TG 1.9.7a1 Released

[Mark Ramm]

This is the first alpha in a series of releases running up to
TurboGears 2.0 final hopefully arriving sometime later this year.

http://turbogears.org/2.0

We're still working on TG2, and on the docs, as is expected with an
alpha release, but I'm really excited about the new docs, which are
generated using Sphinx.

http://turbogears.org/2.0/docs

Thanks to some help from the folks at the Repoze project, we've even
got out own package index to use for installing TG2, so If you've
already got setuptools installed, the install process is as easy as:

$ easy_install -i
http://www.turbogears.org/2.0/downloads/1.9.7a1/index tg.devtools

Of course, we've got more detailed install instrutions including
information on how to install into a clean virtual environment, so
that you eliminate any possibility that you'll get version conflicts
in your main python install:

http://www.turbogears.org/2.0/docs/main/DownloadInstall.html

There are a lot of new features in TG2, an a lot more to come, so be
aware that this is an alpha release, and we'll probably see some API
changes between now and 2.0 final. We'll document those changes and
tell you what you need to know to upgrade your project, but we're not
going to be afraid to improve and refine our API's between now and the
2.0 final. So, if you're not afraid of change, and are interested in
helping to shape the next generation of dynamic web frameworks, hop on
in and let us know what you think.

I think it's worth reaffirming our commitment to the 1.x users. This
does not mean we're dropping support for TG1, if anything it looks
like 1.x development is accelerating these days. So, if you're
interested in a stable, well tested, growing environment TurboGears 1
is still a great choice.

--
Mark Ramm-Christensen
email: mark at compoundthinking dot com
blog: www.compoundthinking.com/blog

[Mark Ramm]

Just bumped the version you'll get by doing this to 1.9.7a2 to fix an
issue with the way the new config system interacts with
tg.ext.repoze.who (the replacement for identity).

--Mark Ramm