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[ANN] TextIndexNG 1.05alpha1 released
by Andreas Jung 20 Jun '02

20 Jun '02

I am pleased to announce the release of TextIndexNG 1.05alpha1. TextIndexNG is a pluggable index for the ZCatalog that enhances the fulltext indexing capabilities of Zope by providing the following features: * support for document converters (HTML, PDF, WinWord, PowerPoint, Postscript). Custom converters can be easily added * stemmer support for 12 languages * optional support for right truncation * similarity search (soundex, metaphone support) (for english) * NEAR search * phrase search * pluggable query parsers (two parsers included) * stop words support * new test tab for interactive testing * faster than Zopes old TextIndex * full unicode support (new) * normalization support (new) * new similarity algorithm: double metaphone (new) Requirements: * Zope 2.5 or Zope CVS trunk checkout Documentation: * http://www.zope.org/Members/ajung/TextIndexNG/wiki Download: * http://www.zope.org/Members/ajung/TextIndexNG/ or * http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=50052 Changes: * added full wildcard support for CLLexicon and StandardLexicon * rewrote Stemmer module (now fully unicode compliant) * unittests code cleanup * query evaluation refactored * Parser API changed to return a parse tree instead of a Python expression * new parse tree evaluator added * PyQueryParser: now accepts a minus sign as prefix of a word to indicate NOT. Searching for "foo -bar" will be recognized as "foo AND NOT bar". In addition the syntax for "ANDNOT" has been changed to "AND NOT". * stopword handling through registry * added double metaphone algorithm for similarity search * Splitter handling changed: The new TXNGSplitter has been added. It supports both strings and unicode strings and supercedes the functionalities of all other existing splitters for Zope. TXNGSplitter is the only splitter that will be used by TextIndexNG. The "index numbers" options has been removed both from the splitter and the ZMI. In addition the splitter now accepts an optional set of characters that are recognized to be valid inside words. This allows you to index common words like "C++" or "python-22.lib" when you specify "+.-" as valid word characters. * Python C extensions compile now under Windows (Binary distriution will be available for Windows) * normalizer support added * full unicode support * the add form for TextIndexNG now uses the registries to obtain informations about registered componenents instead of hardcoded values. * lots of code cleanup * bug fixes... Note: I will not be reachable during July because of a longer vaction. Please report any problems or bugs to the tracker on Sourceforge project page. --------------------------------------------------------------------- - Andreas Jung http://www.andreas-jung.com - - EMail: andreas at andreas-jung.com - - "Life is too short to (re)write parsers" - ---------------------------------------------------------------------

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VanPyz meeting: July 2nd
by Andy McKay 20 Jun '02

20 Jun '02

The XRoads Learning Management System, a Zope Show-and-Tell John Maxwell will be showing us "How a small, rag-tag team of python hackers with a good idea can create something big, complex, and wonderful using Zope, XML, and open-source technology." More information on XRoads can be found http://www.entity-x.ca/. Date: Tuesday, July 2nd Time: 7pm Location: ActiveState, 580 Granville, Vancouver, BC (http://www.activestate.com/Contact/) VanPyZ is the Vancouver Python and Zope users group. We meet every month to discuss Python, Zope and other stuff. Mailing list: http://lists.zpug.org/mailman/listinfo/vanpyz Web site: http://vanpyz.agmweb. -- Andy McKay

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ANNOUNCE: Pound - reverse proxy and load balancer - v0.2
by Robert Segall 18 Jun '02

18 Jun '02

This is to announce the release of Pound v0.3. Changes from previous version: - added HTTP/1.1 handling, resulting in significant speed-ups. - added HTTP/1.1 to HTTP/1.0 proxying: if the client is 1.1 compliant, Pound will accept multiple requests per connection, while dealing with the need to re-open connections to a back-end HTTP/1.0 server. - fixed a few minor bugs. Many thanks to Ken Lalonde ken(a)torus.ca for his very helpful suggestions. What is Pound (from the Web page) - a reverse-proxy: it passes requests from client browsers to one or more back-end servers. - a load balancer: it will distribute the requests from the client browsers among several back-end servers, while keeping session information. - an SSL wrapper: Pound will decrypt HTTPS requests from client browsers and pass them as plain HTTP to the back-end browsers. - an HTTP/HTTPS sanitizer: Pound will verify requests for correctness and accept only well-formed ones. - an HTTP/1.1 to 1.0 proxy. For further information, download, etc. please see http://www.apsis.ch/pound The software is at version 0.3. Further testing (especially under heavy loads), improvements and suggestions are welcome. Pound is distributed under the GPL. Enjoy and let me know how it works for you. -- Robert Segall Apsis GmbH Postfach, Uetikon am See, CH-8707 Tel: +41-1-920 4904

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Bizar Shop 1.3 Released
by Terry Kerr 18 Jun '02

18 Jun '02

Bizar Sofware is proud to release version 1.3.0 of its Bizar Shop product. What is Bizar Shop? Bizar Shop is an e-commerce product targetted at the SME market. Version 1.3.0 introduces a swag of bug fixes, and new features. Key features include: - Shipping cost calculation by weight and total order cost in addition to calculcation by product. - Shipping methods are now able to define an initial cost. - Shipping zones can be created. Zones enable the shop owner to group locations together to make the management of allowable destinations for Shipping Methods and Tax applicable locations easier. A detailed list of changes can be seen at: http://www.bizarsoftware.com.au/resource_centre/CHANGES.txt Running on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and FreeBSD platforms, Bizar Shop is developing a reputation as a very powerful, reliable and secure eCommerce program for small to medium sized business. Getting Bizar Shop 1.3.0 Bizar Shop is distributed in two forms across its four platforms. There is an 'out of the box' application version which includes all supporting software, and a 'Zope Product' version which may be plugged into an existing Zope server. The software downloaded from our web site is fully functional for the web developer, allowing complete shop design and implementation before any purchase. Downloads are available from: http://www.bizarsoftware.com.au/products/download_form.html Check out the demos and live stores See Bizar Shop in action by visiting the demo and live stores via our web site: http://www.bizarsoftware.com.au/resource_centre/store_showcase.html For more information please contact Mike Clucas Bizar Software Phone: (+61 3) 9530 9182 mike(a)bizarsoftware.com.au http://www.bizarsoftware.com.au/

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One Dot Zero release of My Media Manager
by Gitte Wange 17 Jun '02

17 Jun '02

One Dot Zero!!! After more than a year of development we have finally reached the 1.0 release. There has been no API changes, but a lot of bugs has been fixed and the templates have been improved a lot. Download it at http://www.zope.org/Members/gittew/MyMediaManager

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External Editor 0.3 - New Improved Formula!
by Casey Duncan 17 Jun '02

17 Jun '02

Announcing the 0.3 release of External Editor. The sane solution for editing through the web. Here's what's new in 0.3: - Windows support - https tested and working - Pass command line arguments directly to editors - New configuration options - Now works with ZClasses (purists avert your eyes 8^) - Product now works with Zope 2.3.x - Much refactoring and many bug fixes! Download at: http://www.zope.org/Members/Caseman/ExternalEditor/ I want to thank everyone who has contributed valuable feedback, patches, suggestions, encouragement, and testing time to this product. It makes a big difference. I encourage you to tell me what you think of the product and how it might be improved. Thanks again! What is it? External editor is a new way to edit through the web. Instead of crappy textareas and kludgy protocols, External editor lets you use the editor of your choice directly from your browser. Once configured you can click on the edit icon in the ZMI and use your favorite client side applications to edit your Zope objects. Works with both text and binary data. Works with any browser that supports helper applications. Enjoy! -Casey

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ANNOUNCE: Zope Training - Santa Clara, CA Aug 12-15
by Rob Page 17 Jun '02

17 Jun '02

Hello everyone: I am pleased to announce that Certified Talent, Incorporated, a Zope Corporation training partner, has scheduled Zope Training in Santa Clara, CA Aug 12 through Aug 15. Additional information about this training venue is available online at: http://www.certifiedtalent.com/site/Services/ZopeTraining Regards, Rob Page -- Rob Page V: 540.361.1710 Zope Corporation F: 703.995.0412

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Zope 2.6.0 alpha 1 available
by Matthew T. Kromer 14 Jun '02

14 Jun '02

ZOPE 2.6.0 Alpha 1 Released Zope 2.6.0 represents the first Zope release formed with a large number of community contributions. You may download Zope 2.6.0a1 from Zope.org: http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.6.0a1/ Users of the Zope source release should note that Python 2.1.3 is now the required platform. Python 2.1.3 includes a fix to an issue that could cause crashes in Zope. Particular features of interest in Zope 2.6.0a1: * Gzip content compression when serving pages * ZCTextIndex plug-in index * Signal Handling and Log Rotation * Addition of a new default view setting ability * New profiling abilities * Improved daemon mode * Enhanced text indexing * Improved object cache control * Bugfixes for Colletor issues 196, 271, 272 304, 358, 412 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/2.6.0a1/CHANGES.txt * http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.6.0a1/HISTORY.txt For more information on the available Zope releases, guidance for selecting the right distribution and installation instructions, please see: http://www.zope.org/Documentation/Misc/InstallingZope.html -- Matt Kromer Zope Corporation http://www.zope.com/

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Zope Hotfix 2002-06-14 Available
by Matthew T. Kromer 14 Jun '02

14 Jun '02

This hotfix addresses an important security issue that affects users of Zope versions 2.4.0 through 2.5.1 (or other Zope versions with ZCatalog's plug-in index support installed) The issue involves the security of the indexes of ZCatalog objects. A flaw in the security settings of ZCatalog allows anonymous users to call arbitrary methods of catalog indexes. The vulnerability also allows untrusted code to do the same. We highly recommend that any Zope site running Zope 2.4.0 through Zope 2.5.1 have this hotfix product installed to mitigate the issue. Zope 2.6 will contain a fix for the issue, at which time the hotfix can be removed. You may obtain this hotfix at: * http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/Hotfix_2002-06-14/Hotfix_2002-06-14.tgz -- Matt Kromer Zope Corporation http://www.zope.com/

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Zope at OSCON 2002
by Brian Lloyd 11 Jun '02

11 Jun '02

Hi all - Zope.com is a proud sponsor of the 4th O'Reilly Open Source Convention, July 22-26 in San Diego http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/ O'Reilly & Associates have been a consistent partner in advocating open source software and we will be there in full force, presenting several talks in the Python and Zope Tracks. For a preview see: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/15/tutorial_python.html and http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/15/track_python.html If you purchase the regular conference pass and two tutorials, O'Reilly offers two tutorials for free, and Zope has been able to get an additional 20% discount for readers of this email list. To get the special discount, use discount code os2002zope when you register.*(link - http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/. We hope to see you at the Conference. These are challenging times for many businesses, and open source advocates as well. We can all make a difference and working together at the O'Reilly conference is one of the ways. - The Zope Team

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