[Zope-Annce] Zope 2.7.0 Alpha 1 Released

[Chris McDonough]

Zope 2.7.0 represents a concentration on software configuration and
installation improvement over older versions. It requires Python
2.2.3.

You may download Zope 2.7.0a1 from Zope.org:

http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.7.0a1/

Users should note that Python 2.2.3 is now the required platform.

No binaries for platforms other than win32 will be offered for this
Zope release.

Particular features of interest in Zope 2.7.0:

 - ./configure; make; make install installation from source
 - configuration-file-driven configuration
 - integration of ReStructuredText
 - OrderedFolder support
 - Many bugxfixes

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

http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.7.0a1/CHANGES.txt
http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.7.0a1/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