Will there be .debs of this new release, too, or do we have to roll our own?
Bye, Andreas Am Dienstag, 8. M�rz 2005 16:06 schrieb Piotras: > Lodz, March 7th 2005 -- The Midgard Project has released stable release > version 1.6.3 of the Midgard Open Source Content Management Framework. > Midgard provides a reliable CMS framework build on top of the LAMP > platform. Midgard's core features include internationalization, > accessibility, scalability, robust templating and PHP connectivity. > > This is a maintenance release that includes some bug fixes and support > for the new Zend Thread Safety (ZTS) mode in PHP. > > Major features in Midgard 1.6 include: > > * MultiLang support > * Unicode support by default > * PAM authentication support > * Apache2 module > * PHP4 module ready to use with Apache1 and Apache2 > * New midgard-data including MidCOM 1.4.0 > * New PHP5 module > > The MultiLang feature makes Midgard more flexible as it separates > metadata from the current language of objects. It is easy to use with the > new midgard-data package which allows server administrator to create or > update databases to MultiLang very easily. > > While Midgard has supported international character sets through the > UTF-8 encoding since the Midgard 1.2.5 series, Midgard 1.6 is the first > release where Unicode ships as the default encoding. > This means that new Midgard installations can manage content in character > sets like Russian, Japanese and Maori with zero effort. > > PAM, or Pluggable Authentication Modules is a technology used on > several Unix platforms like Linux and Solaris to enables systems to > authenticate using some central authentication provider. PAM support in > Midgard means that Midgard sites and applications can now authenticate with > external systems like LDAP or Active Directory instead of using the local > password storage. > > PHP4 module may be configured with the old Apache 1.3.x or new Apache 2. > Both modules have caching facilities which increase performance and reduce > request time. These modules have also abilities to emulate the old > mod_midgard Apache module which is now deprecated. > > > The revised Midgard-data package provides an out-of-the-box setup > complete with Aegir and Spider administration tools and the MidCOM > component framework. Aegir is a comprehensive and powerful administration > tool targeted at Midgardpower users. Spider provides similar administrative > features in accessible way, allowing disabled users and simpler web > browsers to manage websites. In addition to the Midgard applications, > midgard-data also ships several command-line utilities including the yamp > packaging scripts useful to Midgard application developers and the datagard > Midgard database and virtual host setup tool. > > MidCOM 1.4.0 is a full component framework which enables site builders > to construct their web sites from ready-made and configurable site > features, or components. All MidCOM components provide uniformal and > localized ways for configuration and content management. The configuration > system allows site developers to fully control the way the components > behave, including their output templates and content structure and form > field definitions. For end-users the MidCOM system provides an intuitive > "Edit this page" interface for editing site content. > Over 20 components shipping with MidCOM include a news listing system, > event calendars, product order and shipping management system, phone book > and a wiki online notebook. > > PHP5 module is currently patched version of midgard-php4 module, and > should be considered only for testing purposes. > > Changes from 1.6.2 release: > > Midgard-php4 > * Change in security model that prevents anonymous > and unprivileged users from creating new parameters > * Support for the Zend Thread Safety (ZTS) mode in PHP > > Midgard-apache2 > * Fix random segfaults for hosts configured without cache directive. > > Planned for next releases > > * Scheduled release - March 2005 > * Automated testing of release packages > * MgdSchema - XML defined objects for PHP using the GObjects system > * Apache1 module will enter deprecation cycle > * Rewritten MidCOM Component Framework no longer served from database. > * Site Creation Wizard for the MidCOM Component Framework > > Download page for latest release: > http://www.midgard-project.org/download/ > > Getting started with Midgard: > http://www.midgard-project.org/documentation/getting-started/ > > Getting started with MidCOM: > http://www.nehmer.net/~bergie/oscom3/ > > Bugs reporting: > http://midgard.tigris.org/issues/reports.cgi > > Users and developers support: > Mailing list [email protected] > > About Midgard > > The Midgard Content Management Framework was initially released in May > 1999, and has since gathered a sizable user and developer community. > Midgard powers thousands of web sites ranging from simple organizational > websites to major portals like New Zealand eGovernment site and > Playbill. > > Midgard is being developed by an international team of professionals. > Midgard's development team includes new media designers, system > integrators and content management consultants. Midgard development is > being supported by several commercial and governmental entities > including the European Union. > > > The Midgard community is committed at maintaining and developing Midgard > as one of the major Open Source Content Management Systems. Key focus > areas are robustness, longevity and internationality of the solution. To > support these the Midgard community works actively on supporting the > latest web, content management and accessibility standards. The Midgard > community also participates actively in the central organization for > Open Source Content Management, OSCOM. > > > Piotr Pokora, Midgard release manager > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Henri Bergius, Midgard spokesman > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > The Midgard Project > http://www.midgard-project.org/ > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Adding sound to movies would be like putting lipstick on the Venus de Milo. -- Mary Pickford, 1925 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
