On Jun 20, 11:02 pm, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > "officially" we say we only support 2.5 because if people use 2.6 only > syntax they app will not work on 2.5. "technically" web2py runs on 2.6 > with only one known issue: The cgi module that parses form variables > behaves differently in 2.5 and 2.6. If you do a POST and you also have > variables defined in the URL they behave in different ways. You have > to be careful about this in your own code. To my knowledge the only > part of web2py code that is affected is redirection after login. I was > planning to change the code tomorrow in trunk so that is behaves the > same in 2.5 and 2.6. >
Thanks! I appreciate the quick answers from you and JohnMC. I'm looking forward to trying out web2py once the Python 2.6 issues are addressed. I'd be new to Python, so it'll take at least a couple hours before I become proficient enough to start debugging compatibility issues. ;) > > 2. Are web2py security fixes/updates timely and backwards > > compatible? We can't upgrade to major new (incompatible) versions > > just to get security fixes. > > We do not distinguish between security fix releases and major releases > because we NEVER broke and NEVER will break backward compatibility. > That is why we "official" support 2.5 and not 2.6. You should always > upgrade to the latest version of web2py. If we involuntarily break > something we treat it as a bug. Let us know and we fix it immediately. > This is great and will be an important factor in making the decision to switch from Rails to web2py. > > 3. What is web2py's release & support policy? How long is each major > > version of web2py supported with secuirty & bug fixes before being > > retired? An official policy like Ubuntu would help ease concerns on > > the enterprise because it makes planning ahead easy. > > We try to have biweekly releases. 1.xx.0, we have bug fix releases > 1.xx.yy when needed. > This is great, especially in keeping with maintaining backward compatibility. I hope web2py makes it into the Debian/Ubuntu repository before the next Ubuntu LTS is released. That way, we can get security updates automatically (provided the package maintainer isn't asleep). > > 4. What is web2py's recommended plugin/library to use Paypal IPN? > > This needs to be stable--not bet--since it deals with monetary > > transactions. > > I do not know. I have never used paypal with web2py. I strongly > recommend using google checkout instead and this library: > > http://web2py.appspot.com/plugin_checkout/default/checkout > > It is very solid. It was used to run the PyCon 2009 conference > registration. We did not miss one transaction (800 payments). It > includes level 2 notifications. i.e. google informs your app about all > stages of a payment process including cancellations and refunds. It is > very secure because all communications between google and your app are > encrypted, authenticated, initiated by google, google re-tries if your > app does not respond. > Sounds like Google Checkout works the same way as Paypal IPN! We're going to look into it and probably support both. > > FWIW, one important reason looking for alternatives to Ruby On Rails > > is security. We want to easily fix underlying security issues with > > the language and the framework. But we don't see a way to get > > automatic & fast security updates on Ruby On Rails without backwards > > compatibility concerns. > > One again. We promise our users not to break backward compatibility > this is a policy. > We never had any security related bug (as far as I can remember). > Even better than I had hoped! Looking forward to the Python 2.6 fixes. Thanks again for the reply. I'm pretty sure web2py will gain many users and teachers based on what I've seen so far. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py Web Framework" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
