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FieldedTextIndex 0.2 Released
by Casey Duncan 20 Jan '04

20 Jan '04

I am bemused to announce the 2nd revision of FieldedTextIndex, a new kind of text index for your indexing pleasure. FieldedTextIndex allows you to index and query content containing multiple textual fields while simultaneously removing that stubborn pet dander from your carpeting. In other words its everything you never thought you'd need, and then some. But don't take my word for it, take it for a spin yourself: http://zope.org/Members/Caseman/FieldedTextIndex What's new in this edition, you ask? At the suggestion of Jean-Francois Doyon, I have implemented configurable weighting which allows you to specify how given fields affect the relevance score of the results. In doing so most of the word search code was heavily refactored. The result, I think, adds a new dimension to the versatility of the index and really compliments the original goals I set for it. Hope you find it useful, -Casey

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ANNOUNCE: Zope 2.6.4-rc1 released
by Brian Lloyd 19 Jan '04

19 Jan '04

Zope 2.6.4 rc1 Released The 2.6.4 'release candidate' release fixes a number of issues introduced in Zope 2.6.3 as a result of merging extensive security updates. You may download Zope 2.6.4 rc1 from Zope.org: http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.6.4rc1/ **Users of the VerboseSecurity add-on product for Zope please note:** some of the security-related changes in Zope 2.6.4 rc1 are incompatible with the VerboseSecurity product. Please uninstall the VerboseSecurity product before upgrading to 2.6.4 rc 1 to avoid problems. It is expected that VerboseSecurity will be updated to be compatible with Zope 2.6.4 in the near future. 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/2.6.4rc1/CHANGES.txt - http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.6.4rc1/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 Brian Lloyd brian(a)zope.com V.P. Engineering 540.361.1716 Zope Corporation http://www.zope.com

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ANNOUNCE: Zope 2.7.0-rc1 released
by Brian Lloyd 19 Jan '04

19 Jan '04

Zope 2.7.0 rc1 Released The 2.7.0 'release candidate' release fixes a number of issues introduced in Zope 2.7.0 b4 as a result of merging extensive security updates. You may download Zope 2.7.0 rc1 from Zope.org: http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.7.0rc1/ **Users of the VerboseSecurity add-on product for Zope please note:** some of the security-related changes in Zope 2.7.0 rc1 are incompatible with the VerboseSecurity product. Please uninstall the VerboseSecurity product before upgrading to 2.7.0 rc 1 to avoid problems. It is expected that VerboseSecurity will be updated to be compatible with Zope 2.7.0 in the near future. 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/2.7.0rc1/CHANGES.txt - http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.7.0rc1/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 Brian Lloyd brian(a)zope.com V.P. Engineering 540.361.1716 Zope Corporation http://www.zope.com

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COREBlog 0.6b - Zope Blog Product
by Atsushi Shibata 19 Jan '04

19 Jan '04

COREBlog 0.6b has been released ! http://zope.org/Members/ats/COREBlog/ http://coreblog.org/ COREBlog is a Zope Blog/Weblog/Web Nikki Product. Easy to setup,Full featured,Ubiquitous and Customizable! And now it has a 'moblog' feature - you can add a new entry via email! Features. * Search (New in 0.6b) * Moblog - you can add new entry via email * PING to weblogs.com, etc. (New in 0.5b) * Categories * TrackBack * Object management with ZMI * Calendar interface For upgrading users, see '0.6b Upgrade how-to' http://coreblog.org/howtos/06b_upgrade_howto_html Have fun :-). ---------------------------------------- Atsushi Shibata (Webcore Corp.) shibata(a)webcore.co.jp http://www.webcore.co.jp/ ----------------------------------------

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PyCon Reminder: Early bird reg deadline 2/1
by Guido van Rossum 19 Jan '04

19 Jan '04

Info ---- This is a reminder that the deadline for early bird registration for PyCon DC 2004 is February 1, 2004. Early bird registration is $175; after that, it will be $200 through March 17, then $250 at the door. To register, visit: http://www.pycon.org/dc2004/register/ Plug ---- PyCon is the most important conference in the year for me. It brings together the largest group of Python users and developers imaginable. I come to PyCon for many reasons: to meet with other core Python developers face to face; to hear about the exciting things that users from all over the world are doing with Python; to interact in person with Python users of all types, from newbies to veterans of many years; to hear everybody's feedback on where Python is and where they'd like it to go; and perhaps most of all to continue to encourage this wonderful community by my presence, words and actions to grow, reach out to new users of all kinds, and keep listening to each other. I hope everyone who comes to the conference will return from it with a new or renewed feeling of excitement about Python, whether they are developers, sophisticated users, beginners, or even skeptical passers-by. The Python community includes everyone, from grade schoolers just learning about computer science to renowned scientists interested in using the best tools and business people looking for a secret weapon. I'm looking forward to seeing you all at PyCon! Background ---------- PyCon is a community-oriented conference targeting developers (both those using Python and those working on the Python project). It gives you opportunities to learn about significant advances in the Python development community, to participate in a programming sprint with some of the leading minds in the Open Source community, and to meet fellow developers from around the world. The organizers work to make the conference affordable and accessible to all. DC 2004 will be held March 24-26, 2004 in Washington, D.C. The keynote speaker is Mitch Kapor of the Open Source Applications Foundation (http://www.osafoundation.org/) There will be a four-day development sprint before the conference. We're looking for volunteers to help run PyCon. If you're interested, subscribe to http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-organizers Don't miss any PyCon announcements! Subscribe to http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-announce You can discuss PyCon with other interested people by subscribing to http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-interest The central resource for PyCon DC 2004 is http://www.pycon.org/ --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)

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ANN: PloneCollectorNG 1.1.0 Beta 3 released
by Andreas Jung 18 Jan '04

18 Jan '04

I am pleased to announce the release of PloneCollectorNG 1.1.0 beta 3(PCNG) PCNG is a bugtracking system for Plone. It is based on the concepts and ideas of CMFCollector and CMFCollectorNG but it is a complete re-write. PCNG is a very generic and open framework (you can configure nearly everything TTW). This release **REQUIRES Archetypes AT 1.3**. **Older Archetypes versions (including 1.2.1) WILL NOT WORK**. This major step was necessary because a lot Archetypes hacks in PCNG 1.0.0 were backported to Archetypes CVS/HEAD. This release also breaks compatibility with portal_forms. CMFFormController is now mandatory. There is a risk that this release might break an existing PCNG instance. So BACKUP YOUR DATA first. The goal for 1.1.0 final is to be compatible with exisitings installations so please let me know if there are any problems. Changes since 1.1.0 beta 2: - SchemaEditor raised an AttributeError if 'Create index' has not been selected for an Archetypes field - Removed german email formatter. The standard email formatter now supports all languages (available through the !PlacelessTranslationService) - using the Archetypes API to accessing or storing fields (no longer using the storage interface directly) - fixed several unicode related problems which caused problems with Plone sites using UTF8 as site encoding - pdfwriter ships with the Vera truetype font provided for free for open-source projects by Bitstream (www.bitstream.com) This is necessary because Reportlab is not directly capable to generate PDFs from UTF8 encoded text without hacks - PlacelessTranslationService: This version of !PloneCollectorNG **requires** an up-to-date version of PTS (best to get a CVS checkout from the OpenTal CVS, see http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/opental) Older version will raise an !AttributeError 'as_unicode' exception. - Unicode support rewritten: The transcript is now completely unicode-based. Email formatters and pdf writter use unicode for generating the corresponding output. IF YOU UPGRADE FROM FORMER VERSIONS OF PloneCollectorNG: - backup your Data.fs (!) first - for every PloneCollectorNG instance you **MUST** run the 'migrateUnicode' script on the instance to convert the collectors transcript to unicode by calling http://host:port/plone/somecollectorinstance/migrateUnicode Volunteers wanted: PloneCollectorNG is fully internationalized. If you want PCNG to support your language that translate the catalog file (i18n folder) to your language and submit it to me. Documentation Wiki: http://www.zope.org/Members/ajung/PloneCollectorNG Download: http://sf.net/projects/collective Commercial support: http://www.zopyx.com

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New product: Tumatxa, for Translation Memory handling
by Luistxo Fernandez 16 Jan '04

16 Jan '04

Tumatxa 0.1 has been released. It is a new Zope product. Tumatxa is a web-based manager of translation memories (TMX, .po). It has been designed to aid in the process of translation. It lets translators and institutions that manage big volumes of translated text manage memories, terminology and translations on a web-based environment, overcoming restrictions posed by generators of Translation Memories. Memories stored at Tumatxa can be consulted (to clear terminology doubts, for instance) without specific TM software, just making online searches. Several memories can be packed to download as a file, also. Check the website to download the product, and try the demos. * Homepage: www.tumatxa.com When you install the product, any instance of Tumatxa that you create on your Zope installation is a full website in itself. --- What are translation memories? Translation Memory or TM is a technology widely used in professional translation and localization (unlike machine translation). The idea is simple, units or sentences from the original text and its translation are stored aligned into a database. When the system happens to find the same sentence (or a similar one), it would propose the previous translation. These are some of the most popular TM software programmes: Trados, Déjàvu, Wordfast, Transit, edo Translat. The standard for memory exchange among those applications is called TMX. Tumatxa handles TMX, and also the .po files of GNU Gettext. Technical info Tumatxa runs currently only on Linux OS. You need Zope 2.6 or later, and these additional Zope products: * BTreeFolder2 * TextIndexNG2 * Localizer, which lets the product, as well as the website Tumatxa.com, to be truly multilingual Tumatxa has been created by CodeSyntax - http://www.codesyntax.com/en/ Luistxo Fernandez LFernandez(a)codesyntax.com - 652 750 362 CodeSyntax - <http://www.codesyntax.com/>http://www.codesyntax.com/ Azitaingo Industrialdea 3K E-20600 EIBAR Tel: (+34) 943 82 17 80

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PyCon Reminders (proposal submission ends tonight!)
by Guido van Rossum 15 Jan '04

15 Jan '04

Proposal Submission Deadline: Tonight! -------------------------------------- Tonight at midnight (in *some* timezone :-) is the last time to submit PyCon proposals. http://pycon.org/dc2004/cfp/ Early Bird Registration ----------------------- Deadline for Early Bird Registration: January 31. *** Speakers, don't forget to register!!!!!! *** http://pycon.org/dc2004/register/ Sprint pre-announcement ----------------------- Come a few days early and participate in a coding sprint. Sprints are free (courtesy of the PSF!), and are held from Saturday March 20 through Tuesday March 23 (i.e. the four days leading up to the conference). http://pycon.org/dc2004 . Volunteers ---------- We're looking for volunteers to help run PyCon. http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-organizers About PyCon ----------- PyCon DC 2004 will be held March 24-26, 2004 in Washington, D.C. Keynote speaker is Mitch Kapor of the Open Source Applications Foundation (http://www.osafoundation.org/) Don't miss any PyCon announcements! Subscribe to http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-announce You can discuss PyCon with other interested people by subscribing to http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-interest The central resource for PyCon DC 2004 is http://www.pycon.org/ Pictures from last year's PyCon: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/moinmoin/PyConPhotos I'm looking forward to seeing you all in DC in March!!! --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) Open Source Awards: http://builder.com.com/5100-6375_14-5136758.html

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CMFBoard 1.4.3 released
by Nikolay Kim 15 Jan '04

15 Jan '04

Official site http://www.cmfboard.org Version 1.4.3 * forum_styles.css now use base_properties for Plone2.0 * 'AddTopicReply' permission instead of using 'View' to control topic replyability * fixed lost reply title after "preview" * fixed more UnicodeDecodeError * fixed TypeError: unsupported operand types for + in some scripts * fixed error where brefs might not be a list, make it a list (with only one reply) in ForumMessage.py * fixed folder_forum_view and forum_get_forum_data to fix the topics and replies counters, and added a hits counter. * fixed wrong "Last Updated" link * fixed wrong pages links * fixed GroupUserFolder compatibility * fixed unicode forumEmail, now it always string * fixed "KeyError: forum_blog_widget" * fixed "AttributeError: hasReplies" with Plone2 * fixed bug in registry.py, can't join with maillist enabled * new translation Chinese(HongKong), French Download http://www.cmfboard.org/download/CMFBoard-1.4.3.tar.gz Download from Sourceforge http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/collective/CMFBoard-1.4.3.tar.gz?download

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ZopeMag Weekly News Issue 15!
by Mark Pratt 13 Jan '04

13 Jan '04

Hi, Every Week ZopeMag continues to publish the only regular and weekly News fix of things going on in the Zope and Plone community. We are now up to Issue 15 of the ZopeMag Weekly News! http://weekly.zopemag.com/ So bookmark our page and visit regularly ;-) The ZopeMag Staff

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