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EuroPython 2003 only 2 weeks ahead..
by Tom Deprez 10 Jun '03

10 Jun '03

Hi all, We're counting the last days before EuroPython 2003. Don't miss this event! Have a look at http://www.europython.org Swift payment registration will be closed on 12/06/2003. Creditcard payment however, will stay a little longer available. Regards, EuroPython --- European Python and Zope Conference 2003 (EuroPython 2003) June 25-27, 2003 Charleroi, Belgium http://www.europython.org Only once a year do European software developers have the opportunity to learn about Python, the fastest growing, sophisticated open source application development platform. The second annual Europython conference, being held this year in Charleroi, Belgium on June 25-27, 2003, is also an opportunity to meet with fellow developers and exchange ideas and experiences. With keynote speeches that include the creator of Python; a renowned trainer and mentor in the C++ world; as well as major developer activities, the conference promises to be a breakthrough event for open software in Europe. The EuroPython conference is the premiere venue for meeting Python and Zope developers from Europe and beyond. As one of the first community-organized Python and Zope conferences, the EuroPython Conference delivers the atmosphere and information developers want. Hundreds of new and experienced developers attending the conference will see a full program, including: Keynote by Guido van Rossum, creator of Python. He created Python in the early 1990s at CWI in Amsterdam (the National Research Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science in the Netherlands). He is still actively involved in the development of the language. In 1995 he moved to the US where he now works for Zope Corporation as Director of PythonLabs, the core Python development group hosted by the same company. Keynote by Francis Glassborow, a renowned trainer and mentor in the C++ world. Over 8 years as Chairman of the Association of C & C++ Users, he built up a flourishing organisation with active involvement in ISO language standards, publishes several journals, and has a strong community embracing the authors and leading lights of C, C++, C#, Java and now Python. The conference program has over 70 presentations and tutorials in 5 tracks, including Python In Business, Python Frameworks, Python Language, Python In Science and Industry, and Zope. The program contains tutorials, presentations, lightning talks, and "birds of a feather" gatherings. Additional events include a PyPy and Zope3 sprint. EuroPython 2003 will be held in Charleroi, Belgium, a city close to Brussels. Space is filling quickly, so early registration at the EuroPython website (http://www.europython.org) is encouraged. Student discounts are available. The EuroPython 2003 conference continues this year's series of open source developer events in Europe, including FOSDEM and Python-UK, which each attracted thousands of attendees. Like these conferences, EuroPython 2003 is organized by a volunteer group of open source developers. About Python Python is a leading object-oriented open source programming language that runs on all modern platforms. By integrating ease-of-use, clarity in coding, enterprise application connectivity and rapid application design, Python is an ideal programming platform for todays IT challenges. More information, including the Python source code and binaries for Linux and Windows, are available at http://www.python.org. About Zope Zope is a leading open source application server, specializing in content management, portals, and custom applications. Since Zope Corporation introduced Zope as an open source product in 1998, it has become the platform of choice for content publishers, managers and application developers. Zope comes with complete source code, most of which is written in Python. More information, including the Zope source code and binaries for Linux and Windows, are available at http://www.zope.org. Python and Zope are maintained and enhanced in open source fashion by an international community of programmers and companies.

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TextIndexNG 2 Beta 1 released
by Andreas Jung 09 Jun '03

09 Jun '03

I am pleased to announce the release of TextIndexNG 2.0 Beta 1 What's new in TextIndexNG 2.0? - Relevance ranking of search results added. Searches are now ranked using an extended cosine measure. The cosine measure is based on a vector model and calculates the document "score" based on the frequency of the query terms inside the document result set. - Much faster phrase/near search: the old implementation of TextIndexNG had to perform a very expensive job at query time when phrase/near search was performed. Re-using the !WidCode module of !ZCTextIndex made this operation less expensive. - Left-truncation added: TextIndexNG can be configured creation-time time to support left-truncation (means you can search for "*suffix") - optional auto-expansion support: This optional feature also to get better search results when some of the query terms could not be found. The index expands a query term "foo" to "foo*" if there was no hit for "foo". This expansion is currently global for the index. This feature will be available on a per-query basis in a later version. (Auto-expansion will be extended in a later version to search for similiar terms) - improved HTML converter: now using Chris Withers "Strip-o-Gram" module instead of the Strip-Tag-Parser - added converter for text/sgml - Similarity search (soundex, metaphone, doublemetaphone) dropped and replace with a more general approach and language indepedant approach using the Levenshtein distance. - internal code cleanup, more unittests - range searches like "Fi..Foo" - substring searches "*substring*" - reduced conflict errors caused by the lexicon/storage implementation - no longer conflicts with TextIndex V 1 installations Download: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=50052 Project Wiki: http://www.zope.org/Members/ajung/TextIndexNG/

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EuroPython Website Update
by Tom Deprez 09 Jun '03

09 Jun '03

Hi all, We did some re-arangement of the website and added a complete new section to it. I think you all will going to love this one. It contains all practical information when being at Charleroi. We encourage to print it out -before you go to Charleroi- you never know when you need it! We will also put this information in the EuroPython2003 brochure. The new section is called: 'At Charleroi', and the following information is available: General Info: http://www.europython.org/information/generalInfo Transportation: http://www.europython.org/information/transportation Meeting Places: http://www.europython.org/information/meetingPlaces Regards, EuroPython webteam

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RevisionManager 1.3.2 bugfix released
by Philipp von Weitershausen 09 Jun '03

09 Jun '03

I'm pleased to announce another bugfix release of RevisionManager. RevisionManager is a CVS frontend product for Zope. It brings the power of revision controlling to the ZODB. Changes since 1.3: * Improved CVSWrapper's portability targetting Win32 platforms. That means RevisionManager should run on Windows now ("restrictions may apply")! Many thanks to Xie Yan Bo who provided the fix. * Fixed a bug concerning diffs. Thanks again to Xie Yan Bo for reporting and fixing. * Fixed a bug that occurred when adding objects. * The bundled ZopeTree has been updated to version 1.3 If you already have an instance of RevisionManager, please follow the instructions in the INSTALL.txt file, section 4 Upgrading. If you want to make use of the new property synchronization feature in your already existing RevisionManager setup, please read INSTALL.txt, section 5 Properties. You may download RevisionManager: http://www.zope.org/Members/philikon/RevisionManager Philipp

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Second EuroPython2003 interview
by Tom Deprez 05 Jun '03

05 Jun '03

Hi all, Here we are with the second EuroPython2003 interview, read about Michael Hudson. You'll also find out about the PyPy project, since the interview happened right at the moment when Michael was pypy sprinting! http://www.europython.org/other/interviews/entries/michael_hudson Regards, EuroPython

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US Zope 3 sprint in Fredericksburg Virginia June 21-23
by Jim Fulton 05 Jun '03

05 Jun '03

We're holding a Zope 3 sprint at the Zope Corporation headquarters in Fredericksburg Virginia June 21-23: http://dev.zope.org/Zope3/Fredericksburg2003Sprint2 This is a good opportunity for folks on the US East Coast to learn about Zope 3, meet other Zope developers and make a contrinution to the Zope 3 effort. If you're interested in participating, let me know. Jim -- Jim Fulton mailto:jim@zope.com Python Powered! CTO (703) 361-1714 http://www.python.org Zope Corporation http://www.zope.com http://www.zope.org

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Slides & Papers
by Tom Deprez 05 Jun '03

05 Jun '03

Hi all, Some talk slides are already available to be looked at. Have a look at: http://www.europython.org/sessions/talks/slidespapers Watch for more in the future. You can also access the slides through the detailed view of each talk or from the matrix / list talk presentation Regards, Tom.

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Invitation for 3rd SwissZope Apero in Basel, Switzerland (Friday, 6th June 2003 18:30)
by Bernhard Bühlmann 04 Jun '03

04 Jun '03

When: Friday, 6th June 2003, 18:30 Where: Auditorium der Basler Zeitung, Hochbergerstrasse 15, Basel Agenda: 18:30 Product development using ArcheTypes (Robert Rottermann, Redcor) 19:00 Product News of Zope and Plone (Bernhard Bühlmann, 4teamwork) 19:30 Intranet solution of the Fachhochschule Solothurn Nordwestschweiz (Richard Pöllinger, Webredaktor FHSO) 20:00 Begin of the Apero. The Apero is sponsored by Basler Zeitung. Free admission, Please send a short email to info(a)swisszope.ch (Name, number of people) More information about the event and how to get to the Basler Zeitung location can be found at: http://www.swisszope.ch/aperos/swisszope_baz Kind regards - Bernhard Bühlmann - SwissZope - info(a)swisszope.ch

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Call for Participants for Zope 3 Sprint before Europython 2003 in Belgium (correction)
by Grégoire Weber 03 Jun '03

03 Jun '03

Hi everybody, As Guido van Rossum has noticed june 24 is a tuesday not a thursday :-) To avoid confusion below the corrected version of the Zope 3 sprint call for participants. -------------------- The Zope 3 sprint in Louvain-la-Neuve at the local university before the Europython conference is now definitive. When: Three days from june 22 to 24, 2003 (sunday to tuesday). Registration: If you decided to participate the sprint just drop me a e-mail and register your name and e-mail in the sprint wiki (see below). Accomodation: Take care to decide on participation as early as possible. Quick reservation is needed because there seems to be only little place to stay in Louvain-la-Neuve! If possible, plan to arrive on saturday evening/night. This way we don't lose time on sunday morning. Godefroid will help us moving from Louvain-la-Neuve to Charleroi Wednesday morning. So it would make sense to book the night in Louvain-la-Neuve from tuesday to wednesday also. Sprint Coaches and Topics: Experienced people like Steve Alexander, the codeworks people (Albertas Agejevas, Marius Gedminas, Viktorija Zaksiene), Martijn Faassen and possibly Godefroid Chapelle will act as Coaches. Topics will be determined definitively during the next weeks. Sprint Preparation: There is a good description about how to prepare for a sprint on <http://dev.zope.org/Wikis/DevSite/Projects/ComponentArchitecture/CMSprintPr…> Further information: <http://dev.zope.org/Wikis/DevSite/Projects/ComponentArchitecture/EuroPython…> More infos to come. Questions? gregoire.weber at switzerland.org regards, Godefroid Chapelle and Gregoire Weber _____________________________________ Grégoire Weber Rigistr. 31 CH-8006 Zürich Switzerland phone: +41-(0)1-361 66 11 mobile: +41-(0)79-44 11 457 mailto:gregoire.weber@switzerland.org

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Plone 1.0.2 released!
by Alexander Limi 03 Jun '03

03 Jun '03

Oslo, Norway - The Plone Team today released Plone 1.0.2, a maintenance release for Plone 1.0. Plone is an open source information management system available in 25 languages, and has a large and active community supporting it. Plone marries design and usability to Zope, the award-winning application server, which provides a powerful open source architecture for rich content and rich content services. The combination provides administrative workflow, multimedia, metadata, integrated search, and the industry's first standards-compliant templating system. Other open-source add-ons provide Plone with integration of documents written in Microsoft Word and OpenOffice, PDF generation, versioning and more. This is planned to be the last release in the 1.0.x series, and the last Plone version to require CMF 1.3.1. Work is progressing nicely on Plone 1.1 (see separate status update released today on the plone.org website), and the team expects to make an alpha release available shortly. Release 1.0.2 is mostly bug fixes and nice-to-have additions, and is a recommended upgrade for people running the 1.0 releases. It also has updated translations, Plone now ships with 25 languages, now also including Arabic. No Hebrew translation of Plone yet, if you want to help out with adding your language to Plone, please check out the translation overview to get started. Most languages have been updated and polished since the 1.0.1 release. You can download the Windows Installer and the source tarball from our download pages - Mac OS X and the different Linux packages will follow as soon as the maintainers have time to update them. Hope you enjoy this minor update while you're waiting for Plone 1.1. :) -- The Plone Team AVAILABILITY Plone is available for a number of platforms, including Windows, MacOS X, Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris. Notable users of Plone include NASA, Government of Hawaii, Lufthansa, and University College London. Plone can be downloaded from the website - http://plone.org/download ABOUT PLONE Plone is an open source system for managing information and administering content. Plone is backed by Plone International, a non-profit organization. The organization holds the copyright, and Plone is available under a dual licencing scheme, GPL and a commercial license. Plone was founded in 1999 by Alan Runyan (USA), Alexander Limi (Norway) and Vidar Andersen (Norway), and has core developers in 14 different countries. Plone has already passed 25 000 downloads. For more information and download options, see http://plone.org. ABOUT ZOPE Zope is a leading open source application server, specializing in content management, portals, and custom applications. Since Zope Corporation introduced Zope as an open source product in 1998, it has become the platform of choice for content publishers, managers, and application developers. As an open source product, Zope comes with complete source code and no software licensing fees. Zope is managed by the global Zope community, with thousands of developers and companies participating worldwide. More information, including the Zope source code, is available at http://www.zope.org. PRESS CONTACT Paul Everitt, Director of Zope Europe Association: paul(a)zope-europe.org

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