[Zope-Coders] Re: [Zope-Checkins] CVS: Zope/doc - INSTALL.txt:1.33

[Guido van Rossum]

[I checked in this change to INSTALL.txt on the trunk:]
> > -   ZOPE 2.5 REQUIRES PYTHON 2.1.X!
> > +   This version of Zope supports Python 2.2.1 and later versions.
> > +   Whether it requires this or also runs with Python 2.1.3 and Python
> > +   2.2 is up for debate at the moment.

[Tres]
> AFAIK, 2.1.3 is the still the only *supported* version of Python for
> running Zope, including the head;  I don't know of specific problems
> with 2.2.1, but believe some in the community have reported stability
> issues with it when running for longer periods, at least on some
> platforms.  Can anyone on zope-coders confirm or deny?

I was thinking ahead.  Brian has said that the trunk is where Zope 2.7
development should be done.  He (or Jim) has also said that Zope 2.7
will support Python 2.2.  I was just putting 2+2 together and fixing
the docs.  If there are problems with Zope 2.7 (== HEAD) and Python
2.2 that aren't about to be fixed in Python 2.2.2, they should be
fixed before Zope 2.7 is released.

> BTW, I would be experimenting with 2.2.1 right now on a client
> gig if I could get the libxml2-python and libxslt-python stuff to build
> properly under that version.

Talk to Fred Drake; I don't even know what those libraries are.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)