[Zope3-checkins] CVS: Zope3/doc - CHANGES.txt:1.485 ROADMAP.txt:1.4

Jim Fulton jim@zope.com
Fri, 18 Apr 2003 14:53:18 -0400


Update of /cvs-repository/Zope3/doc
In directory cvs.zope.org:/tmp/cvs-serv10385

Modified Files:
	CHANGES.txt ROADMAP.txt 
Log Message:
Updated docs in preparation for the second milestone release

=== Zope3/doc/CHANGES.txt 1.484 => 1.485 ===
--- Zope3/doc/CHANGES.txt:1.484	Tue Dec 31 17:25:15 2002
+++ Zope3/doc/CHANGES.txt	Fri Apr 18 14:53:17 2003
@@ -6,17 +6,17 @@
 
   For information on future releases, see ROADMAP.txt.
 
-  Zope 3x.0.0 Alpha 1
+  Zope X3.0.0 Milestone 2
 
-    What is Zope 3x? It's Zope 3 "experimental". This is the release
+    What is Zope X3? It's Zope 3 "experimental". This is the release
     that will provide the new features of Zope 3 without any Zope 2
     support.   Zope 3.0 will provide support for Zope 2 content and
     products, probably using conversion utilities of some sort. 
 
-    This release will be the first Zope 3 release. The goals of
+    This release is the second Zope 3 release. The goals of
     this release are to:
 
-    - Provide a relatively firm foundation for beginner Zope 3
+    - Provide a relatively firm foundation for Zope 3
       developers who want to start building Zope 3 products or to
       contribute to development.  
 
@@ -24,7 +24,84 @@
 
     - Solicit input on features, current and missing.
 
-    The alpha release *will* be slow. We have intentionally avoided
+    The first release was very slow.  This release is much less
+    slow, but it's not fast.  We have mostly avoided
+    optimization to keep the code as clean as possible. Optimization
+    will be performed prior to the first beta release.
+
+    This is STILL an EARLY release. There is very little organized
+    documentation, although there are some tutorials
+    (http://dev.zope.org/Zope3/ProgrammerTutorial) and lots of bits of
+    documentation spread around the system.
+
+    A lot of work has been done since the last release, including:
+
+    - General UI improvements
+
+    - Performance improvements (much more to come)
+
+      This release is much less slow than the previous release.
+
+    - Improvements to the through-the-web site management experience
+      (There's still a lot more to do.)
+
+    - Internationalization improvements
+
+    - FTP Support
+
+    - PUT support (Allowing editing with Mozolla/Netscape Composer and 
+                   Amaya).
+
+    - Partial WebDAV support
+          
+    - A basic workflow system
+
+    - Improvements to Zope 3 schemas and form generation
+
+    - A functional testing framework
+
+    - Virtual Hosting support
+
+    - A Utility service
+
+    - XML "interfaces" derived from XML Schema URIs.
+      These marker interfaces can be used to control application
+      of XML processing using the component architecture.
+
+    - New search indexes
+
+    - Views on exceptions.
+
+    Much thanks to everone who contributed to this release:
+
+        Alan Runyan, Albertas Agejevas, Alexander Limi, Andreas Jung,
+        Anthony Baxter, Axel Bringenberg, Barry Warsaw, Bruce Eckel,
+        Christian Heimes, Christian Theune, Fred Drake, Gary Poster,
+        Godefroid Chapelle, Gregoire Weber, Guido van Rossum, Jeremy
+        Hylton, Jim Fulton, Marius Gedminas, Martijn Faassen, Michael
+        Howitz, Nathan Yergler, Paul Winkler, Philipp von
+        Weitershausen, Phillip Eby, R. David Murray, R. Sean Bowman,
+        Sathya Rangaswami, Sidnei da Silva, Stephan Richter, Steve
+        Alexander, Tim Peters, Tres Seaver, Ulrich Eck, Viktorija
+        Zaksiene, and Volker Bachschneider
+
+
+  ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+  Zope X3.0.0 Milestone 1 (formerly known as 3x.0.0 Alpha 1)
+
+    This release was the first Zope 3 release. The goals of
+    this release are to:
+
+    - Provide a relatively firm foundation for Zope 3
+      developers who want to start building Zope 3 products or to
+      contribute to development.  
+
+    - Provide wider exposure of Zope 3.
+
+    - Solicit input on features, current and missing.
+
+    The alpha release *was* very slow. We have intentionally avoided
     optimization to keep the code as clean as possible. Optimization
     will be performed prior to the first beta release.
 


=== Zope3/doc/ROADMAP.txt 1.3 => 1.4 ===
--- Zope3/doc/ROADMAP.txt:1.3	Tue Dec 31 17:22:03 2002
+++ Zope3/doc/ROADMAP.txt	Fri Apr 18 14:53:17 2003
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@
   the compliment of CHANGES.txt. Over time, entries from this file
   will migrate to CHANGES.txt and then to HISTORY.txt.
 
-  Zope 3x.0.0 alpha 2
+  Zope X3.0.0 Milestone release 3
 
-    The second alpha release will probably happen around the begining
-    of February 2003. 
+    The third milestone release will probably happen around mid-May
+    2003.  We may skip this release and have an alpha around the
+    beginning of June instead.
 
     The goals of the second alpha release release are to:
 
@@ -19,13 +20,13 @@
       developers who want to start building Zope 3 products or to
       contribute to development.  
 
+    - Provide support for web "scriptors", who are creators of active
+      content. 
+
     - Provide wider exposure of Zope 3.
 
     - Solicit input on features, current and missing.
 
-    The alpha release may be slow. We have intentionally avoided
-    optimization to keep the code as clean as possible. Optimization
-    will be performed prior to the first beta release.
 
     New Features
 
@@ -33,20 +34,15 @@
 
         - A flexible and pluggable authentication service.
 
-        - Virtual host service
-
         - Interface service, for browsing and changing configuration
-          by interface.
-
-        - Some sort of mail delivery service service
+          by interface.  This will include focussed browsing and
+          configuration of "content types".
 
       - A file-system synchronization system.  Initially, this will
         use a CVS-like command-line tool.  It allows objects to be checked out
         of Zope to the file system, modified and then checked back
         in. Objects can be added on the file systems and changes made
         in the database and on the file-system can be merged.
-
-      - WebDAV support would be nice.
 
       - ...