eZ Components 2007.2
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*Expected release date:* Mid December 2007

New components
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We are planning the following new components:

- *Document* - conversions between different data formats, in this
  first release we will focus only on what the new OE editor and eZ Publish 4
  require.
- *WebDav* - Server-side support for WebDAV.
- *Tree* - Storing a tree structure in a database with different
  algorithms depending on application's performance restraints.

Because WebDav is a very extensive component, it might not make it into
this release. In that case we will release it as part of eZ Components 2008.1
and earlier as PEAR packages as soon as it it finished.


Enhancing existing components
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Additionally, the existing components will be improved further. 

Mail
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Additions for SMTP authentication and validation of email addresses:

- Searching IMAP mailboxes
- E-mail address validation
- SMTP authentication mechanisms: NTLM, CRAM-MD5 etc.
- Mail retrieval by UID in the IMAP transport

Url
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- Minor enhancements to deal with hiding "index.php".

Authentication
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- Improved OpenID support
- Database backend for authentication credentials
- Multiple credentials support
- Retrieval  of associated account data.

Template
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- Translation Tie-in and Character set support.


For the full list: http://issues.ez.no/RoadMap.php?Id=630&ProjectId=1

Release Dates
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Tentative release dates are:

*2007.2 Alpha 1:* - November 12th

*2007.2 Beta 1:* - November 26th