jim at zope
Aug 15, 2009, 12:18 PM
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Re: ZTK and Python 2.6, zope.app.zcmlfiles and zope.app.security globalmodules.zcml
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On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 1:41 PM, Jim Fulton<jim [at] zope> wrote:
> I'm trying to get the ZTK KGS tests working with Python 2.6. The
> tests generate lots of deprecation warnings in part because lots of
> packages use zope.app.zcmlfiles and zope.app.zcmlfiles includes
> globalmodules.zcml in zope.app.security and globalmodules.zcml causes
> lots of standard modules to get imported, including mhlib, which is
> deprecated in Python 2.6. Whew. :)
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> I know we want to stop using zope.app.zcmlfiles. This make take a
> while. Too big a job for right now.
>
> We should stop using globalmodules.zcml. It's too expensive, too
> scary, and causing this deprecation warning. If I just delete it's
> contents, no ztk tests break. :/ I see 3 options, from lowest to
> highest (but maybe still low) risk:
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> A. Suck it up and live with the deprecation warnings until we get rid
> of zope.app.zcmlfiles
> B. Remove the security declaration for mhlib from globalmodules.zcml.
> Is anyone actually building web applications that publish MH mail
> folders?
> C. Stop including globalmodules.zcml from zope.app.zcmlfiles
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> Opinions? FWIW, I vote for B.
globalmodules also imports deprecated modules sets and multifile. :(
I just noticed that globalmodules uses a trick to avoid importing md5
and sha in Python 2.6 by checking whether json is importable. I'll
use this same trick for sets, multifile, and mhlib. :)
Jim
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