[Zope] Zope 2.5 release?

[Chris McDonough]

You should really just install CoreSessionTracking on 2.5 instead and 
transition when you want to.  It's doable; CST will be supported for 
about a year.

Tim Hicks wrote:

>>Hi!
>>
>>But, I agree with you abaou the potencial problems of using 2.5.0 on a
>>production server, but I have this problem:
>>
>>I need to use sessions and the way 2.5.0 handle sessions is different from
>>the installable products on 2.4.3.
>>As I'm designing my apps with 2.5.0, I have to use it in production....
>>Is there a way to use the session functions in 2.5.0 in 2.4.3 ?
>>
> 
> I'm having this same dilemma at the moment.  I started off developing on
> 2.5.0.b2, but got burnt by zserver instabilities and various other things.
> As a result, I shifted all the way back down to 2.3.3 (the last of the
> python 1.5.2 line) which is far more stable on my dev server.  Now things
> are working, I'm reluctant to try something potentially less stable.  But...
> I'm going to be using sessions and I want my code to be portable to any (at
> least, most) zope versions, particularly future ones.
> 
> One solution I thought of was to put all my session stuff (a shopping
> basket) in one script and test which zope version I'm using at the top.  If
> the version > 2.43, then use the new syntax, else use the old.  I don't know
> if this is a runner as I haven't looked at how the new session stuff has
> changed yet.  In case anyone's interested, I've made this little script to
> find out what version of zope I'm in and return it as a float of the form
> x.xx (as opposed to x.x.x as the actual versions are named).  See below.
> 
> If anyone wants to chip in and tell me it won't work before I try it, feel
> free.
> 
> tim
> 
> ## Script (Python) "getVersion"
> ##bind container=container
> ##bind context=context
> ##bind namespace=
> ##bind script=script
> ##bind subpath=traverse_subpath
> ##parameters=
> ##title=Returns the Zope version as a float
> ##
> import string
> 
> vsn = context.Control_Panel.version_txt()[6:11]
> vsnsplit = string.split(vsn, '.')
> vsndec = string.join(vsnsplit[1:], '')
> vsnfloat = '%s.%s' % (vsnsplit[0], vsndec)
> vsnfloat = string.atof(vsnfloat)
> 
> return vsnfloat
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>>Thanks
>>Pedro Costa
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Milos Prudek" <milos.prudek@tiscali.cz>
>>To: <zope@zope.org>
>>Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 10:30 AM
>>Subject: Re: [Zope] Zope 2.5 release?
>>
>>
>>
>>>Dan Jacobs wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hi All,
>>>>
>>>>I am currently setting up a new co-location server which will host
>>>>
>>several
>>
>>>>zope sites (in the UK).
>>>>
>>>>Before I install Zope 2.4.3 can anyone tell me how far away we are
>>>>
> from
> 
>>a
>>
>>>>stable Zope 2.5?
>>>>
>>>I would not install x.x.0 of Zope on a production server if I were you.
>>>
>>>In my experience it pays well to wait for x.x.2 or x.x.3. The "zero"
>>>releases historically contained too much errors for a production server.
>>>
>>>I would, however, heartily recommend to install 2.5.0 as your design
>>>environment, because the errors are not that annoying and severe, and
>>>perhaps more importantly, you will be able to influence and help with
>>>the development of 2.5.1-2.5.3, which will be rock-solid when they come
>>>out.
>>>
>>>Furthermore, sadly, x.x.0 is unlikely to be fully documented, and it
>>>won't be before x.x.3 that new API is reflected in Zope Book.
>>>
>>>This is my take, based on empirical experience :-)
>>>
>>>--
>>>Milos Prudek
>>>
>>>
>>>
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