[Zope3-dev] Re: Zope 3 releases?

2007-10-10 Thread Tres Seaver
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Brian Sutherland wrote: > On Mon, Oct 08, 2007 at 06:49:02PM -0400, Stephan Richter wrote: >> On Monday 08 October 2007 15:09, Tres Seaver wrote: >>> Presuming agreement on the "known good set" (KGS) term, I would think >>> that we have two candidates

Re: [Zope3-dev] Re: Zope 3 releases?

2007-10-10 Thread Brian Sutherland
On Mon, Oct 08, 2007 at 06:49:02PM -0400, Stephan Richter wrote: > On Monday 08 October 2007 15:09, Tres Seaver wrote: > > Presuming agreement on the "known good set" (KGS) term, I would think > > that we have two candidates for what makes up "platform releases" > > > > Frozen Releases > >

[Zope3-dev] Re: Zope 3 releases?

2007-10-10 Thread Martijn Faassen
Stephan Richter wrote: On Monday 08 October 2007 15:09, Tres Seaver wrote: Presuming agreement on the "known good set" (KGS) term, I would think that we have two candidates for what makes up "platform releases" Frozen Releases I started commenting this section until I saw the

[Zope3-dev] Re: Zope 3 releases?

2007-10-10 Thread Martijn Faassen
Hey, Tres Seaver wrote: [snip] Frozen Releases - A frozen release would consist of: - A single, "frozen" KGS (index pages cannot change after release). [snip] With Grok we're now using such a versions list with buildout, using the buildout extends mechanism. This has two a

[Zope3-dev] Re: Zope 3 releases?

2007-10-10 Thread Martijn Faassen
Hey, Stephan Richter wrote: [snip] For me z3c.formdemo is a good example of a small Zope 3 application. It is built on top of the Zope 3 Web application server. But in order to get it working, I did not have to install anything special. I just use the libraries. Sure, when I use Grok I just

AW: [Zope3-dev] Re: Zope 3 releases?

2007-10-08 Thread Roger Ineichen
Hi Tres > Cc: zope3-dev Development > Betreff: [Zope3-dev] Re: Zope 3 releases? [...] > A frozen release would consist of: > > - A single, "frozen" KGS (index pages cannot change after release). Can we use a flag on the server side e.g. in the index page, so nobody i

Re: [Zope3-dev] Re: Zope 3 releases?

2007-10-08 Thread Stephan Richter
On Monday 08 October 2007 15:09, Tres Seaver wrote: > Presuming agreement on the "known good set" (KGS) term, I would think > that we have two candidates for what makes up "platform releases" > > Frozen Releases > I started commenting this section until I saw the one below. I pers

Re: [Zope3-dev] Re: Zope 3 releases?

2007-10-08 Thread Stephan Richter
On Monday 08 October 2007 11:06, Martijn Faassen wrote: > Stephan, I tried to reply to your points but I realized I was getting > lost in a sea of semantics and that it wasn't useful. I agree > I'd like to see a separation between what you consider to be not only > closely allied but *identical*:

[Zope3-dev] Re: Zope 3 releases?

2007-10-08 Thread Tres Seaver
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jim Fulton wrote: > On Oct 7, 2007, at 6:25 AM, Lennart Regebro wrote: > >> On 10/6/07, Jim Fulton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> - We need to decide what a Zope 3 release is (or maybe multiple >>> flavors). I favor copying the linux experiences, but

Re: [Zope3-dev] Re: Zope 3 releases?

2007-10-08 Thread Martijn Faassen
Hey, Stephan, I tried to reply to your points but I realized I was getting lost in a sea of semantics and that it wasn't useful. > > The Zope 3 web application server is not primarily what the Zope 3 > > project appears to be developing. I strongly suspect there are more > > users of Zope 3 techn

Re: [Zope3-dev] Re: Zope 3 releases?

2007-10-08 Thread Stephan Richter
On Monday 08 October 2007 06:56, Martijn Faassen wrote: > Because we have endless confusion between Zope 3 the ecosystem and Zope > 3 the web application framework. For me it is exactly the same. Zope 3 is a Web application server. Zope 2 uses many components of the Zope 3 Web application server.

Re: [Zope3-dev] Re: Zope 3 releases?

2007-10-08 Thread Jim Fulton
I'm not sure that "library" or "collection of libraries" is the right term for what we want to be. I think we've been using it because it stands in sharp contrast to "application", which, BTW, isn't exactly what Zope 2 is. I think these terms were useful to make some points, but neither

[Zope3-dev] Re: Zope 3 releases?

2007-10-08 Thread Martijn Faassen
Stephan Richter wrote: On Sunday 07 October 2007 17:13, Martijn Faassen wrote: I'm not saying an ecosystem approach is bad, if that's what Zope 3 wants to be. I do think that such an approach needs to be supplemented by a framework approach (and I've been putting work into one way to do that).

Re: [Zope3-dev] Re: Zope 3 releases?

2007-10-07 Thread Lennart Regebro
On 10/7/07, Martijn Faassen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > While I see Brandon making good points, I also agree with this: the > motivation to contribute to the Python standard library is reduced > because of big bang releases. I think the main reason is that you need > to wait so long to see your wo

Re: [Zope3-dev] Re: Zope 3 releases?

2007-10-07 Thread Stephan Richter
On Sunday 07 October 2007 17:13, Martijn Faassen wrote: > I'm not saying an ecosystem approach is bad, if that's what Zope 3 wants > to be. I do think that such an approach needs to be supplemented by a > framework approach (and I've been putting work into one way to do that). Why? I have no need

[Zope3-dev] Re: Zope 3 releases?

2007-10-07 Thread Martijn Faassen
Jim Fulton wrote: On Oct 7, 2007, at 6:25 AM, Lennart Regebro wrote: [snip] - We need a *realistic* (especially wrt available resources) process for managing releases. There are 2 aspects of this. We shouldn't make plans for which there aren't enough resources. We also shouldn't plan signifi

[Zope3-dev] Re: Zope 3 releases?

2007-10-07 Thread Martijn Faassen
Jim Fulton wrote: IMO, the Python standard library and "batteries included" is a mess. Despite being a Python contributor, I've very unmotivated to be a contributor because the time lag between contributing and deriving benefit from the contributions is too long. People had similar complaint

Re: [Zope3-dev] Re: Zope 3 releases?

2007-10-07 Thread Jim Fulton
IMO, the Python standard library and "batteries included" is a mess. Despite being a Python contributor, I've very unmotivated to be a contributor because the time lag between contributing and deriving benefit from the contributions is too long. People had similar complaints about Zope re

Re: [Zope3-dev] Re: Zope 3 releases?

2007-10-07 Thread Lennart Regebro
On 10/7/07, Brandon Craig Rhodes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There is danger here. Many in the industry consider Linux to be an > absolute disaster - because after you develop an application on one > distribution, you can spend months trying to support customers who > attempt to run it on other d

[Zope3-dev] Re: Zope 3 releases?

2007-10-06 Thread Brandon Craig Rhodes
Stephan Richter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> - We need to decide what a Zope 3 release is (or maybe multiple >> flavors). I favor copying the linux experiences, but have an open >> mind. > > I like the Linux parallel as well. I think it would be nice, if we > treat the Zope 3 name like Debian,

[Zope3-dev] Re: Zope 3 releases?

2007-10-06 Thread Martijn Faassen
Roger Ineichen wrote: [snip] But I also see another point of view. Zope 3 as a product we can lobby for and a application server which is ready to use with a easy setup. e.g. windows installer or buildout, easy install. I think such a Zope 3 application server has the following benefit. -