[Framework-Team] Re: [plone4] Release process

Martin Aspeli optilude at gmx.net
Sun Dec 28 17:10:29 UTC 2008


Hi Alex,

> Yup, the idea is to make AT *optional* (but still default), and to be able  
> to supply a Dexterity-based alternative. Then we can work on the migration  
> story from AT->Dexterity without that being a blocker for 4.0.
> 
> In other words, if you start a new project, you'll probably want to look  
> into Dexterity-based types — if you have an existing site running  
> Archetypes, you'll probably want to keep that for the time being. This  
> means that developers that know what they are doing and/or new users could  
> go with Dexterity immediately, whereas the people that mostly care about  
> keeping their existing site running could stick with AT.

Please note that whilst this vision sounds more or less in line with 
what I hope will be possible and desirable soon, this is not something 
that's been decided. The 4.0 framework team and release manager will 
have the final say in whether this type of model is a good idea or not.

Dexterity is getting pretty close to a state where it's usable for 
real-world projects (the TTW UI and a few minor pieces of plumbing being 
the major stumbling blocks; the basic type story is pretty stable now), 
and it's developed in such a way that it can be used with 3.x right now. 
However, it needs to be proven in real life before we can say that it's 
"the way".

> We might also choose to only support the new layout model with the new  
> types, if this makes it easier to manage. We'll cross that bridge when we  
> get there.

I don't think this will be necessary. The layout model should be 
developed in such a way that it works regardless of type implementation.

Martin


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