July 2001 - Zope-Announce

SlaveUserFolder 0.1.0
by Stephan Richter 17 Jul '01

17 Jul '01

Hello everyone, today I implemented a User Folder that is able to receive its User data from a Master User Folder (up in the tree). This Master User Folder can be any User Folder, such as the UserFolder, DBUserFolder, LDAPUserFolder, ZUserFolder... The nice thing is that the User Data is taken from the Master User Folder and only the roles are saved in the Slave User Folder. This allows you to have a central repository of users and only the roles are stored locally, just as the Zope Security model likes it. Please try it and send me your comments. URL: http://www.zope.org/Members/srichter/Products/SlaveUserFolder Regards, Stephan -- Stephan Richter CBU - Physics and Chemistry Student Web2k - Web Design/Development & Technical Project Management

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CVS migration status
by Ken Manheimer 17 Jul '01

17 Jul '01

The migration is just about done. We hit a glitch with the public-write restriction mechanism, which took my attention yesterday evening. I'm going to be working out the pserver mode first thing after i send this message, so public checkouts can resume, will repost when that's done. Ken Manheimer klm(a)digicool.com

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Kaivo Document Library 1.0b1 Released
by Casey Duncan 16 Jul '01

16 Jul '01

Kaivo is pleased to announce the release the first beta release of the Document Library product. We are fast approaching a stable 1.0 release! This version brings with it the following improvements: * Zope 2.4 Compatibility * Validation of form inputs * Friendlier error messages * More efficient text-indexes * And more... Download at: http://www.zope.org/Members/Kaivo/DocumentLibrary Enjoy. -- | Casey Duncan | Kaivo, Inc. | cduncan(a)kaivo.com `------------------>

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Public CVS unavailable from 2:00 PM EST today - CVS migration
by Ken Manheimer 16 Jul '01

16 Jul '01

We're on track to migrate our public CVS to the new server. This means the public repository will be unavailable from 2:00 PM Eastern Standard Time until around 6:00 PM. Note well that when it's back, your old checkouts will *not* work with the new repository layout. You'll have to do new checkouts to syncronize with the new repository. Again, sorry about the disruption - it will be of benefit to everyone, and should be a one-time changeover. Ken Manheimer klm(a)digicool.com

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Internal server problems prevent todays scheduled CVS migration
by Ken Manheimer 12 Jul '01

12 Jul '01

Due to a failure on the server hosting the internal CVS, i'm sorry to say i'm going to have to defer today's CVS migration. I'm going to aim for 2:00 Monday, July 16, so we'll be able to attend to the shakeout. I'm sorry about the disrupted schedule - there's always a chance something beyond our control will happen. Ken Manheimer klm(a)digicool.com

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CVS Migration Reminder
by klm＠digicool.com 11 Jul '01

11 Jul '01

This is a reminder about the impending changeover of the Zope public CVS repository, tomorrow, July 12, 2001, from 2:00 to 6:00 PM EST. During the changeover access to all sections of the repository will be disabled - including eg the CMF and StandaloneZODB sections, as well as the Zope2 section. When the repository comes back, the old Zope2 section will be deprecated - it will remain around, but will not track ongoing zope development. Development will instead be applied to a top level 'Zope' module. Once we've established that the module is all ok, and word has propagated, we will be moving the Zope2 section out of the way, to reduce mistaken use of it as the current version. For those of you following development via CVS, you should switch over to a checkout of the new Zope module instead of your current Zope2 checkouts. Such a checkout will look, after tomorrow, like:: cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.zope.org:/cvs-repository checkout Zope (For more complete instructions, see http://www.zope.org/Resources/CVS_info#publiccvs - we'll be updating them once we make the changeover.) See: - http://dev.zope.org/Wikis/DevSite/Projects/ZopeCVSMigration/CurrentStatus for current status of the project. - http://dev.zope.org/Wikis/DevSite/Projects/ZopeCVSMigration/Announcement9Ju… for a prior announcement. The actual changeover is still contingent to some uncertain outside factors. At this point, it looks like everything is go. I'll be posting again tomorrow, before the shutdown, with final status. Ken Manheimer klm(a)digicool.com

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Formulator 1.0 released
by Martijn Faassen 10 Jul '01

10 Jul '01

Hi everybody, I've just released Formulator 1.0. It's mostly a bugfix release. While this is a stable release, development has certainly not stopped. There are several things I'd like to add to Formulator in the future. If you know of more, be sure to let me know! Formulator and information about it (HOWTO, mailing list) can be found here: http://www.zope.org/Members/faassen/Formulator Regards, Martijn

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CMFOptions 1.11 release
by Jeff Sasmor 10 Jul '01

10 Jul '01

CMF Options 1.11 is released. It includes some bug fixes, (mostly minor), and upgrades the email notification feature for the Blark Weblog. CMFOptions adds three new content objects to the CMF: Images and Files that are stored in the filesystem rather than in the ZODB, and a Weblog type called Blark. Blark is a weblog, similar to Slashdot or Squishdot, but tailored for the CMF. You can see it work here: http://www.netkook.com" Netkook's front page is a Blark weblog, customized TOTALLY through the web. DownLoad! You can see it's info pages and download it here: http://www.zope.org/Members/jeffsasmor/CMFOptions" This product has been tested with Zope 2.3.2 and 2.3.3. CMF 1.1 is REQUIRED. CVS-up versions will not be supported for a while - I need a rest! Jeff Sasmor jeff(a)sasmor.com www.netkook.com is an "open Zope CMF site"

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Substantial CVS Repository Upheaval, this Thursday, July 12!
by klm＠digicool.com 10 Jul '01

10 Jul '01

We're in the process of reforming our CVS repository, and aim to make a significant change this thursday, July 12th. This change will invalidate existing checkouts of Zope and StandaloneZODB - you'll have to do new checkouts to continue to track new checkins. We intend to do the changeover the afternoon of the 12th, from 2:00 to 6:00 US Eastern Standard Time, during which the repository will not be available. The reformulation is part of general cleanup, as we relocate the repository and prepare to enable granting of checkin privileges to select people outside of Digital Creations. See http://dev.zope.org/Wikis/DevSite/Projects/ZopeCVSMigration for more info about the project. (Many details still need to be filled in - will happen during the next few days.) Please let me know ASAP if you forsee having any serious problems in dealing with this changeover. And stay tuned - the actual changeover depends on a few things beyond our control, so it's not set in stone. I'll be posting followups in both these mailling lists as the date approaches. Ken Manheimer klm(a)digicool.com

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[Ann] Mirrowing Folder: mirrows a subfolder recursively onto another subfolder during traversal
by Dieter Maurer 07 Jul '01

07 Jul '01

Sometimes you have a Web application in several variants. A prominent example is the same application for different languages. In such a case, you will want to separate the common parts out and maintain them just once. Nevertheless, the variant parts should be able to reference the common parts as if they had not been factored out. This situation is the main use case for Mirrowing Folder. A mirrowing folder is a folder that is able to map one subfolder into each of its other subfolders. Under the assumption that all subfolders have essentially the same structure, the subfolders of the mirrowed folder are recursively mapped during traversal onto the corresponding subfolders in the folder selected by the request URL. Content there can access the mirrowed objects (almost) as if they were physically located beside them. Mirrowing Folder is similar to Transparent Folder but what becomes visible depends on the request URL. Therefore, name clashes are less of a problem. More information and download URL:http://www.dieter.handshake.de/pyprojects/zope/MFolder.html Dieter

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