[XML-SIG] ANN: 4Suite and 4SuiteServer 0.11.1 beta 2

[Uche Ogbuji]

More fixes, more features, this is it before the 0.11.1 release, hopefully 
Monday.  Please help us test and exercise things.

See http://4Suite.org/download.html for the packages (the "0.11.1b2" packages 
on ftp://ftp.fourthought.com/pub/4Suite).

Note: Unfortunately, core structural changes in this release mean that 4ODS 
users must completely remove the Ft/Ods directory in their Python installation 
and drop and re-create all databases.  4SS users must completely remove the 
FtServer directory in the Python installation, drop and re-create all 
databases (by running "4ss_manager init").

At least you can now use "4ss_manager backup" and "4ss_manager restore" to 
migrate all your data from beta 1.

News since beta 1:

4Suite:

    * Major 4ODS rewrite: performance, many new features
    * EXSLT support built into 4XSLT
    * XSLT output method fixes
    * Reader fixes
    * Support stylesheet include/import "path" in 4XSLT
    * Support XSLT extension element hooks before and after top-level 
apply-templates
    * Completed XUpdate support
    * Test suite re-write
    * Namespace fixes
    * Other fixes and speed-ups
    
4SS:

    * Experimental Java wrapper
    * HTTP handler improvements and fixes
    * Add "BuyerBase" demo
    * Fix "GuestBook" demo
    * revamp test suites
    * many performance and bug fixes



News between 0.11.0 and beta 1:

4Suite new features:

  pure python parser for Xslt, XPath, and XPointer
  Support for unicode in the C based XSLT, XPath and XPointer parsers
  ODS dictionaries and type definitions
  ODS bug fixes and optimizations
  
 
4Suite Server new features

  FTP server
  text indexing using swish
  more CORBA support
  Backup and Restore command line tools
  Better security
  True access control lists



-- 
Uche Ogbuji                               Principal Consultant
uche.ogbuji@fourthought.com               +1 303 583 9900 x 101
Fourthought, Inc.                         http://Fourthought.com 
4735 East Walnut St, Ste. C, Boulder, CO 80301-2537, USA
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