Zope 2.5.0 alpha 2 has been released - you can download it from Zope.org: http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.5.0a2/ Zope 2.5.0 alpha 2 is a preview of things to come in Zope 2.5. While not feature complete (CoreSessionTracking is not in this release) this provides a good view of some of the change work which has taken place in the Zope trunk. Zope 2.5.0 alpha 2 corrects an error in Zope 2.5.0 alpha 1 which caused the security machinery to generate an error. The distribution is otherwise identical to 2.5.0 alpha 1 -- you can download and apply the following file lib/python/App/Management.py from http://cvs.zope.org/~checkout~/Zope/lib/python/App/Management.py?rev=1.52&co... if you wish to apply the fix to Zope 2.5.0 alpha 1. Particular features of interest in 2.5 alpha 2 * Preview field in Image objects * Editable File objects under 64K for text files * New User management API * User folder password encryption * Path indexes on objects * Security machinery accelerations * Document template rendering accelerations * Page Templates, an alternate page markup * Distutils infrastructure support for addons 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/2.5.0a2/CHANGES.txt * http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.5.0a2/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