Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 15:56:37 -0500
From: Brian Lloyd
To: zope-announce@zope.org, zope@zope.org, zop-dev@zope.org
Subject: [Zope-Annce] ANNOUNCE: Zope 2.3.0 final released

Hello all,

Zope 2.3.0 final has been released - you can download it from Zope.org:

http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.3.0/

Zope 2.3 is focused on improving productivity, ease of use and performance. New features in the 2.3 release supporting these goals include:

• Scripts to allow safe web management of logic, dramatically improving the ability to separate logic and presentation in site design

• Cache Managers to provide a powerful caching infrastructure for dramatically improving site responsiveness while retaining dynamicism

• Built-in infrastructure for complex virtual hosting of multiple sites on one server

• Significantly improved Zope Management Interface for web-based authoring and administration

• Other important changes, such as improvements in WebDAV support, customizable object creation, running an optional server for browsing source documents, significant improvements in cataloging and indexing, and a new quick start document with references to the most important documentation for new users

Zope 2.3 also marks the first feature release where a significant amount of the work was done "in the fishbowl" using our open development process on dev.zope.org. This release owes a lot to the hard work of many in the Zope community in addition to folks here at DC. The MVPs for Zope 2.3 include:

• Evan Simpson (Python scripting and SiteAccess)

• Shane Hathaway (CacheManager and many other things)

• Adam Davis (improvements to the Zope interface)

• Chris Petrilli (ZCatalog)

• Toby Dickenson (improved Python 2 support)

• Chris McDonough (improved UserFolders)

• John Odom (StructuredText NG)

• Michel Pelletier (Interfaces and new Quickstart)

• Casey Duncan (ZCatalog patches)

• Tres Seaver (FTP and DAV support in ZClasses)

• John Heintz (patch for ExtensionClass)

• Chris Withers (patches and bug hunting)

• Tom Vijlbrief (FTP rename support)

• Dieter Maurer (patches and bug hunting)

My apologies to anyone I've missed - thanks also to the many who participated the alpha and beta cycles and provided feedback.

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/2.3.0/CHANGES.txt

- http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.3.0/HISTORY.txt

Brian Lloyd        
Software Engineer  540.371.6909
Digital Creations  http://www.digicool.com