Author: pke
Date: Thu Dec 13 00:48:55 2007
New Revision: 6977
Log:
Edited the 2007.2 technical release announcement
Modified:
docs/news/2007-12-17.txt
Modified: docs/news/2007-12-17.txt
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--- docs/news/2007-12-17.txt [iso-8859-1] (original)
+++ docs/news/2007-12-17.txt [iso-8859-1] Thu Dec 13 00:48:55 2007
@@ -5,59 +5,60 @@
:Author: Derick Rethans
:Date: 2007-12-18 14:03
-The development team is happy to release the fifth major version of the eZ
-Components: version 2007.2.
+The development team is happy to announce the release of the fifth major
+version of eZ Components: version 2007.2.
New Components
==============
-In this release there are two new components.
+In this release, there are two new components.
Tree
----
-A component that allows you create, manipulate and query tree structures.
-There are several backends available, all with different characteristics
-regarding performance. Two tie-ins follow with this extension:
-TreeDatabaseTiein that stores tree structures in a database (recommended) and
-TreePersistentObjectTiein that allows you to store the data belonging to the
+This component enables you to create, manipulate and query tree structures.
+There are several back-ends available, each with different performance-related
+properties. There are two tie-ins for this extension:
+TreeDatabaseTiein stores tree structures in a database (recommended) and
+TreePersistentObjectTiein enables you to store the data belonging to the
tree structure as a persistent object.
-*Note:* The Tree component requires PHP **5.2.1**.
+*Note:* The Tree component requires PHP **5.2.1** or higher.
Webdav
------
-The Webdav component allows you to easily set up a WebDAV enabled HTTP server,
-which allows users to upload, modify and download files. The current
+The Webdav component enables you to easily set up a WebDAV-enabled HTTP server.
+Users can then create and edit site content by uploading and downloading files
+to and from their desktop. The current
implementation is compatible with `RFC 2518`_ but also supports
-non-standard-conform clients and allows the easy integration of further ones.
-This component does not have any other dependencies besides PHP (and required
-extensions), nor does it require any Apache modules.
+clients that do not conform to the standard. Additionally, it supports the
easy integration
+of other standards. This component does not have any other dependencies besides
+PHP (and the required extensions), nor does it require any Apache modules.
-*Note:* The WebDAV component requires PHP **5.2.1**.
+*Note:* The WebDAV component requires PHP **5.2.1** or higher.
.. _`RFC 2518`: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2518.txt
Other Improvements
==================
-Other major new features include better OpenID support, APC and memcache
-backends to the Cache component, a Unix syslog format writer for EventLog,
+Other major new features include better OpenID support, support for APC and
memcache
+back-ends to the Cache component, a Unix syslog format writer for EventLog,
stacked bar charts and ODO meter charts in the Graph component, and more
SMTP authentication mechanisms (DIGEST-MD5, CRAM-MD5, NTLM and LOGIN).
-All in all the development team addressed 63 defects, implemented 42 new
-features and completed 12 tasks - in total 117 issues.
+For this release, the development team addressed 63 bugs, implemented 42 new
+features and completed 12 tasks - 117 issues in total.
Upgrading
=========
-You can find downloads of the whole bundle on the download_ page and updated
-documentation on the documentation_ page. Please note that the PHP requirements
-are now PHP **5.1.6**.
+You can download the eZ Components bundle on the download_ page. Updated
+documentation is available on the documentation_ page. Please note that eZ
+Components now requires PHP **5.1.6** or higher.
-Users of the PEAR installer can upgrade to the new version by issuing::
+Users of the PEAR installer can upgrade to the new version with this command::
pear upgrade ezc/ezcomponents
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