YES! Thank you! On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 08:33, Stephan Richter <srich...@cosmos.phy.tufts.edu> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > It is finally here! Thanks goes to everyone who involved! > > January 29, 2009 - The Zope 3 development team announces the Zope 3.4.0 > release. > > After 2 years of development, the Zope Foundation and the larger Zope > community is proud to announce the release of Zope 3.4.0. > > The focus of the Zope 3.4 development effort has been the conversion from a > monolithic source tree, to a set of many small packages (eggs), that can be > used independently of each other. The core has been further stabilized through > numerous bug fixes, and many new add-on packages have been developed to > provide a richer development experience. > > With this release also comes a renewed commitment to a short and reliable > release cycle of 6 months. > > Packages and Eggs > ----------------- > > Zope 3 is now fully converted to an egg-based system. While some work still > remains, it integrates very well with the rest of the Python community. The > conversion to egg-based packaging also enables other Python developers to only > have to use small bits and pieces of the complete Zope software system. The > conversion means that Zope 3 developers do not use the classic Zope 3 tar-ball > release anymore. However, for your convenience, Zope 3 developers will provide > the classic Zope 3 tar ball releases for at least the 3.4 series and probably > for 3.5 as well. > > So how are Zope 3 applications built using only eggs? > > > The Known Good Set (KGS) > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > The known good set -- or in short KGS -- is a configuration of packages and > their versions that are known to work well together. The compatibility is > frequently verified by running over twelve thousand tests on a daily > basis [1]_. The KGS is tested against Python 2.4 and 2.5 on the 32- and 64-bit > platforms. The list of controlled packages and their versions for Zope 3.4 can > be found at the Zope 3 KGS site [2]_. > > The KGS can be used in several ways [3]_. The most common way is to "nail" the > versions by downloading the version configuration file [4]_ and insert them as > follows in your buildout configuration:: > > [buildout] > versions = versions > ... > > [versions] > zope.interface = 3.4.0 > ... > > > ``zopeproject`` Project Builder > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > To start building a project using a common setup, a package called > `zopeproject` can be used to quickly setup the boilerplate for the > project. Ample documentation is provided at the `zopeproject` home page > [5]_. `zopeproject` uses Paste or ZDaemon to create a working server. The > following commands get you started:: > > $ easy_install zopeproject > $ zopeproject HelloWorld > $ cd HelloWorld > $ bin/helloworld-ctl foreground > > > Demo Packages > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > At this point, there is no demo package demonstrating a simple Zope 3 > application setup. However, the ``z3c.formdemo`` package can be used as a > fairly minimal setup. To get started with it, enter the following:: > > $ svn co svn://svn.zope.org/repos/main/z3c.formdemo/tags/1.5.3 formdemo > $ cd formdemo > $ python bootstrap.py > $ ./bin/buildout -v > $ ./bin/demo fg > > .. [1] http://zope3.pov.lt/buildbot > > .. [2] http://download.zope.org/zope3.4/3.4.0/controlled-packages.cfg > > .. [3] http://download.zope.org/zope3.4/intro.html > > .. [4] http://download.zope.org/zope3.4/3.4.0/versions.cfg > > .. [5] http://pypi.python.org/pypi/zopeproject > > > Downloads > --------- > > - Zope 3.4 KGS: > http://download.zope.org/zope3.4 > > - Zope 3.4 Controlled Packages: > http://download.zope.org/zope3.4/3.4.0/controlled-packages.cfg > > - Zope 3.4 Versions: > http://download.zope.org/zope3.4/3.4.0/versions.cfg > > - The classic Zope 3 source release can be downloaded from: > http://download.zope.org/zope3.4/3.4.0/Zope-3.4.0.tgz > > Installation instructions for both Windows and Un*x/Linux are now available in > the top level `README.txt` file of the distribution. The binary installer is > recommended for Windows. > > Zope 3.4 requires Python 2.4 or 3.5 to run. You must also have zlib installed > on your system. > > > Resources > --------- > > - Zope 3 Development Web Site: > http://wiki.zope.org/zope3 > > - Zope 3 Developers Mailing List: > http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev > > Retired: http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope3-dev > > - Zope 3 Users Mailing List: > http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-users > > - Bug tracker at launchpad: > https://launchpad.net/zope3 > > - IRC Channel: > #zope3-dev at irc.freenode.net > > > About Zope 3 > ------------ > > Zope 3 is a web application server that continues to build on the heritage of > Zope. It was rewritten from scratch based on the latest software design > patterns and the experiences of Zope 2. > > The component architecture is the very core of Zope 3 that allows developers > to > create flexible and powerful web applications. > > > Compatibility with Zope 2 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Zope 3 is not upwards compatible with Zope 2. This means you cannot run Zope 2 > applications in Zope 3. > > We continue to work on the transition from Zope 2 to Zope 3 by making Zope 2 > use more and more of the Zope 3 infrastructure. This means that new code > written in Zope 2 can benefit from Zope 3 technology. Also, with care, code > can be written that works in both Zope 3 and Zope 2. This allows a Zope 2 > application to slowly evolve towards Zope 3. Unchanged Zope 2 applications > are never expected to work in Zope 3, however. > > > About the Zope Foundation > ------------------------- > > The Zope Foundation, based in Fredricksburg, Virginia, is a not-for-profit > organisation that provides support for the Zope community and the Zope > platform and its associated software. Its community includes the open source > community of contributers as well as the community of businesses and > organizations that use Zope. > _______________________________________________ > Zope-Dev maillist - Zope-Dev@zope.org > http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev > ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** > (Related lists - > http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce > http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ) >
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