Martin Aspeli wrote: > > From what you're saying I deduct that Plone 2.1 favours Zope 2.7 over > > 2.8. Below you are suggesting that Plone 2.5 should do the same with > > Zope 2.8 (favouring it over 2.9). I don't understand why that should be. > > If one version has to be favoured at all, it should be the most recent > > one. That way it's made clear that the lower version (2.7, 2.8) is only > > still supported as a courtesy for those who don't want to upgrade right > > now. All other Plone developers and users should preferrably use the > > highest stable of Zope, otherwise Plone will continue to lag behind at > > least one Zope major release. > > I'm not the release manager, so it's not my decision, but I think the > argument goes something like, Zope 2.9 hasn't lived very long, and .0 > versions of Zope have a history of having subtle security and performance > bugs; similarly, those who just upgraded to Zope 2.8 may not want to > upgrade again just yet. 2.8 is the conservative choice, for those who want > the most stable, out-of-the-box Plone. 2.9 will likely be the choice for > those who want the latest and greatest features from add-on products.
Let's put it this way: By the time Plone 2.5 is releases (if according to roadmap), Zope 2.8 is one month away from being *discontinued*. Conservative or not, I wouldn't bet on a release line that won't receive bugfixes the minute I start using it... We will have to get used to the fact that Zope 2 release lines live shorter. They live for one year, to be exact. I think conservativism shouldn't extend beyond the age of Zope releases, unless the Plone people want to continue to maintain and release older Zope 2 versions on their own time. Philipp ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. _______________________________________________ Zope-CMF maillist - Zope-CMF@lists.zope.org http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-cmf See http://collector.zope.org/CMF for bug reports and feature requests