September 2004 - Zope-Announce

Formulator 1.7.0 released!
by Martijn Faassen 08 Sep '04

08 Sep '04

Hi there, Formulator 1.7.0 has just been released, thanks to a lot of work by Clemens Robbenaar as the release manager (thanks Clemens!). Highlights for this release: - full I18N support for Forms, including form title, description, error messages - the new FormulatorFormFile allows to attach Formulator forms to classes like PageTemplateFile does for PageTemplates - a couple of fixes for Zope 2.7 compatibility See the HISTORY file for detailed information about what changed: http://www.infrae.com/download/Formulator/HISTORY.txt Note that Formulator is now hosted on www.infrae.com. You can find Formulator releases here: http://www.infrae.com/download/Formulator Have fun! Regards, Martijn

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ZODB 3.2.4 release candidate 1 released
by Tim Peters 07 Sep '04

07 Sep '04

I'm pleased to announce the release of ZODB 3.2.4c1. This corresponds to the ZODB (and ZEO) that we intend to ship with Zope 2.7.3. You can download a source tarball or Windows installer from: http://zope.org/Products/ZODB3.2 3.2.4c1 incorporates several small bugfixes, and one crucial new behavior: it's incorrect to attempt to close a connection when objects from that connection are still in a modified state. When an application modifies, or creates, a persistent object, it should always abort() or commit() the transaction before closing the connection. However, ZODB didn't enforce this, and applications that closed a connection with pending modifications could get into catastrophic trouble as a result. For example, it was easy to create dangling references in the database this way (references to objects that don't exist, resulting in POSKeyError upon an attempt to load them). ZODB 3.2.4c1 raises the new ConnectionStateError if an attempt to cloase a connection with pending modifications is made. See the news file for details: http://zope.org/Products/ZODB3.2/NEWS The intent is that 3.2.4c1 will be released again as 3.2.4 (final) shortly before the Zope 2.7.3 release. Note that ZODB 3.2.4c1 does not support Zope 2.7.2, because the Zope 2.7.2 publishing subsystem is an example of application code that didn't always finish a transaction before closing connections. ZODB 3.2.4c1 can be used with the current Zope Zope-2_7-branch branch. Note that ZODB 3.2.4c1 does not support Zope X3 (Zope 3 requires ZODB 3.3 -- as will Zope 2.8).

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NavtreeIndexNG V 0.2 released
by Andreas Jung 07 Sep '04

07 Sep '04

I am pleased to announce the release of NavtreeIndexNG Version 0.2 NavtreeIndexNG is a ZCatalog index that allows the efficient implementation of navigation trees. The current scope of NavtreeIndexNG is Plone 2.1 where it might be used to replace the old navigation tree. The implemenation is for developers only and does not provide anything useful for end-users. URL: http://www.zopyx.com/OpenSource/NavtreeIndexNG Andreas Jung

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Issue Dealer 0.9.48 released
by Morten W. Petersen 06 Sep '04

06 Sep '04

Issue Dealer 0.9.48 released Issue Dealer <http://www.nidelven-it.no/products/issue_dealer> is a issue management tool featuring a weblog publisher (client), weblog (server), WebDAV client, WYSIWYG editing of HTML and Images and more. Changes since the last announcement: 0.9.48: - Major improvements to the link saving interface, session issues and issues down to a specified level will now be available in the category selection 0.9.47: - Fixed bug where it wasn't possible to comment on issues that didn't have 'internal' comments - Enabled HTML rendering of issues in Atom and RSS feeds - Fixed a number of small bugs related to weblog publishers which didn't have a weblog_url defined 0.9.46: - Added support for comments on the weblog publisher If you're interested in trying a demo, sign up at the demo site <http://demos.issue-dealer.net/>. To see the Issue Dealer Weblog Server in action, have a look at The Blogologue <http://www.blogologue.com>. :) Nidelven IT <http://www.nidelven-it.no> and others use the product to manage their knowledge and action items, it's a great tool to keep track issues in different departments for example. Try it! ;)

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CPS 3.1.6 released - last beta before 3.2.0
by Stefane Fermigier 06 Sep '04

06 Sep '04

CPS 3.1.6 released - last beta before 3.2.0 CPS 3.1.6 has been released. This is intended to be the last development release before CPS 3.2.0 and, as such, should be considered as a release candidate or at least a late beta. [1]CPS 3.1.6 has been released today. This is intended to be the last development release before CPS 3.2.0 and, as such, should be considered as a release candidate or at least a late beta. It features mostly bugfixes. So CPS 3.2.0 (stable) should be available in the very near future (probably next week). A call to testers and translators If, while testing this release, you find bugs, please report them to the [2]CPS-devel mailing list so they can be fixed on time for CPS 3.2.0. If you'd like to help translate CPS in your native language, please consider joining the [3]CPS Translators mailing list and submitting new or updated .po files. About CPS Nuxeo CPS is an extensive collaborative Web content management system (CMS) implemented on top of Zope and the CMF, that enables organizations to easily, quickly and efficiently implement collaborative portals (intranet, extranet or internet) and workflow-oriented business applications. Nuxeo CPS has already been adopted by major accounts in the Administration (French Ministries of Interior, of Culture, of Finances, French Atomic Energy Commission...), in the private sector (Suez, STMicroelectronics...) and by the major french IT consultancies (Capgemini, Unilog, Steria...). CPS is developped by [4]Nuxeo and a [5]community of contributors. Links 1. http://zope.org/Members/nuxeo/Products/CPS3/CPS-3.1.6 2. http://lists.nuxeo.com/mailman/listinfo/cps-devel 3. http://lists.nuxeo.com/mailman/listinfo/cps-translators 4. http://www.nuxeo.com/en/ 5. http://www.cps-project.org/ -- Stéfane Fermigier, Tel: +33 (0)6 63 04 12 77 (mobile). Nuxeo Collaborative Portal Server: http://www.nuxeo.com/cps Gestion de contenu web / portail collaboratif / groupware / open source!

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Re: Zope X3 3.0 Beta 4 is available
by Jim Fulton 03 Sep '04

03 Sep '04

Jim Fulton wrote: > Zope X3 3.0 Beta 4 is available at: > > http://zope.org/Products/ZopeX3/3.0.0b4 Here's a reported problem and a work around (for now). This doesn't apply to Windows. The configure script only works with bash. :( We are working on a fix, but in the mean time, if you are running on a system on which sh != bash, then you will need to run bash explicitly, that is, run the configure script with: bash configure Jim -- Jim Fulton mailto:jim@zope.com Python Powered! CTO (540) 361-1714 http://www.python.org Zope Corporation http://www.zope.com http://www.zope.org

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Zope X3 3.0 Beta 4 is available
by Jim Fulton 03 Sep '04

03 Sep '04

Zope X3 3.0 Beta 4 is available at: http://zope.org/Products/ZopeX3/3.0.0b4 Both a source release and a windows binary release are available. Zope X3 is the next generation of Zope. The "X" in Zope X3 means that it *currently* makes so special provisions for being backward compatible with or providing a transition from Zope 2. It will in the future, at which time, the X will be dropped from the name. The 3.0 release is the first production-quality release of Zope X3. The focus of this release is on Python developers. While basic through-the-web content and templating facilities are provided, the main emphasis is on supporting applications in Python. Of course, possible applications to be developed include through-the-web content management, and development environments. We expect this to be the final beta for X3.0. We hope to make the first, and hopefully last, candidate release next week or early the following week. We'd really appreciate it if people would try this release out and post any issues found in the Zope 3 Issue Collector at: http://collector.zope.org/Zope3-dev Jim -- Jim Fulton mailto:jim@zope.com Python Powered! CTO (540) 361-1714 http://www.python.org Zope Corporation http://www.zope.com http://www.zope.org

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Silva 1.1 beta 1 released
by Martijn Faassen 02 Sep '04

02 Sep '04

Silva 1.1 beta 1 released ========================= Infrae has just released Silva 1.1 beta 1. Silva 1.1 includes the following new features: * XSLT support for rendering Silva objects. This adds more flexibility to the way Silva objects are presented, and when used also provide a nice performance boost. XSLT support can optionally be enabled on a per-object basis. XSLT support needs libxml2/libxslt, but Silva also continues to work if you do not have these installed. * A new XML export/system that can also export and import asset data in a zip file. * abbr and acronym support for both forms editor and Kupu. * New parser for SilvaDocument forms-based editor, using a HTML subset instead of the old-style method using special characters. This should increase the performance of the parser and makes it easier to use. Silva 1.1 beta 1 also should work with Silva News 1.0 and SilvaExternalSources 0.8, both to be found on the Infrae website. Download -------- As of this release, Silva's download site has moved off zope.org to the infrae.com website. Silva can be downloaded here: http://www.infrae.com/download/Silva/ The easiest way is to download the Silva-1.1b1-all.tgz file, and unpack this in your products directory. See the INSTALL.txt included in the Silva product for more information. For Silva extensions such as SilvaNews and SilvaExternalSources, please see the overview here: http://www.infrae.com/download/ What is Silva? -------------- Silva is a completely browser based CMS for creating publications for the web, paper, and other media. Content is stored in a clean and future-proof format, independent of layout and presentation, suitable for use in multiple contexts. Silva allows novice users to enter new documents as well as edit existing documents using a simple web interface. For more information about Silva, please see: http://www.infrae.com/products/silva

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AJPServer 0.2 released
by Ames Andreas (MPA/DF) 01 Sep '04

01 Sep '04

Hi all, AJPServer 0.2 is released. Please look at http://www.zope.org/Members/andreasames/AJPServer for further information and the tarball. This is an 'alpha' quality release. Your testing is much appreciated. What is it? =========== AJP is a protocol for forwarding HTTP requests from web servers like Apache or IIS to web application servers like Tomcat or Zope. AJPServer is primarily meant to be used from within Zope's ZServer but can possibly also be used stand-alone (with some coding). The protocol connects Tomcat with web servers since quite a long time and should therefore be reasonably mature. Why yet another technology to connect Zope with web servers? ============================================================ AJP has some nice features I haven't found elsewhere: 1) It's rather efficient: plain TCP transport, connection recycling, binary protocol etc. 2) It's independent of the web server: the Zope configuration and the underlying mechanism remains the same regardless of whether it is driven by Apache or IIS (there is also support for Netscape's and Lotus' web servers). 3) Some neat add-on features are also available: nice web server integration, ad hoc load balancing features etc. For further information please look at the README file and the API docs distributed with AJPServer. cheers, andreas

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Announce: August Zope Bug Day!
by Chris Withers 01 Sep '04

01 Sep '04

Hi All, This announcement is pretty late, so I'm expecting it to be more of a low-key affair. That said, there's is a CMF bug day happening at the same time, so who knows... What? Zope Bug Day working from http://collector.zope.org/Zope When? Friday 3rd September - 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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