Zope 2.5.1 beta 1 released

Zope 2.5.1 beta 1 has been released - you can download it from Zope.org:

http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.5.1b1/

The binary releases for Zope 2.5.1b1 contain the Python 2.1.2 final release. Users of the Zope source release should note that Python 2.1.2 is now the required platform. Python 2.1.2 includes a fix to an issue that could cause crashes in Zope.

The Linux binary is linked against RedHat 5.2 libraries; users of more recent distributions are encouraged to install the source release instead of the binary release of Zope.

Particular features of interest in Zope 2.5.1 beta 1:

Fixed a crashing bug which resulted in the necessity of setting the workaround environment variable ZOPE_SECURITY_POLICY=PYTHON
Updated ZODB to be compatible with Standalone ZODB
Included the Unicode splitter left out of the Zope 2.5.0 binary release for Windows
Miscellaneous bugfixes (see the changelog)

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

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