[Zope-Annce] Zope 2.6.0 alpha 1 available

[Matthew T. Kromer]

      ZOPE 2.6.0 Alpha 1 Released

Zope 2.6.0 represents the first Zope release formed with a large number 
of community contributions. You may download Zope 2.6.0a1 from Zope.org:

http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.6.0a1/

Users of the Zope source release should note that Python 2.1.3 is now 
the required platform. Python 2.1.3 includes a fix to an issue that 
could cause crashes in Zope.

Particular features of interest in Zope 2.6.0a1:

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      Gzip content compression when serving pages

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      ZCTextIndex plug-in index

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      Signal Handling and Log Rotation

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      Addition of a new default view setting ability

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      New profiling abilities

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      Improved daemon mode

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      Enhanced text indexing

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      Improved object cache control

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      Bugfixes for Colletor issues 196, 271, 272 304, 358, 412

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

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      http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.6.0a1/CHANGES.txt

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      http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.6.0a1/HISTORY.txt

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


-- 
Matt Kromer
Zope Corporation  http://www.zope.com/