Welcome to Zend Framework 1.7.8! This is a bug fix/maintenance release in the 
Zend Framework 1.7 series. This release maintains backwards compatibility
with all Zend Framework 1.x releases.

RELEASE INFORMATION
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Zend Framework 1.7.8 (r14537).
Released on 2009-03-30.

SPECIAL NOTICE
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Since it implements a binary protocol, the Zend_Amf component must be
aware of the processor architecture on which it is executed. Currently
Zend_Amf has been tested on machines with 32- and 64-bit Intel-based
processors. Specifically, it has not been tested on Power (i5),
PowerPC, and Sparc processors. Zend_Amf may work with these
architectures, but is not currently supported. We intend to add support
for additional architectures in upcoming mini releases.

NEW FEATURES
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* Zend_Amf with support for AMF0 and AMF3 protocols
* Dojo Toolkit 1.2.1
* Support for dijit editor available in the Dojo Toolkit
* ZendX_JQuery in extras library (see extras folder in the full package)
* Metadata API in Zend_Cache
* Google book search API in Zend_Gdata
* Preliminary support for GData Protocol v2 in Zend_Gdata
* Support for skip data processing in Zend_Search_Lucene
* Support for Open Office XML documents in Zend_Search_Lucene indexer
* Performance enhancements in Zend_Loader, Zend_Controller, and server
  components
* Zend_Mail_Storage_Writable_Maildir enhancements for mail delivery
* Zend_Tool in incubator (see incubator folder in the full package)
* Zend_Text_Table for formatting table using characters
* Zend_ProgressBar
* Zend_Config_Writer
* ZendX_Console_Unix_Process in the extras library
* Zend_Db_Table_Select support for Zend_Paginator
* Global parameters for routes
* Using Chain-Routes for Hostname-Routes via Zend_Config
* I18N improvements
    - Application wide locale for all classes
    - Data retrieving methods are now static
    - Additional cache handling methods in all I18N classes
    - Zend_Translate API simplified
* File transfer enhancements
    - Support for file elements in subforms
    - Support for multifile elements
    - Support for MAX_FILES_SIZE in form
    - Support for breaking validation chain
    - Support for translation of failure ,messages
    - New IsCompressed, IsImage, ExcludeMimeType, ExcludeExtension validators
    - Support for FileInfo extension in MimeType validator
* Zend_Db_Table_Select adapater for Zend_Paginator
* Support for custom adapters in Zend_Paginator
* More flexible handling of complex types in Zend_Soap

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=10990

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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Zend recommends the most current release of PHP for critical security and
performance enhancements, and currently supports PHP 5.2.4 or later.
Please see our reference guide for more detailed system requirements:

http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/requirements.html

INSTALLATION
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Please see INSTALL.txt.

QUESTIONS AND FEEDBACK
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Online documentation can be found at http://framework.zend.com/manual. Questions
that are not addressed in the manual should be directed to the appropriate
mailing list:

http://framework.zend.com/wiki/display/ZFDEV/Mailing+Lists

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 issue
tracker at:

http://framework.zend.com/issues

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maintenance releases of Zend Framework 1.7- you can subscribe to the fw-announce
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LICENSE
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The files in this archive are released under the Zend Framework license. You can
find a copy of this license in LICENSE.txt.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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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 http://framework.zend.com!