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Zope 2.5.0 beta 3 released
Just in time for the holidays, Zope 2.5 beta 3 has been released - you can download it from Zope.org:
http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.5.0b3/
The 2.5 beta 3 release contains fixes for a hanging situation in ZServer, as well as updates to resolve segfaults that could happen in certain situations.
While most of the problem was in the way that Python Script objects were being compiled, there is also a known issue in Python 2.1 itself that can cause a segfault in certain situations. As a result, binary releases of 2.5 beta 3 bundle the latest Python 2.1 maintenance fixes from CVS. The Zope 2.5.0 final release is expected to bundle the Python 2.1.2 final release, expected soon.
If you are compiling your own Zope from the source distribution, you should be sure to build and run it with Python 2.1.2 when it comes out. In the meantime, we advise that you build and run Zope with the Python 2.1 maintenance branch from the Python public CVS to ensure that you have all of the latest fixes.
Particular features of interest in Zope 2.5
- 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/2.5.0b3/CHANGES.txt
- http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.5.0b3/HISTORY.txt
For more information on the available Zope releases, guidance for selecting the right distribution and installation instructions, please see: