[Zope] CMF 2.0.0-alpha released

[Jens Vagelpohl]

The CMF developer community and Zope Corporation are pleased to
announce the release of version 2.0.0-alpha of the Zope Content  
Management
Framework (CMF). This release is intended for testing purposes only;
we do not recommend deploying it to production servers.

What's new in this release?

     This alpha represents a first preview of all the changes and
     features you will see in CMF version 2.0. Some of the highlights
     are...

     - GenericSetup-integration as the replacement for the CMFSetup
       technology started in the CMF 1.5-series

     - the use of Zope 3-style interfaces throughout, bridged back to
       Zope 2-interfaces where needed for backwards compatibility

     - widespread integration with Zope 3/Five technologies, and the
       folding-in of the previous CMFonFive addon-product

     - pluggable TypeInformation objects

     - new-style Actions

     ... and of course countless bug fixes and other improvements.


What is the CMF?

     The Zope Content Management Framework provides a set of
     services and content objects useful for building highly
     dynamic, content-oriented portal sites.  As packaged, the
     CMF generates a site much like the Zope.org site.  The CMF is
     intended to be easily customizable, in terms of both the
     types of content used and the policies and services it
     provides.

Where do I get it?

     Download it from http://zope.org/Products/CMF/CMF-2.0.0-alpha

     Points of interest include:

     - "Windows ZIP file",
       http://zope.org/Products/CMF/CMF-2.0.0-alpha/CMF-2.0.0-alpha.zip

     - "Unix tar/gzip archive",
       http://zope.org/Products/CMF/CMF-2.0.0-alpha/CMF-2.0.0- 
alpha.tar.gz

     - "Release notes",
       http://zope.org/Products/CMF/CMF-2.0.0-alpha/README.txt

     - "Change history",
       http://zope.org/Products/CMF/CMF-2.0.0-alpha/CHANGES.txt

     - "Installation instructions",
       http://zope.org/Products/CMF/CMF-2.0.0-alpha/INSTALL.txt

Where do I go to learn more?

     The CMF mailing list (zope-cmf at zope.org) has many
     participants who are active in supporting the CMF.

...to report bugs?

     The "CMF Collector":http://zope.org/Collectors/CMF
     is the place to report bugs (please search for existing
     reports of your issue first!)


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Jens Vagelpohl
jens at dataflake.org