[Zope-dev] naming Zope

[Martin Aspeli]

Martijn Faassen wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> Okay, in the interests of making this discussion go quickly, there has 
> been enough negative feedback about renaming Zope 2 to think we have no 
> realistic chance of renaming it.
> 
> We are still stuck with the following perceived sequence:
> 
> Zope 2, Zope 3
> 
> which implies that people should want to upgrade.

Does it? There's precedence for systems where n and n+1 does not 
represent a linear upgrade path.

The '3' says more "if you're starting afresh, this is where you want to 
start". I think that's still a correct statement.

> If we don't call Zope Framework "4.0", we'll be fine. We should call its 
> first release 1.0 and there's no implication of a progression.

Yes. For the love of God, please don't call "the Zope Framework" 4.0!

Martin

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