Zope-Announce June 2003

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Zope X3 Milestone Release 3 is available for download
by Jim Fulton 30 Jun '03

30 Jun '03

Zope X3 Milestone Release 3 is available for download: What is Zope X3? It's Zope 3 "experimental". This is the release that will provide the new features of Zope 3 without any Zope 2 support. Zope 3.0 will provide support for Zope 2 content and products, probably using conversion utilities of some sort. A lot of work has been done since the last release, including: - General UI improvements - Major changes have been made to the way local components are registered in a first step toward simplifying local (through the web) component registration. - The interface framework has been refactored in major ways: * Object interfaces are declared differently. * Interface introspection and component registry lookup performance has been improved. * Interface are now inherited. - Added a framework for decorators, which are context wrappers that also ease integration with the Zope application framework. - Configuration of the application server using a ZConfig-syntax configuration file with a simple schema. This replaces zserver.zcml. - New schema field types for vocabularies. See schema/vocabularies.txt for detailed documentation. - Added low-level support in TALES for path expressions of the form 'a/b:c', which work by finding an adapter named 'b' for the object named by 'a' and traversing the adapter with the name 'c'. Also defined and registered an adapter named 'zope', that provides a number of handy functions. For example, to gewt an object's name, use:: someobject/zope:name Many more utility functions will be added over time. We still need a way to define other adapters. The mechanism for doing so is still undecided. - Added zope.app.zapi module that collects common application functions and other objects. This is to simplify imports for application code. To get at many common objects, you can simply import zapi and then access the functions through zapi:: from zope.app import zapi ... adapter = zapi.getAdapter(x, IFoo) - Added a pluggable authentication service. The service supports pluggable principal sources and authentication methods (through views on principal sources). Deprecated the simple auth service. - Initial implementation of file-system synchronization. This allows: * Checking out objects from Zope to files in a local directory * Checking in Zope objects, with conflict resolution * Exporting objects * Importing objects (We need docs for this.) - Very preliminary local interface service The interface service will someday provide a tool for browsing and modifying all of the configurations for a interface (type). The initial version demostrates browsing component configurations be showing you all views configured for an interface. - WebDAV: Added PROPFIND and MKCOL to DAV support. Also added IDAVSchemaService, to allow registering an adapter to be used for a given namespace on PROPFIND requests. - Performance improvements (much more to come) This release is much less slow than the previous release. Much thanks to everone who contributed to this release: Steve Alexander, Stephan Richter, Marius Gedminas, Albertas Agejevas, Viktorija Zaksiene, Jeremy Hylton, Guido van Rossum, Fred Drake, R. David Murray, Martijn Faassen, Philipp von Weitershausen, Sidnei da Silva, Barry Warsaw, Tim Peters, Ulrich Eck, Godefroid Chapelle , Shane Hathaway, Tres Seaver, Gary Poster , Christian Theune, Alan Runyan, Andreas Jung, Kapil Thangavelu, Florent Guillaume, R. Sean Bowman, Axel Bringenberg, Christian Heimes, Paul Everitt, Itamar Shtull-Trauring, Naveen P, Rakesh Naidu , Suresh Babu Eddala, Sushant Kumar Rath, Deb Hazarika, S. Raju , Paul Winkler, Chris McDonough, Ken Manheimer, Nathan R. Yergler, Michael Howitz, Roger Ineichen, Benjamin Saller, Joachim Werner, Matt Hamilton, Volker Bachschneider, Casey Duncan, Anthony Baxter, Gregoire Weber, Holger Krekel, K.Narasimha Murthy , Alexander Limi, Jan-Wijbrand Kolman, Phillip Eby, Christian Zagrodnick, Vincenzo Di Somma, Yvo Schubbe, Bernhard Buehlmann, Heimo Laukkanen, Magnus Heino, and Guido Wesdorp Requirements Zope3 requires Python 2.2.3 or later and PyXML 0.8.1 or higher. PyXML can be downloaded from http://sf.net/projects/pyxml Downloads - Source release: http://dev.zope.org/Members/jim/ZopeX3-0.0m3.tgz. Follow the instructions for building from source in README.txt. - A windows binary release: http://dev.zope.org/Members/jim/ZopeX3-0.0m3.zip. This is an "in-place" build. Just unzip it and run it. Use Python 2.2 and skip the building part of the instructions. Jim -- Jim Fulton mailto:jim@zope.com Python Powered! CTO (703) 361-1714 http://www.python.org Zope Corporation http://www.zope.com http://www.zope.org

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Epoz 0.5.0 released
by Maik Jablonski 30 Jun '03

30 Jun '03

Hi to all, Epoz seems to becoming the standard-wysiwyg-editor for many Zope-Applications & Frameworks (e.g. Plone, CPS, Silva and many others). So I'll keep the pace up and bring you often requested features with this new Epoz-release. What's new? - added source-view-switch. Now you can view / edit the html-source by clicking on the little checkbox below the editor. - added search-feature to Plone-Toolbox. Now you can search for contents via SearchableText. - added a frameborder="0" to iframe, so IE doesn't render an additional border anymore. - added French translation; Thanks to Jean Laroque & Yannick Dirou! - switched license to Zope Public License (ZPL 2.0). This should give you more freedom in integrating Epoz into your own commercial applications / services. Where can I download Epoz? http://www.zope.org/Members/mjablonski/Epoz I'll want to see a demo first? http://mjablonski.freezope.org/epoz/test.html/edit Hope you'll like it...:) Cheers, Maik -- German Zope User Group http://www.dzug.org/

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ZTimeReg 1.0 Released - Register time spent on projects and customers
by Tue Wennerberg 30 Jun '03

30 Jun '03

ZTimeReg allows you to register time spent on projects and customers. Key features: - Easy installation. - Integrates with standard Zope, CMF or Plone (your choice). - Quick and flexible registration of time. - Protection from erroneous registrations. - All registrations are saved in a single table in a MySQL database. For more information, see: http://www.zope.org/Members/TueWennerberg/ZTimeReg All feedback is appreciated! -- Tue Wennerberg Freelance Developer, M.Sc. Eng. http://tuewennerberg.dk/ - tue(a)wennerberg.dk - (+45) 4043 6735

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[Ann] ZopeProfiler 1.0 -- Learn what Zope uses its time for
by Dieter Maurer 28 Jun '03

28 Jun '03

ZopeProfiler is a Zope products which allows to derive timing statistics for Zope operations. Both low level (Python function calls) as well as high level (Zope object calls) statistics are supported. If supported by the platform, either a CPU- or real-time timer can be used for measurement. I just uploaded ZopeProfiler 1.0 to <http://www.dieter.handshake.de/pyprojects/zope> The only difference to the former ZopeProfiler 0.2 version is a rename of "Documentation" and "showDocumentation" (to "Info" and "showInfo", respectively) as this seems to make coexistence easier with Stefan's DocFinderEverywhere. Otherwise, the new version number should simply appeace people not trusting version numbers starting with "0." ;-) Dieter

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Zope 2.6.2 Beta 3 Released
by Matthew T. Kromer 27 Jun '03

27 Jun '03

ZOPE 2.6.2 Beta 3 Released Zope 2.6.2b3 represents a development step in the next Zope release formed with a large number of community contributions. You may download Zope 2.6.2b3 from Zope.org: http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.6.2b3/ 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. Users who upgrade from source MUST RUN a |make clean| and |make| command to build the proper binaries correctly; distutils will skip compilation of the library modules needed for Zope and will cause errors if they are not up to date. Particular features of interest in Zope 2.6.2b3: * Fixed memory leak with Page Templates * Python 2.2 compatibility fixes * Back ports of BTrees fixes * Back ports of ZODB fixes relating to the packing of storage, where a packed database could contain an UNDO transaction which referred to data which had been discarded by the pack * A fix for fsrecover.py which prevented it from recovering any data * Fixes for collector issues 256, 683, 814, 816, 875, 882, 892, 902, 928, 937, 939, 954, 956 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/2.6.2b3/CHANGES.txt * http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.6.2b3/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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Dublin Core Meta Data and Zope 3 IRC
by Jan Smith 26 Jun '03

26 Jun '03

Hi All, Just to let you know there's to be an IRC session on Dublin Core Meta Data and Zope 3 Development next Wednesday 2nd July. This is timed to be in the middle of the OzZope monthly meeting in Melbourne. We will be in the sprinting room at Trinity College so will have access to computers. On IRC will be Jim Fulton, Tom Cameron and sprinters coming to the Melbourne Zope 3 Development Sprint 9th-13th July. If you have an interest in Dublin Core Meta data please join us. WHERE: On IRC at irc.freenode.net #zope-au and join in. TIME Wednesday 2nd July: 4am Los Angeles (sorry LA - you all code through the night anyway :) 7am New York 1pm Paris 7pm Perth 8pm Tokyo 9pm Melbourne 11pm Wellington BACKGROUND: http://www.ozzope.org/OzSprintWiki/DublinCore Jan Smith Coordinator OzZope www.ozzope.org

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ZODB Storages feature comparison matrix
by Toby Dickenson 25 Jun '03

25 Jun '03

We have quite a few different ZODB storage implementations now, so I thought it would be useful to have a feature comparison matrix. A table covering FileStorage, DirectoryStorage, and BDBStorage is now in ZODB CVS. http://cvs.zope.org/ZODB3/Doc/storages.html?rev=1. -- Toby Dickenson http://www.geminidataloggers.com/people/tdickenson

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Announce: Zope.org launch planned for Jul 31 2003
by Rob Page 24 Jun '03

24 Jun '03

Zope Corporation is pleased to announce the planned July 31, 2003 launch of the new Zope Community Website which replaces the current community website at: - http://www.zope.org The project is the result of the efforts of a great many people. While the complete list is too long to enumerate here we would like to specifically recognize Guido van Rossum and Sidnei da Silva. With their efforts this project has finally come to successful fruition. Thanks Guido and Sidnei! Consistent with our NewZopeOrg (NZO) plan, we are now soliciting volunteers to help with operations, maintenance and continued enhancements of the zope.org site. The plan is available online at: http://www.zope.com/News/ZopeRoadmap The Working Groups and Group Leaders are: - Operations/Admin Coordinators: Shawn O'Donnell and Jeffrey Shell - Content Management/Maintenance: Jeffrey Shell - Hardware: Matt Kromer - Software: Shane Hathaway - Supporting Systems, Performance, Uptime: Jens Vagelpohl CONTRIBUTORS' AGREEMENT We encourage Zope Community members to volunteer to actively participate in these Working Groups. A prerequisite for participation is the submission of a current and signed Site Contributor Agreement. A PDF copy of this Agreement is at: - http://www.zope.com/Legal/ZopeOrgContributorForm.pdf You will be notified via email about your status once we've received the Agreement. Thanks again to all those who have contributed time and effort to getting the new Zope site up and running! Thanks to those who will volunteer to continually improve the site! Regards, Rob Page -- Rob Page V: 540.361.1710 Zope Corporation F: 703.995.0412

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Silva 0.9.2 released
by Jan-Wijbrand Kolman 24 Jun '03

24 Jun '03

Hello, Infrae is happy to release Silva 0.9.2! Silva is a (Zope based) web application for content authoring, management and publication - for web, paper, and other media. Content is stored in clean and future-proof formats, independent of layout and presentation, suitable for use in multiple contexts. For more information on Silva see: http://www.infrae.com/products/silva http://www.zope.org/Members/infrae/Silva Silva 0.9.2 provides extensive new functionality (see also the HISTORY.txt file included in the Silva Product) such as: * Thoroughly revised user interface. * Completely new, flexible metadata architecture. * All text - including metadata - is stored as unicode. * Everything is now indexed using the Zope catalog. * Increased performance, both for public views and for the Silva edit screens. Due to changes in the content structure this version will not work with existing Silva content. This version includes a content upgrade script (see INSTALL.tx and UPGRADE.txt for detailed instructions). Although this content upgrade script has been tested succesfully on fairly large amounts of Silva content, it is always a good idea to backup your content before installing and using this new Silva version (e.g. by making a backup copy of Zope's Data.fs file). Please report any bugs and other issues to Infrae and discuss this version on the Silva mailinglists: silva-general(a)lists.sourceforge.net silva-dev(a)lists.infrae.com This version of the Silva Product can be downloaded at: http://www.zope.org/Members/infrae/Silva/Silva-0.9.2.tgz A tarball including Silva 0.9.2 and all its dependencies can be downloaded here: http://www.zope.org/Members/infrae/Silva/Silva-0.9.2-all-products.tgz regards, jw -- Jan-Wijbrand Kolman jw(a)infrae.com

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M2Crypto, ZServerSSL, ZSmime
by Ng Pheng Siong 23 Jun '03

23 Jun '03

Hi, M2Crypto 0.11 is now available. M2Crypto is a crypto and SSL toolkit for Python: - DH, RSA, DSA, symmetric ciphers (including AES), message digests, HMAC. - SSL functionality to implement clients and servers, with examples. - HTTPS extensions to Python's HTTP functionality. - XML-RPC over HTTPS. - Unforgeable HMAC'ing AuthCookies for web session management. - FTP/TLS client and server. - S/MIME. - ZServerSSL: A HTTPS server for Zope. - ZSmime: An S/MIME messenger for Zope. What's new: - Fixes to memory leaks. (Thanks Dave Berkeley and Brent Chun.) - ZServerSSL updated for Zope 2.6.1. - ZSmime on Zope 2.6.1 interoperates with Mozilla 1.1. (No code change.) As usual, M2Crypto is here: http://www.post1.com/home/ngps/m2 Cheers. -- Ng Pheng Siong <ngps(a)netmemetic.com>

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Zope-Announce June 2003