June 2004 - Zope-Announce

ANN: Vancouver Python Workshop - Talk deadline extended
by Brian Quinlan 28 Jul '04

28 Jul '04

What's new? =========== The deadline for talk submission for the Vancouver Python Workshop has been extended until June 22nd. This is mainly due to schedule disruptions caused by the EuroPython conference but also because we are looking for a more diverse group of speakers i.e. not just Python luminaries. So far, we have received many interesting talk submissions, concerning: o Windows programming in Python o MacOS X programming in Python o Python IDE construction o Zope/Plone (custimization, working with DBs, debugging, etc.) o Python's future o Python programming techniques (optimization, constaints, blocks and views, etc.) o Pyrex o Prothon o Pygame o Twisted o Python in business Speakers include: o Guido van Rossum (the creator of Python) o Paul Everitt (co-founder of Zope Corp) o David Ascher (author of "Learning Python" & "The Python Cookbook") o Andy McKay (author of "The Definitive Guide to Plone") o Kevin Altis (wxPython & PythonCard developer) o Paul Prescod (core Python developer - XML libraries) o Trent Mick (core Python developer - logging & 64-bit port) But we would like more typical Python programmers to submit talks as well! To submit a talk, see: http://www.vanpyz.org/conference/registration/submissions.html For general conference information, see: http://www.vanpyz.org/conference The revisted deadline for talk submission is June 22nd. About the Vancouver Python Workshop =================================== The conference will begin on July 31st with keynote addresses by Guido van Rossum (the creator of Python) and Paul Everitt (co-founder of Zope Corp). Further talks (and tutorials for beginners) will take place on August 1st and 2nd. The conference will be roughly divided into three tracks: o Python language and applications o Content management with Python (esp. Zope and Plone) o Python for beginners More information see: http://www.vanpyz.org/conference/ or contact Brian Quinlan at: brian(a)sweetapp.com Vancouver ========= In addition to the opportunity to learn and socialize with fellow Pythonistas, the Vancouver Python Workshop also gives visitors the opportunity to visit one of the most extraordinary cities in the world (1). For more information about traveling to Vancouver, see: http://www.vanpyz.org/conference/travel.html http://www.tourismvancouver.com Important dates =============== Talk submissions: until June 22nd Attendee registration: June 4th to June 30th Late registration: from July 1st Keynotes, preconference sprints & tutorials: July 31st Conference and tutorial dates: August 1st and 2nd (1) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2299119.stm http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml?idContent=1128760 Cheers, Brian _______________________________________________ Vancouver Python Workshop mailing list Vpw(a)agmweb.ca http://agmweb.ca/mailman/listinfo/vpw

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Announce: June Zope Bug Day!
by Chris Withers 27 Jul '04

27 Jul '04

Hi All, Another month has scarily quickly passed us by, and so I'm pleased to announce the second monthly bug day, although on much shortner notice this time: What? Zope Bug Day working from http://collector.zope.org/Zope When? Friday 25th June (tomorrow) - from when you wake up until when the day ends! Where? #zope-dev on irc.zope.org Come along and help if you've got a chance! Read this if you want to know how: http://dev.zope.org/CVS/BugDays cheers, Chris -- Simplistix - Content Management, Zope & Python Consulting - http://www.simplistix.co.uk

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CMFBoard 2.1.2 released
by Nikolay Kim 30 Jun '04

30 Jun '04

Hi All, New bugfix release of CMFBoard, powerful forum system for Plone. To download http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/collective/CMFBoard-2.1.2.tar.gz?download For more information go http://www.cmfboard.org Any feedback is welcome, especially bug reports. To add a report go http://www.cmfboard.org/collector. Version 2.1.2 * fixed: empty title on topic or message post (KeyError 'allow_discussion') * fixed: http://www.cmfboard.org/collector/80/ * fixed: additional icons on windows * fixed: cannot uncheck values in CMFBoard configuration * fixed: posts were not indexed at creation time * remove portal_form dependency

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Zope 3.0 final bug and cleanup days
by Stephan Richter 28 Jun '04

28 Jun '04

Hello everyone, nearly a month has passed since the last release. I originally planned to release Zope X3.0.0 final on or release candidate 1 on July 1. Due to a lack of contributions towards X3.0.0 the past month, we will not able to make this date. However, I am determined to not push the date much further back. Therefore I call upon all experienced and in-experienced Zope 3 developers and helpers on a bug and cleanup week! The bug and cleanup days will be between July 6-9, 2004. If you would like to work on tasks on July 5th, since it is a US holiday and you have time, then feel free to do so; I will most likely be around! Here is an overview of tasks to do: 1. Fix all outstanding (and applicable) Collector issues. The collector is located at http://collector.zope.org/Collectors/Zope3-dev. There are about 70 open bugs, of which at least 20 are credible and fixable (I think). 2. Start removing XXX comments. Christian's XXX report can be found at http://amy.gocept.com/~ctheune/XXXreport.html. There are about 500 of these comments. Not all need to be fixed now, but many should. Christian, maybe it would be useful to make a Zope application out of this report, so that we can comment on the XXX comments? 3. Finish the tasks listed in the http://dev.zope.org/Zope3/SpringCleaningDay2004 proposal. It is not spring anymore, but I think these defects should be fixed in the source before the release. 4. Documentation format. Currently we have an unhealthy mix of reST and STX formatted doc strings in the Zope 3 source code. Since we decided to go with reST, we should make sure that all doc strings are formatted this way. This is a great task for non-developers to get to know Zope 3's source. 5. Update/Create translations. The only languages that are in decent/good shape right now are English, Russian, German and French. If you are interested in Zope X3.0.0 supporting your favorite/native language, then please let me know and I get you started. The list above is in order of importance. We definitely need to get the bulk of 1-3 done before the final release. I want as many obvious bugs as possible gone and a solid documentation via the API doc tool. BTW, one way of ensuring the quality of the user interface would be to write functional tests! Please use the Zope3-Dev mailing for discussing the tasks and letting me know that you are willing to help out. Thanks! Regards, Stephan -- Stephan Richter CBU Physics & Chemistry (B.S.) / Tufts Physics (Ph.D. student) Web2k - Web Software Design, Development and Training

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Sounding out mailling list policies
by Ken Manheimer 25 Jun '04

25 Jun '04

There's been a proposal to better prevent spam-type garbage on prominent zope lists by restricting postings to only those that come from list-subscription addresses. I'm considering experimenting with the subscriber-originating restriction on a few of the highest-traffic lists that i manage, and will go ahead and do so unless i hear strenuous objections by tuesday of next week. I'm planning to try this on the zope(a)zope.org and zope-dev(a)zope.org lists. The restriction would be automatic rejection of any posts that originate from anything other than subscriber addresses. The rejection notice for those messages would explain the policy and detail how to subscribe, plus how to disable delivery to secondary addresses. (Thanks to joe block for that suggestion.) If you have a serious objection, send a reply to me and to zope-dev(a)zope.org, and we'll discuss it. (Do not reply to zope-announce - it's never for discussion.) Duly, Ken Manheimer klm(a)zope.com

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Biblioz 0.1 released
by Tim Hicks 24 Jun '04

24 Jun '04

A first step towards a framework for organising bibliographic references. See http://www.zope.org/Members/tuppence/biblioz/0.1/readme for details. See http://www.zope.org/Members/tuppence/biblioz/0.1/ for downloads, etc. Feedback *most* welcome - please email tim(a)sitefusion.co.uk.

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Zope Lists
by Andrew Sawyers 23 Jun '04

23 Jun '04

The zope.org lists have been migrated to new hardware. The lists and archives are updated as of ~10 minutes prior to the DNS switch; so I expect them to be as current as I could get. I've heard of people getting resubscribed to lists which they had recently unsubscribed from. Since the old system was not being managed by us, I do not have any details as to what/why that might have happened, so if you find youself resubscribed now we appologize. This should not continue to happen and if anyone experiences further problems please let us know ASAP. Thank You, Andrew Sawyers -- Zope Corporation Software Engineer (540) 361-1700

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[ANN] Zope 2.7.1 final released
by Andreas Jung 21 Jun '04

21 Jun '04

Hi all, on behalf of Zope Corporation and the Zope community I am pleased to announce the release of Zope 2.7.1. final. You can download it the sources from http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.7.1 Installers for Microsoft Windows will be available shortly. 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/2.7.1/CHANGES.txt http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.7.1/HISTORY.txt For more information on the available Zope releases, guidance for selecting the right distribution and installation instructions, please see: http://www.plope.com/Books/2_7Edition/InstallingZope.stx Thanks to everyone contributed to this release with fixes, testing and some minor new features. ---- Andreas Jung zopyx.com - Software Development and Consulting Andreas Jung

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ZODB 3.3 beta 1 released
by Tim Peters 18 Jun '04

18 Jun '04

I'm pleased to announce the release of ZODB 3.3 beta 1. As always with the first beta release, the feature set for ZODB 3.3 is frozen now. The ZODB 3.3b1 release requires Python 2.3.3. Python 2.3.4 is recommended, and will be required for ZODB 3.3 final. This version of ZODB supports Zope 2 and Zope 3. ZODB 3.3b1 matches the ZODB code included in the ZopeX3-3.0.0b1 release, and contains code that will be released in Zope 2.8. You can download a source tarball or Windows installer from: http://zope.org/Products/ZODB3.3 The changes since ZODB 3.3a3 consist mostly of fixes for longstanding ZODB bugs, several of which were backported to the Zope 2.7 maintenance branch. The news file lists the changes in more detail: http://zope.org/Products/ZODB3.3/NEWS.html Since ZODB 3.3 will be at the heart of database operations in Zope 2.8 and Zope 3, it's important that it be tested as broadly as possible. Please download it and give it a try!

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ZODB 3.2.2 (final) released
by Tim Peters 18 Jun '04

18 Jun '04

I'm pleased to announce the release of ZODB 3.2.2 (final). This is the version of ZODB that will ship with Zope 2.7.1 (final). Upgrading to ZODB 3.2.2 is strongly recommended for all users, and is critical for sites running ZRS. You can download a source tarball or Windows installer from: http://zope.org/Products/ZODB3.2 As promised with the ZODB 3.2.2b1 release last week, the tests for the unsupported Berkeley-based storages are now disabled in 3.2.2. In addition, a small but critical bug in FileStorage.restore() was identified and repaired. This bug didn't affect the Zope core, but is critical for sites running ZRS. See the news file for more detail: http://zope.org/Products/ZODB3.3/NEWS Note that ZODB 3.2.2 does not support Zope X3 (Zope 3 requires ZODB 3.3 -- as will Zope 2.8).

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