I downloaded the "hidden" 2.6.2b6 release (from http://zope.org/Products/Zope/2.6.2b6/Zope/view) and had a look in lib/python/ZODB/__init__.py, which gives its version as ZODB 3.1.2. Is there any reason it's not ZODB 3.1.3? Maybe just an oversight? I could easily check any ZODB-3.1.3 changes to the Zope-2.6 branch, unless somebody knows a reason not to do so. Also, why doesn't ZODB/Tools come with zope? There's some really handy stuff in there, some of which gets mentioned on the zope list from time to time; it would be nice if newbies could get hold of it easily. On a related note, NEWS.txt in ZODB 3.1.3 mentions that there is a new Tools/README.txt ... but it's not actually in the tarball :-) -- Paul Winkler http://www.slinkp.com