April 2002 - Zope-Announce

Zope 2.5.1 b2 available
by Matthew T. Kromer 16 Apr '02

16 Apr '02

Zope 2.5.1 beta 2 has been released - you can download it from Zope.org: http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.5.1b2/ The binary releases for Zope 2.5.1b2 contain the Python 2.1.3 final release. Users of the Zope source release should note that Python 2.1.3 is now the required platform. Python 2.1.3 includes a fix to an issue that could cause crashes in Zope. The Linux binary is linked against RedHat 5.2 libraries; users of more recent distributions are encouraged to install the source release instead of the binary release of Zope. Particular features of interest in Zope 2.5.1 beta 2: * Fixed a crashing bug which affected sites making heavy use of DTML or Python scripts (Python 2.1.3 fixes this). * Miscellaneous bugfixes (see the changelog), including collector issues 17, 33, 166, 167, 185, 207, 210, 227, 236, 250, 254, 259, 275, 278, 303, 319, 325, 341, 343 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/2.5.1b2/CHANGES.txt * http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.5.1b2/HISTORY.txt For more information on the available Zope releases, guidance for selecting the right distribution and installation instructions, please see: http://www.zope.org/Documentation/Misc/InstallingZope.html -- Matt Kromer Zope Corporation http://www.zope.com/

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Zope 2.4.4 b2 available
by Matthew T. Kromer 16 Apr '02

16 Apr '02

Zope 2.4.4 beta 2 has been released - you can download it from Zope.org: http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.4.4b2/ The binary releases for Zope 2.4.4b2 contain the Python 2.1.3 final release. Users of the Zope source release should note that Python 2.1.3 is now the required platform. Python 2.1.3 includes a fix to an issue that could cause crashes in Zope. The Linux binary is linked against RedHat 5.2 libraries; users of more recent distributions are encouraged to install the source release instead of the binary release of Zope. Particular features of interest in Zope 2.4.4 beta 2: * Fixed a crashing bug which affected sites making heavy use of DTML or Python scripts (Python 2.1.3 fixes this). * Miscellaneous bugfixes (see the changelog), including collector issues 185, 236, 254, 275, 278, 319, 341 and 343. 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/2.4.4b2/CHANGES.txt * http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.4.4b2/HISTORY.txt For more information on the available Zope releases, guidance for selecting the right distribution and installation instructions, please see: http://www.zope.org/Documentation/Misc/InstallingZope.html -- Matt Kromer Zope Corporation http://www.zope.com/

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Zwiki 0.9.9 released
by Simon Michael 16 Apr '02

16 Apr '02

Zwiki 0.9.9 has been released. Focus: unit tests, wikimail enhancements, general fixes and a permissions rename. http://zwiki.org/ReleaseNotes http://www.zope.org/Members/simon/ZWiki/ZWiki-0.9.9.tgz/view or http://zwiki.org/releases/ZWiki-0.9.9.tgz We hope you like it! --the Zwiki elves

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SECURITY: Hotfix 2002-04-15
by Brian Lloyd 15 Apr '02

15 Apr '02

This hotfix addresses an important security issue that may affect some users of Zope versions 2.0 through 2.5.1 b1. The issue involves a vulnerability involving "through the web code" inadvertently allowing an untrusted user to remotely shut down a Zope server by allowing the user to inject special headers into the response. If you allow untrusted users to write "through the web" code like Python Scripts, DTML Methods, or Page Templates, your Zope server is vulnerable. We highly recommend that any Zope site have this hotfix product installed to mitigate the issue. Zope 2.5.1b2 and 2.4.4b2 as well as subsequent Zope release versions will contain a fix for the issue, at which time the hotfix can be removed. http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/Hotfix_2002-04-15/README.txt http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/Hotfix_2002-04-15/Hotfix_2002-04-15.tgz Brian Lloyd brian(a)zope.com V.P. Engineering 540.361.1716 Zope Corporation http://www.zope.com

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ZEO 1.0 final release
by Jeremy Hylton 15 Apr '02

15 Apr '02

I am happy to announce that ZEO 1.0 final was released today. Zope Enterprise Objects (ZEO) provides the ability for multiple processes to use a single Zope Object Database. ZEO turns the Zope object system in a distributed architecture, allowing multiple processors, machines, and networks to act as one website. For more information and downloads, see the ZEO web page at http://www.zope.org/Products/ZEO. ZEO 1.0 will work with Zope 2.2 or higher and with StandaloneZODB 1.0. The 1.0 release comes after one year of beta testing, which results in several important bug fixes and increased stability. ZEO 1.0 has been used in production environment supporting hundreds of requests per second. See CHANGES.txt for details about bugs fixed. Jeremy

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CookieCrumbler product updated
by Shane Hathaway 14 Apr '02

14 Apr '02

CookieCrumbler is a product that enables cookie authentication in Zope regardless of the type of user folder. It is a part of CMF but also distributed separately. Version 0.5 fixes problems that version 0.4 had with cookie paths. Cookie paths weren't being set correctly, so cookies did not appear to persist. Version 0.5 also corrects issues with the logout process. http://hathaway.freezope.org/Software/CookieCrumbler Shane

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BizarShop 1.2.0 Released
by Terry Kerr 09 Apr '02

09 Apr '02

Bizar Sofware is proud to release version 1.2.0 of its Bizar Shop product. What is Bizar Shop? Bizar Shop is an e-commerce product targetted at the SME market. Version 1.2.0 introduces a swag of bug fixes, new features and performance improvements over the previous release. A list of changes since the previous version can be seen at: http://www.bizarsoftware.com.au/resource_centre/CHANGES.txt Running on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and FreeBSD platforms, Bizar Shop is developing a reputation as a very powerful, reliable and secure eCommerce program for small to medium sized business. Getting Bizar Shop 1.2.0 Bizar Shop is distributed in two forms across its four platforms. There is an 'out of the box' application version which includes all supporting software, and a 'Zope Product' version which may be plugged into an existing Zope server. The software downloaded from our web site is fully functional for the web developer, allowing complete shop design and implementation before any purchase. Downloads are available from: http://www.bizarsoftware.com.au/products/download_form.html Check out the demos and live stores See Bizar Shop in action by visiting the demo and live stores via our web site: http://www.bizarsoftware.com.au/resource_centre/store_showcase.html For more information please contact Mike Clucas Bizar Software Phone: (+61 3) 9530 9182 mike(a)bizarsoftware.com.au http://www.bizarsoftware.com.au/

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ZFireBirdDA 0.0.2 (bug fix)
by Phil Harris 04 Apr '02

04 Apr '02

A bug fix for ZFireBirdDA has been released. The bug was: An erroneous exception occurred when updates/inserts etc were executed, the DA didn't take account that no records were returned and tried to get back the rows, this caused the exception.

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Querying databases without programming just got easier
by Adrian Hungate 03 Apr '02

03 Apr '02

I have just released version 1.1.0 of my ZDataQuery kit. This release is the result of work by a number of people, both sugesting features, and testing to work out the bugs - To all of them I say a BIG THANKS!! Briefly the aim of this product is to allow people who are not familiar with SQL (Or at least are not experts) to produce complex SQL queries from any combination of Zope data sources. For more details, read my news article at http://www.zope.org/Members/haqa/ZDataQueryKit/news-1.1.0 Or better still, download it and try it out for youself from http://www.zope.org/Members/haqa/ZDataQueryKit Enjoy Adrian... -- The difficulty of tactical maneuvering consists in turning the devious into the direct, and misfortune into gain. - Sun Tzu

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ZStyleSheet bug fixed
by Adrian Hungate 03 Apr '02

03 Apr '02

I have just uploaded a new release of ZStyleSheet (Version 4.2.4) which fixes a rather anoying ZODB bloat issue. It seems that some code I added to delete an attribute of an object if it was found, was writing a transactiong to the ZODB even if there was no work to do... oh well. This bug was introduced in version 4.2.3 (In fixing another bug), so I strongly recomend you upgrade, especially on high volume sites. Sorry if this caused anyone any problems. Adrian... -- The difficulty of tactical maneuvering consists in turning the devious into the direct, and misfortune into gain. - Sun Tzu

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