 15 June 2004 12:24 pm, Jim Fulton wrote:
> 

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> However, you're suggesting this for a minor version upgrade.  In a minor 
> version upgrade, you're allowed to change configuration file formats.  In the 
> interest of keeping Zope 3 simpler overall, I suggest that ZCML should just 
> remove the former concepts of skins and layers.  Then the X3.0 -> X3.1 
> upgrade guide should point to your proposal.

I think that the skin and layer concept is valuable, so I'm not anxious to
remove it, although I'm open to opinions on that.

In any case, backward compatability is important to me.  Going forward,
removing features will be done very gradually, making use of Python's warning
facility.

Jim

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