March 2005 - Zope-Announce

[Ann] CompiledExecutables -- speeding up page delivery after startup
by Dieter Maurer 25 Mar '05

25 Mar '05

CompiledExecutables defines a set of executable objects that are precompiled and the compilation stored either in the ZODB or in the file system. It currently defines CompiledPageTemplate, FSCompiledPageTemplate and FSCompiledPythonScript (PythonScript is already compiled; although in a somewhat stupid manner (in __setstate__ rather than when used)). Storing the compilation result avoids expensive recompilation. This can drastically speed up access to the first pages after startup -- especially for large CMF based sites. The product does not register anything. It is up to you to register the filesystem based objects with Products.CMFCore.DirectoryView.registerFileExtension or the ZODB based objects by calling their initialize function. The product works by making instance methods and code objects picklable. This might appear as a security risk. However, unpickling untrusted pickles is always a security risk (because the pickler decides what is picklable and not the unpickler). Download: <http://www.dieter.handshake.de/pyprojects/zope> -- Dieter

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CMF 1.5.1beta released
by Jens Vagelpohl 25 Mar '05

25 Mar '05

Zope Corporation is pleased to announce the release of version 1.5.1beta of the Zope Content Management Framework (CMF). This release is intended for testing purposes only; we do not recommend deploying it to production servers. The final release of version 1.5.1 is expected late April 2005. What is the CMF? The Zope Content Management Framework provides a set of services and content objects useful for building highly dynamic, content-oriented portal sites. As packaged, the CMF generates a site much like the Zope.org site. The CMF is intended to be easily customizable, in terms of both the types of content used and the policies and services it provides. Where do I get it? Download it from http://zope.org/Products/CMF/CMF-1.5.1beta Points of interest include: - "Windows ZIP file", http://zope.org/Products/CMF/CMF-1.5.1beta/CMF-1.5.1beta.zip - "Unix tar/gzip archive", http://zope.org/Products/CMF/CMF-1.5.1beta/CMF-1.5.1beta.tar.gz . - "Release notes", http://zope.org/Products/CMF/CMF-1.5.1beta/README.txt - "Change history", http://zope.org/Products/CMF/CMF-1.5.1beta/CHANGES.txt - "Installation instructions", http://zope.org/Products/CMF/CMF-1.5.1beta/INSTALL.txt Where do I go to learn more? The CMF mailing list (zope-cmf(a)zope.org) has many participants who are active in supporting the CMF. ...to report bugs? The "CMF Collector":http://zope.org/Collectors/CMF is the place to report bugs (please search for existing reports of your issue first!)

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Re: [Zope-CMF] Zope CMF 1.4.8 Released
by Andreas Jung 19 Mar '05

19 Mar '05

--On Samstag, 19. März 2005 6:15 Uhr -0500 Jake <jake(a)zopezone.com> wrote: > Why would 1.4.8 be released when 1.5.0 already exists in final form? > Shouldn't this be 1.5.1? > Maybe because there is a larger code base that still depends on CMF 1.4 and that won't be moved for several reasons to CMF 1.5?! -aj

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ZODB 3.2.6 final released
by Tim Peters 18 Mar '05

18 Mar '05

I'm pleased to announce the release of ZODB 3.2.6 final. This corresponds to the ZODB released in Zope 2.7.5 earlier today. You can download a source tarball or Windows installer from: http://zope.org/Products/ZODB3.2 Only documentation changes were made since the 3.2.6b1 release. There are several critical bugfixes in this release, addressing rare problems in two major areas: - Thread and asyncore races while ZEO is attempting to make a connection, leading to connection failure and/or missed messages. - Rare cases in which FileStorage could reuse object identifiers, assigning the same oid to two distinct objects. See the news file for details: http://zope.org/Products/ZODB3.2/NEWS ZODB 3.2.6 can be used with Zopes in the 2.7 line, at or after Zope 2.7.3. Note that ZODB 3.2.6 does not support development on Zope 2.8, Zope X3 or Zope 3 (they require a ZODB in the 3.3 or 3.4 lines).

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Zope CMF 1.4.8 Released
by Sidnei da Silva 18 Mar '05

18 Mar '05

We are pleased to announce the release of version 1.4.8 of the Zope Content Management Framework (CMF). This release consists primarily of bug fixes for version 1.4.7, released in August, 2004. What is the CMF? The Zope Content Management Framework provides a set of services and content objects useful for building highly dynamic, content-oriented portal sites. As packaged, the CMF generates a site much like the Zope.org site. The CMF is intended to be easily customizable, in terms of both the types of content used and the policies and services it provides. Where do I get it? Download it from "cmf.zope.org", http://zope.org/Products/CMF/CMF-1.4.8 Points of interest include: - "Windows ZIP file", http://zope.org/Products/CMF/CMF-1.4.8/CMF-1.4.8.zip - "Unix tar/gzip archive", http://zope.org/Products/CMF/CMF-1.4.8/CMF-1.4.8.tar.gz . - "Release notes", http://zope.org/Products/CMF/CMF-1.4.8/README.txt - "Change history", http://zope.org/Products/CMF/CMF-1.4.8/CHANGES.txt - "Installation instructions", http://zope.org/Products/CMF/CMF-1.4.8/INSTALL.txt Where do I go to learn more? The "CMF mailing list":mailto:zope-cmf@zope.org has many participants who are active in supporting the CMF. ...to report bugs? The "CMF Collector":http://zope.org/Collectors/CMF is ths place to report bugs (please search for existing reports of your issue first!) Bug Fixes in 1.4.8 - See the "change history", http://zope.org/Products/CMF/CMF-1.4.8/CHANGES.txt for the bugs fixed in this release. -- Sidnei da Silva <sidnei(a)awkly.org> http://awkly.org - dreamcatching :: making your dreams come true http://www.enfoldsystems.com http://plone.org/about/team#dreamcatcher Never make any mistaeks. -- Anonymous, in a mail discussion about to a kernel bug report

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[ANN] Zope 2.7.5 final released
by Andreas Jung 18 Mar '05

18 Mar '05

Dear Zope Community, on behalf of Zope Corporation and all Zope 2 developers and contributors I am pleased to announce the release of Zope 2.7.5. Zope 2.7.5 can be downloaded from http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.7.5RC1 The release notes can be found at http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.7.5/CHANGES.txt For information on using Python 2.4 with Zope 2.7: see doc/INSTALL.txt Andreas Jung

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Wing IDE 2.0.2 with improved Zope support
by Stephan Deibel 15 Mar '05

15 Mar '05

Hi, I'm happy to announce the release of Wing IDE 2.0.2, which includes an improved and easier-to-use Zope2 integration. This release can be downloaded from: http://wingware.com/downloads Wing can be used to develop and debug Python code running under Zope, with the exception of code stored outside of the file system. Details on the Zope integration are here: http://wingware.com/doc/howtos/zope Other highlights of this release include: * Extension of the IDE with Python scripts (Wing Pro only) http://wingware.com/doc/scripting * CVS revision control system integration (Wing Pro only) http://localhost/doc/edit/revision-control * Reorganized and expanded Project and File properties * Ability to view and change text file encodings * Per-project line ending and indentation policies * Option to automatically add new files to projects * Wing IDE Personal now includes the Indentation tool * Over 70 other improvements and bug fixes This release is available for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X, and can be compiled from sources on *BSD, Solaris, and other Posix operating systems. For more information see: Product Info: http://wingware.com/products Sales: http://wingware.com/store/purchase Upgrades: http://wingware.com/store/upgrade Thanks, Stephan Deibel -- Wingware Wing IDE for Python Advancing Software Development www.wingware.com

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Five 0.3 released!
by Martijn Faassen 11 Mar '05

11 Mar '05

Five 0.3 released! ================== The Five team is happy to release Five 0.3. Five is a Zope 2 product that allows you to integrate Zope 3 technologies into Zope 2, today. The most important feature of this release is undoubtedly the ability to use Zope 3 style add and edit forms. This is thanks to hard work by Lennart Regebro from Nuxeo. In addition, Lennart contributed the ability to use Zope 3 menus with Five. We've also worked on an improved compatibility with Zope 2 page templates, so it is more easy to reuse Zope 2-level macros with Five now. Dieter Maurer contributed essential code to accomplish this. Consult the CHANGES for more details: http://codespeak.net/z3/five/CHANGES.html Five right now allows you to use the following Zope 3 technologies in Zope 2: * Zope 3 interfaces * adapters * pages (views), including skins, layers and resources * edit and add forms, based on schemas * ZCML We've tried to keep the Five experience as close to Zope 3 as possible, so this means that what you learn while using Five should also be applicable to Zope 3. Five 0.3, even though it has an early version number, is being used in production-grade projects, among others at Nuxeo and Infrae. Infrae and Nuxeo have recently announced to cooperate on the development of Zope 3 technologies: http://www.zope.org/Members/infrae/news/infrae_nuxeo_cooperation and this should bring further good news for Five in the future! Five 0.3 can be downloaded here: http://codespeak.net/z3/five/releases/Five-0.3.tgz More information about Five can be found on our website, here: http://codespeak.net/z3/five/ We hope you'll join our mailing list and let hear from yourself! About the Zope 3 Base --------------------- Five is part of the *Zope 3 Base* project, which aims to offer an approachable area for developers of Zope 3 related software. More about the Zope 3 base and its projects can be found here: http://codespeak.net/z3/ More about Infrae and Nuxeo --------------------------- Infrae: http://www.infrae.com Nuxeo: http://www.nuxeo.com

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Infrae and Nuxeo join forces and cooperate on Zope 3 technologies
by Martijn Faassen 11 Mar '05

11 Mar '05

Infrae and Nuxeo join forces and cooperate on Zope 3 technologies ================================================================= Rotterdam/Paris, 10 march 2005 - Infrae, based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and Nuxeo, based in Paris, France, announce their cooperation on developing enterprise-grade software, with a focus on Zope 3 application technologies. The two companies have a proven track record in enterprise CMS software, and long experience with the Zope 3 platform. Infrae is the creator of the ‘Silva’ CMS, and Nuxeo of the ‘Collaborative Portal Server’ (CPS). Through this cooperation, with our expertise in content management, internet communication, semantic web, user interfaces, content repositories, and XML technologies, we intend to advance the state of the art for our software and our customers, as well as the broader development community. Next generation technology -------------------------- The Zope 3 platform is an advanced new version of the powerful Zope application server, developed by Zope Corporation together with an international group of open source developers. Zope 3 is written in the acclaimed Python language, and enables programmers to rapidly develop robust applications. Built around a component architecture, Zope 3 offers increased reusability and customizability, cuts production cost and time to delivery, and extends the Zope platform’s lead in component-based software development. Continuing commitment to the Zope 2 platform -------------------------------------------- Infrae and Nuxeo remain committed to the Zope 2 platform. During the preceding months the companies have used Five to extend Silva and CPS with Zope 3 technology. Five is a component - developed by Infrae and now maintained by an open source community - to integrate Zope 3 technologies in Zope 2. Nuxeo has made significant contributions to Five, for instance exposing the full power of the Zope 3 schema/forms machinery. Five is now ready for production use. Open source development model ----------------------------- Infrae and Nuxeo are committed to the development of free software. We intend to build the new components using an open source methodology. Other people and parties are welcome to collaborate. We see the advent of Zope 3 technologies as a key opportunity to align and unify the Zope content management world, streamlining the exchange of software, knowledge, and experience within the community. About Infrae ------------ Infrae is a software development company based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, with a focus on Internet applications and integration services. Its concentration is tools for content, web-authoring, and asset management. This activity is supported by an international network of code, skills, and knowledge. Contact: Martijn Faassen: +31 10 243 7051, faassen(a)infrae.com Web: http://www.infrae.nl/ About Nuxeo ----------- Nuxeo is the leader of the CPS project, and the leading european Zope service provider. With clients in central and local administrations, industry, finance, transportation, publishing, etc., we have developed unique technical and consulting skills for the implementation of CPS in medium to large organisations. Nuxeo supports the open source / free software movement by publishing software components under a free license (GNU GPL) and by contributing as a core developer to the development of the Zope, CMF, ERP5, Five and Plone open source platforms. Nuxeo supports the action of the EuroLinux Alliance and FFII in favor of software innovation and free software, and against software patents, harmful for competition and innovation. Contact: Eric Barroca, +33 6 21 74 77 64, ebarroca(a)nuxeo.com Web: http://www.nuxeo.com/en/

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Issue Dealer 0.9.66 released
by Morten W. Petersen 11 Mar '05

11 Mar '05

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: 0.9.66: - Fixed bug where UnboundLocalError would be raised in check_notifications - Made entire application UTF-8 instead of mix between ISO-8859-1 and UTF-8 - Fixed bug where issues in relations were listed as relations 0.9.65: - Fixed bug where publishing an issue would raise an IndexError - Added Tree publisher, which publishes issues in a tree form 0.9.64: - Implemented Issue Dealer Category publisher (used in for example submission forms) - Implemented Publish button for easy publishing of multiple issues - Fixed bug where local weblog publisher's modified date wasn't updated on edit - Implemented (de)select all checkbox for faster issue and relation selection 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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