Zope 2.5.0 beta 2 announcement

Zope 2.5 Beta 2 has been released - you can download it from Zope.org:

http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.5.0b2/

Some of the bug fixes in 2.5 Beta 2:

• Fixed a major memory leak
• Adjusted some API changes which broke some products
• Auto-recognition of page templates via .pt extensions on upload
• HTTP range support fix, helps Acrobat reader

Particular features of interest in 2.5 Beta 2

• Preview field in Image objects
• Editable File objects under 64K for text files
• New User management API
• User folder password encryption
• Security machinery accelerations
• Document template rendering accelerations
• Page Templates, an alternate page markup
• Distutils infrastructure support for addons
• Session Tracking
• New Examples

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/2.5.0b2/CHANGES.txt
• http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.5.0b2/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