[Zope-Annce] Zope 2.6.1 Released

[Matthew T. Kromer]

      ZOPE 2.6.1 Released

Zope 2.6.1 represents a development step in the next Zope release formed 
with a large number of community contributions. You may download Zope 
2.6.1 from Zope.org:

http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.6.1/

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 2.6.1:

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      Catlog changes to speed sorting and lower memory consumption

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      ZODB Deadlock avoidance, fixed store order

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      BTree based indexes for FileStorage

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      Fixes for the rfc822 timezone / locale bugs in Zope 2.6.0

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      Fixes for collector issues 322, 256, 479, 561, 595, 597, 640, 646,
      650, 651, 671, 685, 686, 694, 696, 697, 699, 700, 703, 714, 721,
      730, 736, 740, 763, 771

For more information on what is new in this release, see the CHANGES.txt 
and HISTORY.txt files for the release:

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      http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.6.1/CHANGES.txt

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      http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.6.1/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/