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Re: [Fwd: [Grok-dev] the ztk release and how that relates to Grok]

 

If Zope2 is more or less another word for Plone, than I'm very
confident that the ZTK will have a bright future.

Roger

On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 14:22, Tim Cook <timothywayne.cook@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi OSHIPers,
>
> Below is an email regarding the infrastructure of OSHIP that will affect
> all of us.  If you are not on the Grok-Dev list and have not read it, I
> suggest that you do.  Even if you do not understand the implications at
> this time, the knowledge may be important to you in the future.
>
> My synthesis is that we have no serious concerns.  In fact, it will mean
> an even more stable OSHIP.
>
> I would appreciate it very much if the experienced Python developers
> (Diego, Eduardo, etc.) voiced their opinions on this issue.  Even if it
> means that you concur with my reading and ESPECIALLY if you have
> additional input.
>
> Thanks,
> Tim
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>> From: Jan-Wijbrand Kolman <janwijbrand@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Reply-to: janwijbrand@xxxxxxxxx
>> To: grok-dev@xxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [Grok-dev] the ztk release and how that relates to Grok
>> Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:09:08 +0200
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> As you know (or not know) I'm the representative for the Grok community
>> in the ztk-release-team.
>>
>> In the last few weeks Hanno Schlichting (representative for Zope2) and
>> Christophe Combelles (representative for Bluebream) and myself have been
>> discussing and working on what a ztk release would look like and how it
>> would help each of the respective communities.
>>
>> As a result of this work Hanno was able to make an ztk-1.0 alpha release
>> last wednesday!
>>
>> The "official" announcement is here:
>>
>>    http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.zope.devel/24738
>>
>> If you want to read about all the details that the team discussed, you
>> can go here:
>>
>>    http://docs.zope.org/zopetoolkit/releaseteam/index.html
>>
>> What does this release mean for Grok?
>>
>> Well, in a way it doesn't change all that much for us. The practical
>> outcome of the release is a set of *.cfg files that pin all the versions
>> of the packages that comprise the ZTK.
>>
>> Grok (and its family of libraries) have been depending on specific
>> revsions of the ztk for a while now already. So, my job now is to update
>> Grok (and its family of libraries) to use this particular alpha release
>> and report to the other members of the ztk-release-team whether is will
>> give us a working Grok. They will do the same for Zope2 and Bluebream.
>>
>> I'm fairly confident this will give us working Grok without too much
>> trouble. The release team can then work towards a 1.0 proper that is
>> planned sometime at the beginning of september.
>>
>> I will continue to help Hanno and Christophe towards a ztk 1.0 release
>> of course and after that in deciding how we will make bugfix releases
>> and feature releases of the ztk. With three frameworks that official
>> "consume" the ztk and maybe more to come, I think we helping giving it a
>> solid future.
>>
>> kind regards, jw
>>
>> _______________________________________________
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>> https://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/grok-dev
>
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