Hello all, Zope 2.5 final has been released - you can download it from Zope.org: http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.5.0/ The 2.5 release contains minor additional fixes for issues found during the beta cycle. Note that he session tracking product has changed since beta 3, and this creates a database incompatibility when upgrading from an earlier 2.5 beta release. Read the workaround if you are upgrading from a previous 2.5 beta release: http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.5.0b4/workaround The binary releases for Zope 2.5.0 contain the Python 2.1.2 final release. Users of the Zope source release should note that Python 2.1.2 is now the required platform. Python 2.1.2 includes a fix for an issue that could cause Zope to crash in certain circumstances. Particular features of interest in Zope 2.5: - Preview field in Image objects - >Editable File objects under 64K for text files - New User management API - User folder password encryption - Security machinery accelerations - Document template rendering accelerations - Page Templates, an alternate page markup - Distutils infrastructure support for addons - Session Tracking - New Examples 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/2.5.0/CHANGES.txt http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.5.0/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@zope.com Software Engineer 540.361.1716 Zope Corporation http://www.zope.com