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Ten days to go to Python UK...
by andy＠reportlab.com 11 Apr '05

11 Apr '05

This is a reminder that there are just ten days left before the UK Python Conference. This is the one chance in the UK each year to hear in-depth talks on a wide variety of topics from top Python experts. It takes place at the Randolph Hotel in Oxford on 21-23 April. https://www.accu.org/conference/python.html The Python event is part of the ACCU Conference which is one of the world's leading events on C++, Java, patterns and development methods. We are very happy to announce that Greg Stein will be flying in to talk about "Python at Google" as our keynote talk. We've got a great array of talks on language features, GUIs, network programming, testing tools, PyPy; and case studies and expertise from many of the key Python companies and projects including Google, the BBC, SchoolTool, PyPy, AB Strakt, Clocksoft and ReportLab. Places are limited, so please register now at... https://www.accu.org/bookings/ Best Regards, Andy Robinson ACCU Python Conference Chair

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Localizer 1.1.0 released
by J. David Ibanez 11 Apr '05

11 Apr '05

Localizer 1.1 ============= April 7, 2005 - Two years after release of Localizer 1.0, I am pleased to announce the availability of the next major version, Localizer 1.1. Localizer is a Zope [1] product for developers and web masters. Localizer solves the problem of building multilingual products and web sites, ranging from internationalization and localization of the user interface to management of multilingual content. jdavid at itaapy.com [2] What's new in 1.1 ----------------- This release brings several new features. Specifically Localizer now supports industry standards such as TMX [3] and XLIFF [4], which enhance the interoperability of Localizer based applications within mainstream environments. Native support for 'i18n' namespaces for ZPT (Zope Page Templates) is included avoiding the need to install other products. The user interfaces have been vastly improved, specially for 'LocalContent' objects. Four new translations are available: Danish, Italian, Portuguese and Russian. Localizer 1.1 has been re-packaged and now depends on itools Python package and iHotfix Zope product. While these changes make installation a bit more complex, the added benefit is simplified source management. Furthermore this subtle change makes Localizer Services available to the wider audience of Python [5] developers. Last but not least, Localizer's stability has been dramatically improved by resolution of many bugs resulting in a mature and even more reliable product. Credits ------- This is the first release where the majority of work has been contributed by community users and the original author. Credit where credit is due. To Eduardo Corrales and Roberto Quero from the Deusto University [6], for the original implementation of the TMX standard. To Søren Roug and Cornel Nitu from the European Environment Agency [7], for their work on the TMX code, the implementation of the XLIFF standard, the overhaul of the LocalContent interfaces, and the Danish translation. To Alexey Lubimov for the Russian translation. To Mario Olimpio de Menezes for the original Portuguese translation. To Rodrigo Senra for updating the Portuguese translation, and for improving the Localizer API. To Marco Bizzarri for the Italian translation, and for improving the stability. Download and Install -------------------- 1. Download the Localizer meta-package from http://www.localizer.org 2. Unpack the tarball 3. Follow the instructions within the README file Resources --------- Home http://www.localizer.org Mailing list http://in-girum.net/mailman/listinfo/localizer Bug Tracker http://in-girum.net/cgi-bin/bugzilla/index.cgi References ---------- [1] http://www.zope.org [2] http://www.itaapy.com [3] http://www.lisa.org/tmx/ [4] http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=xliff [5] http://www.python.org [6] http://www.deusto.es/ [7] http://www.eea.eu.int/

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(Security) Hotfix_20050405 Released (URL correction)
by Tres Seaver 05 Apr '05

05 Apr '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Overview Zope Corporation has released a Zope hotfix product addressing a potential vulnerability discovered during a recent security audit of Zope 2.7 and 2.8. Affected Versions The hotfix affects versions 2.7.5 and earlier of Zope on the 2.7 release line, as well as versions 2.8a1 and 2.8a2 on the upcoming 2.8 release line. The vulnerability will be resolved in versions 2.7.6 and 2.8b1. We recommend that any site which permits untrusted users to write PythonScripts apply this hotfix, and upgrade to a fixed version of Zope as it becomes available. Further Information Please see the "product README", http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/Hotfix-2005-04-05/Hotfix-20050405/README.… for details on the vulnerability, and for instructions on installing the hotfix. Downloading the Hotfix - "Unix tarball", http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/Hotfix-2005-04-05/Hotfix-20050405/Hotfix_… - "Windows ZIP archive", http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/Hotfix-2005-04-05/Hotfix-20050405/Hotfix_… Apologies for the earlier typoed URLs. Tres Seaver. - -- =============================================================== Tres Seaver tseaver(a)zope.com Zope Corporation "Zope Dealers" http://www.zope.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCUtIhGqWXf00rNCgRAitxAJ9Vualp5LLSrMQb1T799UWKa1UJoQCgmCJ2 EqH0Sj4RN0V8o1ldX6C1g90= =1lBU -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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(Security) Hotfix_20050405 Released
by Tres Seaver 05 Apr '05

05 Apr '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Overview Zope Corporation has released a Zope hotfix product addressing a potential vulnerability discovered during a recent security audit of Zope 2.7 and 2.8. Affected Versions The hotfix affects versions 2.7.5 and earlier of Zope on the 2.7 release line, as well as versions 2.8a1 and 2.8a2 on the upcoming 2.8 release line. The vulnerability will be resolved in versions 2.7.6 and 2.8b1. We recommend that any site which permits untrusted users to write PythonScripts apply this hotfix, and upgrade to a fixed version of Zope as it becomes available. Further Information Please see the "product README", http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/Hotfix-2005-04-05/Hotfix-200405/README.txt for details on the vulnerability, and for instructions on installing the hotfix. Downloading the Hotfix - "Unix tarball", http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/Hotfix-2005-04-05/Hotfix-200405/Hotfix_20… - "Windows ZIP archive", http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/Hotfix-2005-04-05/Hotfix-200405/Hotfix_20… Tres Seaver. - -- =============================================================== Tres Seaver tseaver(a)zope.com Zope Corporation "Zope Dealers" http://www.zope.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCUsvGGqWXf00rNCgRAt3qAJ42sH4BIPP9+S1g+ZnpwS9YopcggQCfYnvw hXfT3SOxuL1y1adv5zmv3v8= =smRT -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[ANN] Zope 2.8.0 a2 released
by Andreas Jung 02 Apr '05

02 Apr '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 2.8.0 a2 Zope 2.8.0 a2 can be downloaded from http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.8.0a2 The release notes can be found at http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.8.0a2/CHANGES.txt For information on using Python 2.4 with Zope 2.8: see doc/INSTALL.txt This release is a major step towards Zope 2.8.0 final (scheduled for May 2005) and now includes for the first time the "Five" framework to make some Zope 3 technologies available within Zope 2. So you will be able to use Z3 technologies like interfaces, adapters, schemas and views within your Zope 2 installation and have hopefully the best from the Zope 2 and Zope 3 world. Thanks to all who have worked on this release over the last weeks especially Martijn, Jim, Tres and Tim. Andreas Jung Zope 2 Release Manager

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ZODB 3.4 alpha 1 released
by Tim Peters 02 Apr '05

02 Apr '05

I'm pleased to announce the release of ZODB 3.4 alpha 1. You can download a source tarball or Windows installer from: http://zope.org/Products/ZODB3.4 ZODB 3.4a1 contains all the bugfixes in the ZODB 3.3.1c1 released earlier today, plus new features, such as a new BTree type mapping integers to floats, an end to the limit on the number of open Connections per DB object, and new tool fsoids.py for heavy FileStorage debugging. See the news file for details: http://zope.org/Products/ZODB3.4/NEWS.html Note that ZODB 3.4 does not support any version of Zope 2.6 or 2.7. Zope 2.8a2 (to be released soon), and current Zope 3 development, use ZODB 3.4. The ZODB 3.3 line will be retired with the release of ZODB 3.3.1 final.

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ZODB 3.3.1 release candidate 1 released
by Tim Peters 01 Apr '05

01 Apr '05

I'm pleased to announce the release of ZODB 3.3.1c1. In the absence of new critical bug reports, the same code will be released as ZODB 3.3.1 final in a week or two. You can download a source tarball or Windows installer from: http://zope.org/Products/ZODB3.3 There are several critical bugfixes and improvements in ZODB 3.3.1c1. See the news file for details: http://zope.org/Products/ZODB3.3/NEWS.html Note that ZODB 3.3.1 does not support any version of Zope 2.6 or 2.7. Zope 2.8, and current Zope 3, development have moved to ZODB 3.4, so ZODB 3.3.1 final is expected to be the last release in the ZODB 3.3 line.

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Zwiki 0.40 released, news for 2005/03
by Simon Michael 01 Apr '05

01 Apr '05

*What is it* Zwiki is a Zope product for building wikis - a special kind of website that's easy for anyone to edit. See http://zwiki.org for more. *What's changed* Bugfixes, new japanese translation, chinese translation updates, new search option. See release notes below. *Zwiki news this month* We have been quiet but not idle. Bill Page and Martijn Pieters contributed fixes, T.C. Chou updated the chinese translations and Masaya Kato and a team of fellow translators contributed a japanese translation. Zettai.net made a donation, again, in support of Zwiki development and hosting. Thank you! Bug reporting rate has been low and steady; bug closing rate has been low. The next Zwiki Bug Day is.. today! april 1st being the first friday of the month. I wasn't ready but it's going on anyway as scheduled, help at http://zwiki.org/BugDay <http://zwiki.org/BugDay.> and #zwiki if you can. In the documentation department I am doing a little work on http://zwiki.org/NewAdministratorsGuide <http://zwiki.org/UsersGuide%29> each day. Discussion on the list, UserDiscussion page and irc channel has been light. We've had a few incidents of wiki spam this month, both intentional and otherwise. I switched zwiki.org to mail out all edits, to make this more visible; we list subscribers are adapting to the increased level of traffic and have discussed how to batch related edits into fewer mails. This month I resolved to focus on QA for 2005: /"Alright.. this may be difficult, but (deep breath): I resolve not to work on new Zwiki features in 2005. I may well accept them from others, but I won't do them myself. This is to focus (my) energy on refactoring, cleanup, polish, docs, and fixing "broken windows". More: / * /in case that was unclear, this is not Zwiki winding down; it's a quality push for 1.0. Feature work from others is welcome as ever./ * /tasks that are funded in some way will almost always jump to the head of the queue and become priority no. 1, as before."/ See http://zwiki.org/ZwikiRoadmap2005 for more. *Zopewiki news *Edits on zopewiki.org have been light; small ongoing improvements from a small number of people. Someone has started a http://zopewiki.org/PageTemplateStyleGuide . *Server news* The zwiki.org/zopewiki.org server basically ran all month without exceeding the 200M memory quota or restarting and performance has been reasonable. Those wikis currently have 2164 and 464 pages respectively. *About the Zwiki project* Zwiki was started in 1999 by Simon Michael and now receives improvements from many contributors. It is released under the GNU GPL. A new version is released on the first of the month. *Links* http://zwiki.org - Zwiki home, with all download, documentation & discussion links http://zwiki.org/ZwikiFunding - how to donate or sponsor a feature ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Release notes* Zwiki 0.40.0 2005/04/01 Summary Bugfixes, new japanese translation, chinese translation updates, new search option. Upgrade notes This fixes a high-profile known issue in 0.39, #1062. If you didn't already find the issue page and workaround, upgrade to this version to fix it. Changes Browsing * add a "thorough" non-catalog search to search form, commented out (for spam hunting) Editing * fix the keys attribute error when creating pages in plone (#1062) * deleting a top-level page redirects to the front page again; new upUrl method (#917, Martijn Pieters, SM) Issue tracking * no bogus property change. Some very aggressive search engines (spiders) seem to be following form action="xxxx" references in pages as well as the usual href links. As a result probes by such greedy theives can cause unexpected changes to wiki web pages. One such example recently has been the triggering of the Change button on the Issue pages. The script changeIssueProperties should be more careful not to record any change if the Change action is triggered with no actually changes. (Bill Page) General - i18n * new japanese translation (Masaya Kato, Manabu Terada, Yoshiki Shibukawa, Takayuki Shimizukawa, Junya Ogino, Takanori Suzuki) * chinese translation updates (T.C. Chou) * updated all po files from latest pot General - skins * the site_logo folder property didn't work in plone

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[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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