January 2004 - Zope-Announce

PyCon Reminder: Proposal deadline 1/15
by Guido van Rossum 05 Jan '04

05 Jan '04

This is a reminder that the deadline for sending proposals for presentations at PyCon DC 2004 is January 15, 2004. We are interested in any and all submissions about uses of Python and the development of the language. Since there is expected to be a strong educational community presence for the next PyCon, teaching materials of various kinds are also encouraged. You can submit your proposal at: http://submit.pycon.org/ For more information about proposals, see: http://www.pycon.org/dc2004/cfp/ If you have further questions about the submission web interface or the format of submissions, please write to: pycon-organizers(a)python.org We would like to publish all accepted papers on the web. If your paper is accepted and you prepare an electronic presentation (in PDF, PythonPoint or PowerPoint) we will also happily publish that on the web site once PyCon is over. If you don't want to make a formal presentation, there will be a significant amount of Open Space to allow for informal and spur-of-the-moment presentations for which no formal submission is required. There will also be several Lightning Talk sessions (five minutes or less). About PyCon: PyCon is a community-oriented conference targeting developers (both those using Python and those working on the Python project). It gives you opportunities to learn about significant advances in the Python development community, to participate in a programming sprint with some of the leading minds in the Open Source community, and to meet fellow developers from around the world. The organizers work to make the conference affordable and accessible to all. PyCon DC 2004 will be held March 24-26, 2004 in Washington, D.C. The keynote speaker is Mitch Kapor of the Open Source Applications Foundation (http://www.osafoundation.org/) There will be a four-day development sprint before the conference. We're looking for volunteers to help run PyCon. If you're interested, subscribe to http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-organizers Don't miss any PyCon announcements! Subscribe to http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-announce You can discuss PyCon with other interested people by subscribing to http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-interest The central resource for PyCon DC 2004 is http://www.pycon.org/ Pictures from last year's PyCon: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/moinmoin/PyConPhotos I'm looking forward to seeing you all in DC in March!!! --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)

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[ANN] PloneCollectorNG 1.1.0 beta2 released
by Andreas Jung 04 Jan '04

04 Jan '04

I am pleased to announce the release of PloneCollectorNG 1.1.0 beta 2(PCNG) PCNG is a bugtracking system for Plone. It is based on the concepts and ideas of CMFCollector and CMFCollectorNG but it is a complete re-write. PCNG is a very generic and open framework (you can configure nearly everything TTW). This release **REQUIRES Archetypes AT 1.3**. **Older Archetypes versions (including 1.2.1) WILL NOT WORK**. This major step was necessary because a lot Archetypes hacks in PCNG 1.0.0 were backported to Archetypes CVS/HEAD. This release also breaks compatibility with portal_forms. CMFFormController is now mandatory. There is a risk that this release might break an existing PCNG instance. So BACKUP YOUR DATA first. The goal for 1.1.0 final is to be compatible with exisitings installations so please let me know if there are any problems. Changes since 1.1.0 beta 1: - Any comment of the transcript can be used as quoted source for a new followup - pdfwriter: misc. fixes for handling comments - pdfwriter: added comments for images; added references - added FI, NL translations - fixed problem adding issue reference inside when using virtual hosting - misc UI tweaks and fixes for better usability Volunteers wanted: PloneCollectorNG is fully internationalized. If you want PCNG to support your language that translate the catalog file (i18n folder) to your language and submit it to me. Documentation Wiki: http://www.zope.org/Members/ajung/PloneCollectorNG Download: http://sf.net/projects/collective

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Zwiki 0.26 released
by Simon Michael 02 Jan '04

02 Jan '04

Zwiki 0.26 has been released, with Epoz 0.x support, skin layout tweaks, and bugfixes. http://zwiki.org http://zwiki.org/ReleaseNotes Best wishes for a peaceful and prosperous 2004. -Simon

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ANNOUNCE: Chinese Zope/Plone mailing list and user group
by Bjorn Stabell 02 Jan '04

02 Jan '04

Hi all, Happy New Year! We're happy to announce the creation of zope.cn - the Chinese Zope/Plone Forum, a Chinese-language user group and discussion mailing list for those that are interested in Zope and Plone. Please go to http://zope.cn/ for more information. At the same time we're also announcing the creation of python.cn - the Chinese Python Forum, a Chinese-language user group and discussion mailing list for those that are interested in Python. Please go to http://python.cn/ for more information. Regards, -- Bjorn

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