[Zope3-dev] Re: Python version for Zope 3.4 ?

[Philipp von Weitershausen]

Martijn Faassen wrote:
> Philipp von Weitershausen wrote:
>> Christian Theune wrote:
>>> Morning,
>>>
>>> Baiju M wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>   What is the target Python version for Zope 3.4, is it Python 2.5?
>>>
>>> Right now it's still Python 2.4, as Zope 3.4 is scheduled for next year,
>>> we should consider using Python 2.5 though.
>>
>> We should definitely try to *support* Python 2.5, but we can't require 
>> it till Zope 2 has been "certified" for it.
> 
> I don't think we should commit to any official support for more than 1 
> Python version for a particular Zope. So either we certify Zope 2.11 for 
> Python 2.5, or we stick to Python 2.4.

Fine by me.

> My preference would be to get Zope 2.11 up to speed.

If you're willing to do it :).

> The last time this was discussed with Jim, the idea was to try to use
> Zope 3's security proxy approach in Zope 2 for Python Script security
> - Jim and I had some ideas I need to dredge up from the back of my
> mind.

That would of course be a great idea. Death to guarded_getattr!