June 2006 - Zope-Announce

Zwiki 0.54 released
by Simon Michael 01 Nov '06

01 Nov '06

Zwiki 0.54 has been released. This one comes you from the garden, in lovely county Wicklow. Thanks for all bug reports and input. An announcement from Joyful Systems: my current consulting gig is winding down; it's time for me to do something new, creative, financially rewarding. This could mean a greater focus on Zwiki. If you need Zwiki/Zope/Squeak/Unix consulting, or have any other thoughts on this, let me know! Best, -Simon Summary Miscellaneous view-related and general enhancements. Upgrade notes CMF/Plone users: the zwiki_standard and zwiki_plone skin layers have been replaced by a single zwiki layer. Re-install Zwiki in your CMF/Plone sites, using Plone's add/remove products or CMF's quickinstaller, to register the new skin layer. Also remove the zwiki_standard and zwiki_plone skin layers from your skins in portal_skins -> Properties. Changes Installing * cleaned up ZMI Add ZWiki and Add ZWiki Page forms * remove _getViewFor import that broke with CMF 2.0 * fix upgradeAll's batch option Browsing * /myvotes view shows your votes in this wiki * highlight your current vote for this page, if any Editing * support a max_identified_links property also, for cookie-identified users (for now) * edit history enhancements, a more useful diff browser and more powerful revert methods. Renames can now be reverted, reverting is more reliable, and appropriate mail notifications are sent. General * replace zwiki_standard and zwiki_plone with just skins/zwiki * Views code cleanup * simplify definition of view macros and make them refresh immediately in debug mode * more code docs * don't bother identifying the catalog in event log Urls: - http://zwiki.org - start here - http://zwiki.org/FreeHosting - free experimental zwiki hosting - http://joyful.com - zwiki demos and other zwikis - http://joyfulsystems.blogspot.com - blog

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VPW: early registration deadline
by Brian Quinlan 28 Jun '06

28 Jun '06

What's New? =========== The deadline for early-bird registration for the Vancouver Python Workshop is this Friday, June 30th. Early-bird registration is significantly discounted over normal registration, so register now at: http://www.vanpyz.org/conference/registration.html About the Vancouver Python Workshop =================================== The conference will begin with keynote addresses on August 4st by Guido van Rossum [1] and Jim Hugunin [2]. Further talks (and tutorials for beginners) will take place on August 5th and 6th. Ian Cavén [3] will give the closing address. The Vancouver Python Workshop is a community organized and designed for both the beginner and for the experienced Python programmer with: * tutorials for beginning programmers * advanced lectures for Python experts * case studies of Python in action * after-hours social events * informative keynote speakers 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 [4]. For more information about traveling to Vancouver, see: http://www.vanpyz.org/conference/vancouver.html http://www.tourismvancouver.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver Important dates =============== Early registration (discounted): May 22nd to June 30th Normal registration: from July 1st Keynotes: August 4th Conference and tutorial dates: August 5th and 6th [1] Guido van Rossum (Google) is the inventor of Python and has managed its growth and development for more than a decade. Guido was awarded the Free Software Foundation Award in 2002 and Dr.Dobb's 1999 Excellence in Programming Award. Guido works at Google and spends half of his time on Python. [2] Jim Hugunin (Microsoft) is the creator of numerous innovations that take Python into new application domains. Jim's most recent project, IronPython integrates Python into Microsoft's .NET runtime. Jim's previous project, Jython is Python for the Java runtime and was the second production-quality implementation of Python. Before that, Jim's Numeric Python adapted Python to the needs of number crunching applications. Jim works at Microsoft adapting the .NET runtime to the needs of dynamic languages like Python. [3] Ian Cavén is the primary developer of the Lowry Digital Images motion picture restoration system. This Python and Zope-based system has been used to restore over 150 motion pictures. Highlights include Citizen Kane, Sunset Boulevard and both the Indiana Jones and Star Wars trilogies. While Ian was Chief Scientist at Lowry Digital, his rack of computers grew from a few Macintoshes on his desktop to over six hundred Macintosh and Linux servers - at one point earning Lowry the title as the second biggest installation of parallel processing Maintoshes in the world. In 2005, Lowry Digital Images was acquired by DTS (the famous movie audio company) and renamed DTS Digital Images. The motion picture restoration system has been discussed in publications as diverse as IEEE Spectrum, USA Today, the BBC NEWS, the New York Times and Apple.com. Ian has been a Python enthusiast since 1999. [4] http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2299119.stm http://edition.cnn.com/2006/BUSINESS/06/15/btn.cities/index.html Cheers, Brian

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VPW: Talk schedule available
by Brian Quinlan 26 Jun '06

26 Jun '06

What's New? =========== The talk schedule for the Vancouver Python Workshop is now available: http://www.vanpyz.org/conference/talkschedule.html This years line-up might be even stronger than in 2004, so check it out! About the Vancouver Python Workshop =================================== The conference will begin with keynote addresses on August 4st by Guido van Rossum [1] and Jim Hugunin [2]. Further talks (and tutorials for beginners) will take place on August 5th and 6th. Ian Cavén [3] will give the closing address. The Vancouver Python Workshop is a community organized and designed for both the beginner and for the experienced Python programmer with: * tutorials for beginning programmers * advanced lectures for Python experts * case studies of Python in action * after-hours social events * informative keynote speakers * tracks on multimedia, Web development, education and more 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 [4]. For more information about traveling to Vancouver, see: http://www.vanpyz.org/conference/vancouver.html http://www.tourismvancouver.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver Important dates =============== Talk proposals accepted: May 15th to June 15th Early registration (discounted): May 22nd to June 30th Normal registration: from July 1st Keynotes: August 4th Conference and tutorial dates: August 5th and 6th [1] Guido van Rossum (Google) is the inventor of Python and has managed its growth and development for more than a decade. Guido was awarded the Free Software Foundation Award in 2002 and Dr.Dobb's 1999 Excellence in Programming Award. Guido works at Google and spends half of his time on Python. [2] Jim Hugunin (Microsoft) is the creator of numerous innovations that take Python into new application domains. Jim's most recent project, IronPython integrates Python into Microsoft's .NET runtime. Jim's previous project, Jython is Python for the Java runtime and was the second production-quality implementation of Python. Before that, Jim's Numeric Python adapted Python to the needs of number crunching applications. Jim works at Microsoft adapting the .NET runtime to the needs of dynamic languages like Python. [3] Ian Cavén is the primary developer of the Lowry Digital Images motion picture restoration system. This Python and Zope-based system has been used to restore over 150 motion pictures. Highlights include Citizen Kane, Sunset Boulevard and both the Indiana Jones and Star Wars trilogies. While Ian was Chief Scientist at Lowry Digital, his rack of computers grew from a few Macintoshes on his desktop to over six hundred Macintosh and Linux servers - at one point earning Lowry the title as the second biggest installation of parallel processing Maintoshes in the world. In 2005, Lowry Digital Images was acquired by DTS (the famous movie audio company) and renamed DTS Digital Images. The motion picture restoration system has been discussed in publications as diverse as IEEE Spectrum, USA Today, the BBC NEWS, the New York Times and Apple.com. Ian has been a Python enthusiast since 1999. [4] http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2299119.stm http://edition.cnn.com/2006/BUSINESS/06/15/btn.cities/index.html Cheers, Brian

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[Ann] "AdvancedQuery 2.0" supports incremental ranking
by Dieter Maurer 25 Jun '06

25 Jun '06

"AdvancedQuery" is a search engine similar to Zope's "ZCatalog" that tries to remove many of "ZCatalog"s limitations and strives heavily for efficiency. "AdvancedQuery"s can be arbitrarily built from elementary index queries with "and", "or" and "not". This gives richer query expressiveness than "ZCatalog". "AdvancedQuery" supports incremental multi-level sorting. For highest efficiency, "AdvancedQuery" can (and probably should) be used with "ManagableIndex" and "IncrementalSearch2". New in version 2.0: support for incremental ranking. A rank determination rule can be specified by a sequence of weighted queries. The rank of a document is then either the sum or the maximum of the weights for queries that match the document. This kind of ranking is a sort specification and can be combined with other sort specifications in the usual way (leading to multi-level sorting). Ranking is performed incrementally. This way, ranking can be quite efficient when you only look at the first (few hundred) hits -- despite the fact that ranking is very expensive in general. More information and download: <http://www.dieter.handshake.de/pyprojects/zope> -- Dieter

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ANN (Screencast): Installing Zope at WebFaction
by Remi Delon 21 Jun '06

21 Jun '06

Hello everyone, WebFaction (formerly Python-Hosting.com) have just released a screencast demo of their control panel. The 6 minute demo shows how you can setup a Rails, WordPress, Django and TurboGears application in a few clicks, and then "mount" these applications on various domain(s)/URL(s). The one-click installer already supports all major tools, including Rails, WordPress, Djano, TurboGears, Zope, Plone, Trac and Subversion, but also lightweight tools such as static HTML, CGI or PHP. Even though Zope itself is not shown in the demo, it is supported in the one-click installer so its installation works just like the other applications. We already hosts hundreds of Zope and Plone sites. The demo is available at: http://blog.webfaction.com/control-panel-demo Remi. http://www.webfaction.com - Hosting for an agile web

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Vancouver Python Workshop - Talk submission deadline
by Brian Quinlan 15 Jun '06

15 Jun '06

What's New? =========== This is your last change to submit a talk for the Vancouver Python Workshop. Talks will be accepted until Friday June 16th. This is a great opportunity for you to share your project or interests with the Python community, so please take advantage of it! To submit a talk, see: http://www.vanpyz.org/conference/talksubmission.html About the Vancouver Python Workshop =================================== The conference will begin with keynote addresses on August 4st by Guido van Rossum [1], Jim Hugunin [2], and Ian Cavén [3]. Further talks (and tutorials for beginners) will take place on August 5th and 6th. The Vancouver Python Workshop is a community organized and designed for both the beginner and for the experienced Python programmer with: * tutorials for beginning programmers * advanced lectures for Python experts * case studies of Python in action * after-hours social events * informative keynote speakers * tracks on multimedia, Web development, education and more 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 [4]. For more information about traveling to Vancouver, see: http://www.vanpyz.org/conference/vancouver.html http://www.tourismvancouver.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver Important dates =============== Talk proposals accepted: May 15th to June 15th Early registration (discounted): May 22nd to June 30th Normal registration: from July 1st Keynotes: August 4th Conference and tutorial dates: August 5th and 6th [1] Guido van Rossum (Google) is the inventor of Python and has managed its growth and development for more than a decade. Guido was awarded the Free Software Foundation Award in 2002 and Dr.Dobb's 1999 Excellence in Programming Award. Guido works at Google and spends half of his time on Python. [2] Jim Hugunin (Microsoft) is the creator of numerous innovations that take Python into new application domains. Jim's most recent project, IronPython integrates Python into Microsoft's .NET runtime. Jim's previous project, Jython is Python for the Java runtime and was the second production-quality implementation of Python. Before that, Jim's Numeric Python adapted Python to the needs of number crunching applications. Jim works at Microsoft adapting the .NET runtime to the needs of dynamic languages like Python. [3] Ian Cavén is the primary developer of the Lowry Digital Images motion picture restoration system. This Python and Zope-based system has been used to restore over 150 motion pictures. Highlights include Citizen Kane, Sunset Boulevard and both the Indiana Jones and Star Wars trilogies. While Ian was Chief Scientist at Lowry Digital, his rack of computers grew from a few Macintoshes on his desktop to over six hundred Macintosh and Linux servers - at one point earning Lowry the title as the second biggest installation of parallel processing Maintoshes in the world. In 2005, Lowry Digital Images was acquired by DTS (the famous movie audio company) and renamed DTS Digital Images. The motion picture restoration system has been discussed in publications as diverse as IEEE Spectrum, USA Today, the BBC NEWS, the New York Times and Apple.com. Ian has been a Python enthusiast since 1999. [4] http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2299119.stm Cheers, Brian

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Fredericksburg, VA ZPUG reminder: Wed., June 14
by Gary Poster 13 Jun '06

13 Jun '06

Hi all. Don't forget tomorrow's ZPUG meeting. If you plan to attend, an email to me tonight or tomorrow morning would be appreciated, but is not necessary. - Chris McDonough will talk about meld3, a Python HTML/XML templating system in the spirit of PyMeld and other 'push-based' templating systems. (http://www.plope.com/software/meld3) - Tres Seaver will present "Using memcached in Python and Zope", including a demo of using his 'mcdutils' product to do shared session management in Zope. - good snacks. Thanks! Gary

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Vancouver Python Workshop - Talk submission reminder
by Brian Quinlan 13 Jun '06

13 Jun '06

What's New? =========== The deadline for submitting a talk or tutorial for the Vancouver Python Workshop is fast approaching. Talks will be accepted until Friday June 16th. To submit a talk, see: http://www.vanpyz.org/conference/talksubmission.html About the Vancouver Python Workshop =================================== The conference will begin with keynote addresses on August 4st by Guido van Rossum [1], Jim Hugunin [2], and Ian Cavén [3]. Further talks (and tutorials for beginners) will take place on August 5th and 6th. The Vancouver Python Workshop is a community organized and designed for both the beginner and for the experienced Python programmer with: * tutorials for beginning programmers * advanced lectures for Python experts * case studies of Python in action * after-hours social events * informative keynote speakers * tracks on multimedia, Web development, education and more 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 [4]. For more information about traveling to Vancouver, see: http://www.vanpyz.org/conference/vancouver.html http://www.tourismvancouver.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver Important dates =============== Talk proposals accepted: May 15th to June 15th Early registration (discounted): May 22nd to June 30th Normal registration: from July 1st Keynotes: August 4th Conference and tutorial dates: August 5th and 6th [1] Guido van Rossum (Google) is the inventor of Python and has managed its growth and development for more than a decade. Guido was awarded the Free Software Foundation Award in 2002 and Dr.Dobb's 1999 Excellence in Programming Award. Guido works at Google and spends half of his time on Python. [2] Jim Hugunin (Microsoft) is the creator of numerous innovations that take Python into new application domains. Jim's most recent project, IronPython integrates Python into Microsoft's .NET runtime. Jim's previous project, Jython is Python for the Java runtime and was the second production-quality implementation of Python. Before that, Jim's Numeric Python adapted Python to the needs of number crunching applications. Jim works at Microsoft adapting the .NET runtime to the needs of dynamic languages like Python. [3] Ian Cavén is the primary developer of the Lowry Digital Images motion picture restoration system. This Python and Zope-based system has been used to restore over 150 motion pictures. Highlights include Citizen Kane, Sunset Boulevard and both the Indiana Jones and Star Wars trilogies. While Ian was Chief Scientist at Lowry Digital, his rack of computers grew from a few Macintoshes on his desktop to over six hundred Macintosh and Linux servers - at one point earning Lowry the title as the second biggest installation of parallel processing Maintoshes in the world. In 2005, Lowry Digital Images was acquired by DTS (the famous movie audio company) and renamed DTS Digital Images. The motion picture restoration system has been discussed in publications as diverse as IEEE Spectrum, USA Today, the BBC NEWS, the New York Times and Apple.com. Ian has been a Python enthusiast since 1999. [4] http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2299119.stm Cheers, Brian

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CMF 1.6.1 released
by Jens Vagelpohl 09 Jun '06

09 Jun '06

The CMF developer community is pleased to announce the release of version 1.6.1 of the Zope Content Management Framework (CMF). This release marks the latest stable release in the CMF 1.6 series and should be suitable for production use. 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. What's new in this release? The 1.6.1 release represents a pure bug fix/maintenance release without feature additions. It provides the basis for the upcoming Plone 2.5 release. Where do I get it? Download it from http://www.zope.org/Products/CMF/CMF-1.6.1 Points of interest include: - Windows ZIP file: http://www.zope.org/Products/CMF/CMF-1.6.1/CMF-1.6.1.zip - Unix tar/gzip archive: http://www.zope.org/Products/CMF/CMF-1.6.1/CMF-1.6.1.tar.gz - Release notes: http://www.zope.org/Products/CMF/CMF-1.6.1/README.txt - Change history: http://www.zope.org/Products/CMF/CMF-1.6.1/CHANGES.txt - Installation instructions: http://www.zope.org/Products/CMF/CMF-1.6.1/INSTALL.txt - CMF Release Roadmap: http://www.zope.org/Products/CMF/docs/roadmap 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 at http://www.zope.org/Collectors/CMF is the place to report bugs (please search for existing reports of your issue first!) --------- Jens Vagelpohl jens(a)dataflake.org

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Zope Foundation Membership and Board
by Jim Fulton 08 Jun '06

08 Jun '06

The Zope Foundation was legally formed in March 2006. We are in the process of building membership and electing the first board of directors. The purpose of the Zope Foundation is to advance the creation, evolution, promotion, adoption and support of the Zope Platform and to cultivate both an open source community and an ecosystem of complementary products, capabilities, and services. The Zope Foundation will provide an independent venue for the safekeeping of the Zope software and related materials. The Zope Foundation is governed by a Board of Directors elected annually to represent the stakeholders in the Zope Community. The Board is composed as follows: * Strategic Developer Directors: Strategic Developers may appoint one (1) Director. * Strategic Consumer Directors: Strategic Consumer Members may elect one Director for every Strategic Director. * Committer Directors: Committer Members will elect one (1) Director for every Strategic Director. * Solution Provider Directors: Solution Providers will elect one (1) Director for every three (3) Strategic Developer Directors. Solution Providers are entitled to elect at least one (1) Director in any event. * Associate Directors: Associate Members will elect one (1) Director to the Board A library of Zope Foundation formation documentation is available on-line at: http://www.zope.org/DevHome/Foundation/ The Zope Foundation will own the copyright to the software and related materials (e.g., documentation) that comprises the Zope Platform. The Zope Foundation will own and operate the Zope website at www.zope.org and related servers, such as mail.zope.org and svn.zope.org. The Board will undertake additional initiatives in its sole discretion (e.g., platform marketing, development coordination, documentation coordination, etc.) The Zope Foundation needs active members to ensure the Zope Platform continues to be successful! Information on the membership classes is described in the by laws: http://www.zope.org/DevHome/Foundation/ZopeFoundationByLaws.pdf and in the membership agreement: http://www.zope.org/DevHome/Foundation/ ZopeFoundationMembershipAgreement.pdf I encourage you to support the Foundation by - Becoming a member - Volunteering your time by: o Participating in the Zope Foundation Mailing list, o Volunteering on Foundation sponsored projects, such as zope.org operation, development projects, etc. Deadlines We are having elections for board directors representing committer, solution-provider, and associate members. We are currently accepting nominations for directors. Members of each class can nominate directors for that class. For the solution-provider and committer members, nominees can only be from that class. For example, only committer members can nominate committer-member directors and those nominees must be committer members. The nomination process closes June 13. Voting begins June 14th and closes June 21st. Obviously, only members can vote. Strategic Developer and Consumer members can appoint directors. These appointments must be made by June 21st. Becoming a member To become a member, you need to fill out and submit a membership agreement: http://www.zope.org/DevHome/Foundation/ ZopeFoundationMembershipAgreement.pdf You can submit a membership agreement by: - Mailing it to: Zope Foundation, Incorporated ATTN: Committer Agreements c/o Zope Corporation 513 Prince Edward Street Fredericksburg, VA USA, 22401 - Faxing it to: +1 703 995 0412 - Emailing a scanned copy to: legal(a)zope.org To join as a committer member: - You must first be invited. - You must also submit a committer agreement: http://www.zope.org/DevHome/Foundation/ ZopeFoundation_Committer_Agreement.pdf Please submit the membership agreement and the committer agreement together to make less work for volunteers handling the agreements. For other membership classes: - Make sure you satisfy the requirements of the membership class. - Determine your dues and pay them. You can pay in three ways: 1. Send a check made out to the Zope Foundation to The Zope Foundation, c/o Zope Corporation 513 Prince Edward Street, Fredericksburg, VA, USA, 22401. 2. Make a payment using PayPal 3. Make a payment using a wire transfer to the Zope Foundation Bank account. Contact legal(a)zope.org for PayPal or wire-transfer instructions. General questions should be send to foundation(a)zope.org. Questions specific to you should be sent to legal(a)zope.org. 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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