Changes

################################# Changes for Third Public Release May 5th, 2002

Refactoring

New Functionality

group api object for managing local roles
massive ui update, css everywhere, even though it looks bad :(
cataloged event queues
subscriptions have landed... although not emailed yet.
better metadata input support (PPD and Ciphon are tenatively supported) and metadata conversion to internal format
added in a scheduler for in process cron functionality
added in a calendar store for events
added experimental txn fs, heirarchial-directory support and locking
added simple fs heirarchical support (after back tracking on the above for lack of time)
package files are now stored on the fs
author membership adapter
new uri filter for page contract

############################ Changes for Second Public Release March 18, 2002

Refactoring

refactored Package directory
renamed Services to WebServices
renamed BTreeUser to UserDirectory
refactored logging to have a logfactory for distinguishing subcomponent logging
removed gratitious event proxies
removed login checks Ratings object b/c of new export of url vars in login process

New Functionality

added export functionality to zipped xml metadata and distro files, for repository state dumps during refactoring and upgrades. no import though :(
added in some basic security assertions. warning, DTMLFile is unrestricted.
upgraded event channel to latest released version
added in some documentation of the Package and Security Model
added a simple integrated bug tracker
added validid filter to PageContract
added in some missing functionality to PackageAdmin
switched ServiceBroker to use inspect when generating web documentation of ServiceProviders.
added in extra methods and missing implementations to ServiceProvider
added in a skeleton of an object linking service
added in a transactional file system (needs lockig for general use..)
finished BulkTxnMailer Object using transactional fs (still needs queue runner)
added in an Objects.Utilities package, currently just exports ZTUtils to the dtml namespace (monkeypatch)
changed login form behavior to export url vars
altered CookieCrumbler to export url vars
altered Workspace collaborator api so that instead of just supporting a single panel, they allow access to the collaborator object directly, as an adapter to another application, via bobo traverse
added in a simple documentation browser for the gideon stx files
added rating service to keep track of highest rated objects
made the test_packages installation hook on by default.

Bug fixes

fixed bug in PackageFile download (martin v. l.)
bug fixes in CookieCrumbler
minor fixes to some page contract compilation to pass in context.
added note in BulkTxnMailer that its not transactional due to nature of email.
fixed the package admin pages so they all get menu bars instead of a single admin link
rewrote NewsSink's rss handlers for compliance with rss0.9-.91