The eZ Components team just released the first alpha version of the new 2008.1 release. Many new features have been added to this alpha. The most important things are hierarchical caching, improved data type support for PersistentObject, and the new Search component. This adds to earlier alphas, where major new features such as the new Feed component and optimized translation support in the Template component were introduced.

The eZ Components team just released alpha versions of Base, EventLog, Feed and the Workflow components. The EventLog component's new feature includes changes to log rotation. The Feed component has been completely revamped since an earlier version and supports ATOM, RSS1 (RDF), RSS2 and includes support for many modules: Content, CreativeCommons, Dublin Core, Geo and iTunes. The Workflow component now adds links and hooks through SignalSlot with the new WorkflowSignalSlotTiein.

The eZ Components team just released new versions of the Configuration and Mail components that address minor bugs in those components. Besides this, we also released alpha versions of Debug, Template, TemplateTranslationTiein, Translation, Tree and TreeDatabaseTiein; those alpha versions introduce new functionality such as support for stack traces, translatable strings and auto-generated Node IDs.