[Grok-dev] Grok 1.1 released!

[Aroldo Souza-Leite]

Hi list,

this release makes me even more enthusiastic about the Grok project, for 
many reasons. One of them is that Grok is obviously becoming more and 
more pythonic. Now I can start thinking about a didactic concept for 
teaching Python **and** Grok as one thing, without having to keep 
jumping back and forth.

Lots of thanks to everybody involved in this.

Regards,

Aroldo.

Martijn Faassen wrote:
> Grok 1.1 released!
> ==================
>
> Grok 1.1 is a feature release of Grok preparing for the Zope Toolkit.
>
> The major user visible change is Python 2.6 support. Grok 1.1 supports
> Grok 2.6 and 2.5. Python 2.4 support is deprecated. Note that to
> install Grok on Windows, please use Python 2.6, not Python 2.5.
>
> The other user visible change is a new version of the Grok UI. This
> now uses a more extensible UI framework, and cuts down on
> dependencies. You will also note that the Grok introspector has been
> removed - we did this to cut down on dependencies for Grok, but we are
> looking into ways to bring it back in the future.
>
> Other user visible changes are relatively minor: see Grok's `change 
> log`_ for
> more.
>
> .. _`change log`: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/grok
>
> The main changes in Grok 1.1 are under the hood, however:
>
> * Grok builds on a prerelease version of the `Zope Toolkit`_.
>
> * New more reusable spin-off libraries Grok uses: grokcore.site,
>    grokcore.annotation and grokcore.content.
>
> .. _`Zope Toolkit`: http://docs.zope.org/zopetoolkit
>
> Grok 1.1 itself has not yet had a reduced set of dependencies compared
> to Grok 1.0, but is a step on the way to Grok 1.2, which will reduce
> dependencies significantly.
>
> Updating Grok-based projects
> ----------------------------
>
> Grok-based applications should be upgraded by using a new
> ``versions.cfg`` file in your project and re-running buildout. You can
> also find the new versions.cfg file here:
>
> http://grok.zope.org/releaseinfo/grok-1.1.cfg
>
> To prepare for Grok 1.2, look at any imports your application does
> from ``zope.app.*`` packages and see whether they can be replaced by
> imports from a ``zope.*`` package instead. This should be possible for
> most, but not all code. To learn how to improve your imports, see the
> ``zope.app.*`` package's changelog (on PyPI for instance), or explore
> the code of the package to see where it is importing from for
> backwards compatibility.
>
> See also the `upgrade notes`_.
>
> .. _`upgrade notes`: http://grok.zope.org/project/upgrade-notes
>
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