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/