New project: python-incompatibility. Is Python 3.0 really incompatible?

Since PyCon I have been working on a set of tests to demonstrate incompatibilities between Python 2.5, 2.6 and 3.0, with the aim of not only documenting the incompatibilities, but also testing if you avoid them, and write code that runs under both Python 2.6 and 3.0, thereby providing a transitional path from 2.x to [...]

Thanks for the testing help + conclusions.

Last friday I asked you all for help with testing a thing. I got over 60 answers, thanks a lot for that! I have been able to draw a good set of conclusions. What was it all about? Well, the test was to see if it is possible to figure out what time zone you [...]

Python and time zones part 2: The beast returns!

Updated: I’ve added step 3 ½ and 3 ¾.
Updated: More on MS Windows.
In my previous post on Python and time zones. I explained five problems with time zones in general and Python support for them in particular, and how I succeeded in solving four of them, and ignoring the fifth. But I also mentioned [...]

Please run a test for me (it takes only minutes)

I don’t need more testing of this. Thanks to everyone who help me out with this! Great to see so many helpful people! Read my conclusion!
In my post on Python and time zones I mentioned that I hadn’t tried this on Windows yet. But now I have, and I have painstakingly and with help [...]

Announcing plone.grok: Grok on Plone!

(Small note: This package may very well be renamed in the near future).
On day 2 of the Paris Sprint Godefroid and me worked on plone.grok, making specific grokkers for some Plone things. Yesterday we make a grokker for GenericSetup import steps, and today we made a grokker for portlets in Plone. Or, well, during the [...]

Announcing five.grok: Grok on Zope 2!

Godefroid Chapelle and me have been working here at the Paris Sprint on getting a grok-type layer into Zope2. It’s been going very well, so far, and the amount of problems we’ve had has been smaller than expected. The result is five.grok, which you can check out with svn://svn.zope.org/repos/main/five.grok/trunk.
So far only three things work: Adapters, [...]

Zope 3 rocks and rolls

I’ve had two real-world experiences with Zope 3 recently, which is a nice change from Plone. One of the basic rules of any development is “don’t fight the framework”, because most frameworks will continue to try to trip you over if you try to go around it. But in one of the projects which I’m [...]

Plone4ArtistsCalendar 1.1 released!

Official Zope3 support is here!
http://plone.org/products/plone4artistscalendar
http://plone4artists.org/products/plone4artistscalendar/releases/1.1/
Thanks to all who supported the effort.
Now, next step: Recurring events. A microPledge for this will appear soon.
Edit: Now it has appeared. Here: http://micropledge.com/projects/plone-recurring-events

Well, do ya? (Want to go to a Zope conference)

In my last post I asked if people wanted a Zope conference. I’ve so far gotten 43 answers, which whould be enough to get a feeling for what the community wants.
Short answer: Yes, if there is a Zope conference, people would go. Only 7 of the 43 people answered “No” or “Don’t know”. The others [...]

Would you go to a Zope conference?

OK, I know, I know. I’m the one complaining that there are so many conferences and sprints to go to that you hardly have time to do any actual work. So I guess I’m not the right guy to suggest this, really. But still…
Should there be a Zope conference? Not enough Zope people go to [...]