[Zope3-dev] Re: zope.interface.Interface.(isImplementedBy vs implementedBy)

[Philipp von Weitershausen]

Chris Withers wrote:
> Philipp von Weitershausen wrote:
>> I think that after eggifying Zope 3 in 3.4 and introducing some 
>> features in Zope 2.11 that makes us not depend on Zope2isms like 
>> Acquisition (while they'd still be available for those who want to use 
>> them), we should invest into the Zope 5 vision: explode Zope 3 and 
>> make Zope 2 the app server for both worlds, perhaps called "Zope 5", 
>> perhaps not.
> 
> Honestly, I think this is leaving it too late.
> 
> I'd happilly see the two code bases shipped as one release, then at 
> least we wouldn't have the (idiotic to try and explain to someone 
> non-zope) "which version of Zope 3 is shipping with this version of Zope 
> 2"...

Listen, we were over this. I wrote whole proposal about this months ago 
already [1] and it was disputed heavily. It's clear that the community 
doesn't want to go this way. I can tell you we'll have a hard time with 
the Zope 5 vision already (which I think is the most sensible one at 
this point).

[1] http://dev.zope.org/Zope3/ReuniteZope2AndZope3InTheSourceCodeRepository