[SQLObject] Zope 2/Python 2.1 support

[Ian B. <ia...@co...>]

So, I'm using Zope 2 for some work, and I really want to use SQLObject. 
Scratching an itch in the traditional sense.  So I'm thinking of making
a fork of SQLObject that supports Python 2.1.  It would be pretty much
frozen at 0.4, and I wouldn't plan to develop it much further once I get
it working, but it will make me (and maybe others) who use Zope 2
happier for a while until Zope 3.

But I don't actually know a ton about Zope -- I'm relatively new to
using it, and I must admit I'm a reluctant user.  I know Python 2.1
support is the first step, but typically Zope objects need little
doo-dads attached to make them usable.  Are there things I need to think
about?  Architectural advise?  Someone excited to help me debug this?  I
can probably whip up the 2.1 support on my own pretty quick (properties
replaced with methods, the metaclass replaced with a builder function,
classmethods implemented with a hack), but it's the stuff after that to
make it useful in Zope that I'm hoping for help with.

  Ian