[Zope-CMF] [dev] CMF 2.1 dependencies

[Jens Vagelpohl]

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On 1 Nov 2006, at 08:33, Charlie Clark wrote:
>> Right now I believe Plone is the only customer for 2.1, but if  
>> anyone else has an objection, please speak up today.
>
> I have no problems will deprecating code and also aligning CMF with  
> particular Zope versions. It might, however, be useful to note if  
> any existing applications will be broken by the change. Oh, and it  
> might be nice for someone on the Zope release team to bring out  
> Windows versions of 2.9.5 and 2.10.0 for those who might need to  
> try them in advance.

I think trying to come up with a list of applications that "will  
break" is utopian. We're not talking "locked-down walled garden" here  
where the vendor has control over what the customer runs. We cannot  
anticipate what will break, apart from very high-level (and thus not  
all that helpful) statements like "sorry, CMF 1.3 probably won't run  
on Zope 2.10". The possible software combinations out there are  
limitless.

As with any Zope upgrade (or Zope-related software) upgrade, users  
will have to test for their specific situation. Create a test  
instance with the new software, copy the database across, and see  
what breaks. Due to the variability in peoples' setup and the  
software they run that is the only sane advice to give.

As far as that Windows installer goes, that dicussion belongs on zope- 
dev or zope at zope.org, where you will get the standard answer: "Sorry,  
no one has stepped up to do this yet, would you like to volunteer?".

jens

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