[Zope] Zope 2.7.0b1 Released

Chris McDonough chrism@zope.com
21 Jul 2003 14:12:24 -0400


Zope 2.7.0 represents a concentration on software configuration and
installation improvement over older versions.  It requires Python 2.2.3.

You may download Zope 2.7.0b1 from Zope.org:

  http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.7.0b1/

 Users should note that Python 2.2.3 is now the required platform. 

 No binaries for platforms other than win32 will be offered for this 
 Zope release.  

Particular features of interest in Zope 2.7.0:

 - DBTab integration (mounted databases for Zope).

 - New logging module support.

 - ./configure; make; make install installation
   from source

 - configuration-file-driven configuration

 - integration of ReStructuredText
 
 - OrderedFolder support

 - Many bugxfixes


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/2.7.0b1/CHANGES.txt

  http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.7.0b1/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

Have fun!

- C