Zope X3 is the next major Zope release and has been written from scratch based on the latest software design patterns and the experiences of Zope 2. The "X" in the name stands for "experimental", since this release does not try to provide any backward-compatibility to Zope 2.

Download

http://zope.org/Products/ZopeX3

Installation instructions for both Windows and Un*x/Linux are now available in the top level README.txt of the distribution.

Changes to alpha 2

• More packages have been removed from the distribution. This includes the session package and all the packages that deal with Python code inside the ZODB, such as zodbcode and persistent interfaces.
• Complete reimplementation of the event system to use subscribers.
• Updated the online help system (not to be confused with API doc tool) to reflect the latest APIs and design patterns.
• The access log can now be configured via the zope.conf file.
• The underlying component lookup machinery has been overhauled. Every Zope thread now knows automatically about the context. This simplified the component lookup API a lot.
• Several bug fixes.
• The Russian translation was completed and the German one was updated as well.

Goals

The API is frozen now for X3.0.0. We would like to ask all people to test this release and report any bugs or mis-behaviors!

The beta period is scheduled to last for about 1 month. During this month we will try to complete the following tasks:

• Fix outstanding bugs.
• Optimize critical components to speed up the system.
• Write and update documentation.
• Add and complete translations.
• Remove as many XXX comments as possible.

There is still much to do! Even if you are not a programmer, you can help!

Please send any bug reports and comments to [email protected]! Thank you very much in advance for your help!

Contributors

Jim Fulton, Marius Gedminas, Fred Drake, Philipp von Weitershausen, Stephan Richter, Dmitry Vasiliev, Scott Pascoe, Bjorn Tillenius, Eckart Hertzler, Roger Ineichen, Stuart Bishop

Thanks to everyone!