November 2000 - Zope-Announce

Is there an interest for Zope classes taught in Europe
by Gary Graham 30 Nov '00

30 Nov '00

Digital Creations is considering offering Zope classes for the European market with perhaps two classes in the Springtime in 2001. We are asking for your input on: 1) are there any students interested in attending? 2) suggestions for class locations and dates? 3) price has not been set yet and may vary according to location costs. 4) most likely the classes would be taught in English 5) what other languages? 6) are there qualified multi-lingual Zope instructors? Comments, other ideas, suggestions or, any students interested, please reply to training(a)digicool.com --Gary Gary Graham gary(a)digicool.com Director, Sales & Marketing Digital Creations Fredericksburg, Virginia mobile: 540.840.3813 office: 540.372.9971 direct eFax: 781.394.7868 ---------------------------------------------------- Creators of Zope: The Open Source Application / Content Management Server www.zope.org www.digicool.com

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ANNOUNCE: Zope 2.2.4 (final) released...
by Brian Lloyd 27 Nov '00

27 Nov '00

Hello all, Zope 2.2.4 has been released - you can download it from Zope.org: http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.2.4/ This release supercedes the 2.2.3 release, which had an error that prevented permissions from being acquired correctly. Until the testing infrastructure that has been started in the 2.3 CVS is more mature and there is a useful regression test rig, we'll be planning for at least one (short) beta period for third-dot releases. This bug-fix release contains the fixes for all released Hotfixes to date, as well as fixes for a memory leak in the Acquisition module, various ZCatalog fixes and a fix for the infamous "__call__" bug. It also contains a fix for a problem in header parsing in the dtml sendmail tag that has affected some users recently. The problem with caching of ImageFile objects (mainly icons in the Zope management interface) in the 2.2.4 beta is also fixed (and verified using the Cacheability Engine (http://www.web-caching.com/cacheability.html) For more information on what is new in this release, see the CHANGES.txt and HISTORY.txt files for the release: - http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.2.4/CHANGES.txt - http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.2.4/HISTORY.txt Note that we have also posted "diff" updates as .tgz files that will let you easily upgrade an existing 2.2.x site. These updates are available for those currently using the 2.2.x source release or the 2.2.x binary releases. To apply a differential update to your site: - download the appropriate .tgz file from zope.org - shutdown your Zope process - copy the .tgz to your Zope directory and extract it - run w_pcgi or wo_pcgi *if you are not using a binary release* - restart your process Brian Lloyd brian(a)digicool.com Software Engineer 540.371.6909 Digital Creations http://www.digicool.com

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Best wishes
by Federico Di Gregorio 24 Nov '00

24 Nov '00

Dear PoPy and ZPoPyDA users, last days, a lots of stuff happened here at MIXAD LIVE. the most important to you is that source code for the programs is not in our cvs server anymore and the home page was moved to the official Zope site[1]. To make it short, thierry and eric decided to not work for MIXAD LIVE anymore. so, what will change for you PoPy users? hopefully nothing... we'll continue to submit patches (we are using the product a lot) and to host the mailing list (unless they wants to move it away.) i will personally keep on packaging PoPy and ZPoPyDA for the Debian distribution. we also want to transfer to thierry the copyright of all the work done by us on the programs, to give him total freedom. i think PoPy and ZPoPyDA will grow better and better in the future. what can i say more? maybe "good luck" to them and "keep on hacking"... federico [1] http://www.zope.org/Members/tm/ZPoPyDA -- Federico Di Gregorio MIXAD LIVE Chief of Research & Technology fog(a)mixadlive.com Debian GNU/Linux Developer & Italian Press Contact fog(a)debian.org Qu'est ce que la folie? Juste un sentiment de liberté si fort qu'on en oublie ce qui nous rattache au monde... -- J. de Loctra

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Product Release
by Gianluigi Tiesi 20 Nov '00

20 Nov '00

I have released ZSwGenerator, a product to dynamically generate Macromedia Flash objects using swift-generator from http://www.swift-tools.com -- Gianluigi Tiesi Responsabile R&D NetFarm S.r.l. http://www.netfarm.it GSM: +39.3473679811

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ANNOUNCE: Zope 2.2.4 beta 1 released...
by Brian Lloyd 20 Nov '00

20 Nov '00

Hello all - Zope 2.2.4 beta 1 has been released - you can download it from Zope.org: http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.2.4b1/ This release supercedes the 2.2.3 release of Friday, which had an error that prevented permissions from being acquired correctly. Until the testing infrastructure that has been started in the 2.3 CVS is more mature and there is a useful regression test rig, we'll be planning for at least one (short) beta period for third-dot releases. I expect to make 2.2.4 final in a week barring any serious problems. This bug-fix release contains the fixes for all released Hotfixes to date, as well as fixes for a memory leak in the Acquisition module, various ZCatalog fixes and a fix for the infamous "__call__" bug (and there was much rejoicing!). For more information on what is new in this release, see the CHANGES.txt and HISTORY.txt files for the release: http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.2.4b1/CHANGES.txt http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.2.4b1/HISTORY.txt Note that we have also posted "diff" updates as .tgz files that will let you easily upgrade an existing 2.2.x site. These updates are available for those currently using the 2.2.x source release or the 2.2.x binary releases. To apply a differential update to your site: - download the appropriate .tgz file from zope.org - shutdown your Zope process - copy the .tgz to your Zope directory and extract it - run w_pcgi or wo_pcgi *if you are not using a binary release* - restart your process Brian Lloyd brian(a)digicool.com Software Engineer 540.371.6909 Digital Creations http://www.digicool.com Brian Lloyd brian(a)digicool.com Software Engineer 540.371.6909 Digital Creations http://www.digicool.com

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RE: ANNOUNCE Zope 2.2.3 release...
by Brian Lloyd 17 Nov '00

17 Nov '00

FYI - someone has noticed a problem with the posted 2.2.3 release that needs looking into, so I've unlisted it for the time being. I'll send out a note and re-list it after we dig into this a bit... Brian Lloyd brian(a)digicool.com Software Engineer 540.371.6909 Digital Creations http://www.digicool.com

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ANNOUNCE: Zope 2.2.3 released...
by Brian Lloyd 17 Nov '00

17 Nov '00

Hello all - Zope 2.2.3 has been released - you can download it from Zope.org: http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.2.3/ This bug-fix release contains the fixes for all released Hotfixes to date, as well as fixes for a memory leak in the Acquisition module, various ZCatalog fixes and a fix for the infamous "__call__" bug (and there was much rejoicing!). For more information on what is new in this release, see the CHANGES.txt and HISTORY.txt files for the release: http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.2.3/CHANGES.txt http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.2.3/HISTORY.txt Note that we have also posted "diff" updates as .tgz files that will let you easily upgrade an existing 2.2.x site. These updates are available for those currently using the 2.2.x source release or the 2.2.x binary releases. To apply a differential update to your site: - download the appropriate .tgz file from zope.org - shutdown your Zope process - copy the .tgz to your Zope directory and extract it - run w_pcgi or wo_pcgi *if you are not using a binary release* - restart your process Brian Lloyd brian(a)digicool.com Software Engineer 540.371.6909 Digital Creations http://www.digicool.com

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November 16th Zope Weekly News
by emf 17 Nov '00

17 Nov '00

2.2.3 on its way, tips on how to use the Zope Book, PTK 0.9.2 released with lots of bug fixes, Documentation Process feedback requested, and the whys and wherefores of Zope.org. The opinions expressed in Zope Weekly news are solely the authors', and not the opinions of Digital Creations, The Zope Community at-large, or the Spanish Inquisition. If you or your company are doing something cool with zope, "submit it to the Zope Weekly News", mailto:zope-web@zope.org for possible inclusion. And Now For Something Completely Different: --- Zope Status by Brian Lloyd Summary Tying up the 2.2.3 release Recent News (Reprint from last week but worth repeating - we really want feedback on this!) Documentation is currently a weak area for Zope. Ironically, the problem really isn't a lack of content, its a lack of organization among those who produce useful documentation. The current documentation "process" is not well-defined, so Amos and Michel have started a Fishbowl project to develop and formalize the process of producing Zope documentation. The end result of this will be a well-known and discoverable process that will allow the community to take better advantage of the "documentation energy out there", http://dev.zope.org/Wikis/DevSite/Projects/DocumentationProcess/FrontPage Adam Davis' proposal for several "quick fixes" that we could make to the Zope management interface to improve productivity in the 2.3 release timeframe has become an "active project", http://dev.zope.org/Wikis/DevSite/Projects/ManagementInterfaceQuickFix Toby Dickenson has started a Python 2.0 Migration proposal - the idea is to identify all of the issues involved in using Zope with 2.0 and what we still need to do to make Python 2 "officially supported", http://dev.zope.org/Wikis/DevSite/Proposals/Python20Migration Near Future The evil "__call__" bug is now officially stamped out (thanks to those of you in the community who tested the fix!), which was the last bullet left before making the Zope 2.2.3 release. I expect this to be out on Friday (Nov 16). --- Documentation by Michel Pelletier All's quiet on the "book":http://www.zope.org/Members/michel/ZB/ front. We're still getting good comments; special mention goes to Lee Hunter who sent us great editorial comments on Chapter 8. We've gotten a lot of comments along the lines of: 1. I can't find out how to make a Python Method, and 2. I downloaded Python Methods from Zope.org but they don't work. The answer to the first question is: Python Methods do not come with Zope 2.2 (but they will come with 2.3), you need to get them and install them. Normally you would get them from Zope.org, but the answer to question two is: The version of Python Methods on Zope.org is old, and it will not work with the book examples. You need to check Python Methods out of CVS in order to get the examples to work. You can do this by following the "instructions":http://www.zope.org/Resources/CVS_info and getting the CVS "module for Python Methods":http://cvs.zope.org/Products/DC/PythonMethod/ . Sorry folks, we don't have any control over the release schedules for the software, so hopefully this gets updated soon to make it easier for you to follow the book. This week Amos and I are pushing for the final effort on the new "Documentation Process":http://dev.zope.org/Wikis/DevSite/Projects/DocumentationProcess/FrontPage . We need your comments! We've gotten some good ones so far, but we need to make sure this jives with everybody, including the community, and *especially* the geeks at Digital Creations. Check it out. --- State of the PTK by Tres Seaver I have uploaded a tarball for the 0.9.2 release of the PTK; it can be found at: http://www.zope.org/Products/PTK. * ZopePTK-0.9.2-src.tar.gz: Wizard and DemoPortal products are *only* available as export files. Note that *many* changes are available only in the updated DemoPortal product. Please see the "Install notes":/Products/PTK/install. Changes 0.9.2 (2000/11/15) * Removed antique UML from snapshot tarball. * Cleaned up PortalFolder's implementation of the "metatypes" protocol required by ObjectManager (working on copy/paste/import issues). Tracker #'s 116, 130, 131, 133. (Note that some problems still remain, buried in the guts of Zope's paste machinery and acquisition/security interactions). * Restored content migration code (for pre-0.8 content). Tracker #129. * Added "expiration filter" to catalog searching. Tracker #46. * Corrected interface breakage caused by changes to DublinCore implementation. Tracker #'s 109, 114, 115, 119, 122, 126. * Implemented "browser sniff" in the 'css_aware' stylesheet code; NS4 should get styles inline, while less brain-damaged browsers continue to get '<link href="...">' version. Tracker #124. * Added one-pixel, transparent 'spacer.gif' to all interfaces; may fix some "broken pipe" Medusa tracebacks. Tracker #128. 0.9.1 (unreleased) * New "Software Engineering" interface (soon to be the basis for a fishbowl/dogfood site). * Split DublinCore into three interfaces: - DublinCore, for external queries - CataloguableDublinCore (returns dates for better searching) - UpdatableDublinCore Added indexes/metadata to catalog for these fields. * Suppressed non-content (e.g., DTMLMethods) in folder_contents display. * Cleaned up some of PortalFolder's interface warts, and its registration as an addable object. Please direct questions to the Zope-PTK list (zope-ptk(a)zope.org) and submit bug reports (patches would be great!) and feature requests to the PTK tracker (http://www.zope.org/Products/PTK/Tracker) --- Zope Web -- by Ethan Fremen What's Up With Zope.org? Yesterday, Zope Newbies "Asked what was up with zope.org", http://weblogs.userland.com/zopeNewbies/2000/11/15 Specifically, they wanted to know why it was so darn slow. The truth is that Zope has outgrown it's home. Zope.org, with its more than 10,000 objects, consumes between "100-150 megabytes of ram", http://www.zope.org/manual/mem.png This is more than an average site would consume: we have a large number of pages that are fairly frequently visited, whereas most sites have a small number of very active pages. That's for the ZEO Client: The storage server consumes another 50mb or so. When spiders hit us, all of our pages try to get loaded into ram, which (as the ZODB has nearly 600mb of "active" objects) leads to zope.org hitting the limit of physical RAM. I put in a robots.txt to block spidering and reduced the cache "recommendation" to 700. The first was a good idea, the second was not, and is the proximal cause of zope.org's slowdown. I have since increased it to 2000, which seems to have helped quite a bit. I am working feverishly this week to move us to our new cluster, which should alleviate the problem. With multiple ZEO Clients running, I intend to make spiders hit one ZEO Client, while keeping the other ZEO Clients open for human use. -EOT-

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GNOME Web Team - Call for Volunteers
by rainlood 17 Nov '00

17 Nov '00

Hello. http://news.gnome.org/gnome-news/974368712/ GNOME Web Team - Call for Volunteers Posted by Christian Schaller on Thursday November 16, @04:58AM from the spiderman-wanted dept. Joakim Ziegler has posted a statement to the GNOME announce list calling for volunteers to help out with the GNOME website. Click on the Read More link to see the full statement. GNOME Web Team - Call for Volunteers. Background: The current GNOME project web offering, while having a lot of good content, is highly disorganized, with unclear maintainerships and diverging design, navigation, content generation, and so on. I did a redesign of www.gnome.org this spring, which was fairly successful, but due to time constraints and other factors, there is still a lot of old cruft in the site hierarchy, and some parts of the site are sadly underdeveloped. A recent discussion on gnome-hackers concluded that there should be an organized effort to bring the total GNOME web offering together, and rework it from the bottom up, so we can present a polished, functional and coherent image to the world. Additionally, Shawn Amundson indicated that he wanted to pass responsibility for www.gtk.org to the GNOME web team, as a part of an effort to reduce duplication of content between developer.gnome.org and www.gtk.org, and to further integration between the sites. What's happening now: I offered to volunteer as the organizer of the new web team, since I have quite a lot of experience both with GNOME sites and with web site building in general. We want to gather a team of dedicated people to work on the GNOME web sites. There are a number of issues to be worked out before actual site building/rework starts, including such diverse topics as: What site building technologies to use (WML, PHP, Zope, Perl, Python...) Design goals for the website. Site structure and content. In other words, most topics are open for discussion. We're aiming to resolve most of the high-level issues rather quickly, to be able to move on to actually reworking the sites. Who should join: There are two groups of people that should join. One is the interested web designers/scripters/etc., who want to take an active part in planning, designing and building one of the most important sets of web sites in the free software community. The other group is the people who take an interest in the more high-level issues of presenting GNOME to the world. Where to go: There's a wonderful mailing list just for the purpose of the new web team. http://lists.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-web-list/ If you're at all interested in working on this project, please join.

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A Tutorial / Checklist for making the Zope decision
by kamon ayeva 15 Nov '00

15 Nov '00

Hi, I have just finished a first version of a guide to help us convince corporate decision makers and prospects to choose Zope for their projects. You will find it here: http://www.zope.org/Members/Kemalus/make_zope_decision/index_html I am also looking for stronger arguments for some points, so if you find them before I do, let me know so that I add them. A pdf version will follow. Regards, Kamon Ayeva _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.

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