Re: 1.6RC1 Release Notes

> Hi all, this would normally go to the contributors list, but I'm not
> sure if everyone is subscribed yet. For now I'll just put together my
> best netiquette and cross post. :) Please let me know of any errors or
> omissions ASAP.
>
> ,Wil
>
>
>
> Welcome to Zend Framework 1.6 Release Candidate 1! This release may  
> meet
> quality
> guidelines for production use but has not been fully tested by the  
> Zend
> Framework
> community for production use.
> To help us deliver a stable Zend Framework 1.6 GA release soon, please
> post your
> comments and questions to the appropriate mailing list and bring any
> bugs to our
> attention in the Zend Framework issue tracker:
>
> http://framework.zend.com/issues
>
> RELEASE INFORMATION
> ---------------
>
> Zend Framework 1.6 Release Candidate 1 (revision TBD).
> Released on 2008-07-21.
>
>
> NEW FEATURES
> ------------
>
> * Dojo Integration
>    - JSON-RPC
>    - Dojo Data packing
>    - Dojo View Helper
>    - Dijit integration with Zend_Form & Zend_View
>    - Dojo Library Distribution
> * SOAP
>    - SOAP Server
>    - SOAP Client
>    - Autodiscovery
>    - WSDL access
>    - WSDL Generation
> * Preview of Tooling Project in Laborator (see /laboratory folder)
>    - Command Line Interface
>    - Project Asset Management
>
> ENHANCEMENTS AND BUGFIXES
> -------------------------
>
> * Unit Testing Harness for Controllers
> * Lucene 2.3 Index File Format Support
> * Zend_Table save handler for DbTable
> * Paginator Component
> * Text/Figlet Support
> * ReCaptcha Service
> * Zend_Config_Xml Attribute Support
> * Character Set Option for DB Adapters
> * Zend File Transfer Component
> * New Media View Helpers (Flash, Quicktime, Object, and Page)
> * Support in Zend_Translate for INI File Format
>
> A detailed list of all features and bug fixes in this release may be
> found at:
>
> http://framework.zend.com/issues/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?requestId=10
> 794
>
> INTENDED USE
> ------------
>
> The Zend Framework community does not recommend this release for
> production use.
> Please be aware that the API's introduced in this release may not be
> final and
> the Zend Framework community does not guarantee backwards  
> compatibility
> to this
> release in future releases of Zend Framework. Once a release candidate
> is
> sanctioned by the ZF community as a GA release, Zend Technologies and
> the ZF community
> will make every effort to maintain backwards compatibility.
>
> SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
> -------------------
>
> Zend Framework requires PHP 5.2.3 or later. Please see our reference
> guide for
> more detailed system requirements:
>
> http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/requirements.html
>
> INSTALLATION
> ------------
>
> Please see /INSTALL.txt.
>
> QUESTIONS AND FEEDBACK
> ----------------------
>
> Online documentation can be found at http://framework.zend.com/manual.
> Questions
> that are not addressed in the manual should be directed to the
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>
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> If you find code in this release behaving in an unexpected manner or
> contrary to
> its documented behavior, please create an issue in the Zend Framework
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>
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> LICENSE
> -------
>
> The files in this archive are released under the Zend Framework  
> license.
> You can
> find a copy of this license in /LICENSE.txt.
>
> ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
> ----------------
>
> The Zend Framework team would like to thank all the contributors to  
> the
> Zend
> Framework project, our corporate sponsor (Zend Technologies), and you-
> the Zend
> Framework user. Please visit us sometime soon at
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