Zend Framework 1.8.1

Greetings!

The Zend Framework team is happy to announce the immediate availability
of Zend Framework 1.8.1, the first maintenance release in the 1.8
series. You can get it via our downloads page:

    http://framework.zend.com/download/latest

Use the CDN link for fast downloads, or scroll down the page for direct
downloads of the 1.8.1 packages from the ZF servers.

1.8.0 was released only 13 days ago, but we already have logged 68
resolved issues in that timeframe! We appreciate everyone who has taken
the time to log bugs, documentation issues -- even issues with the Quick
Start! -- as well as those who have given generously of their time to
help resolve them.

One important bugfix that should be noted is that a glitch in packaging
of 1.8.0 meant that the Dojo version shipped with it was from the Dojo
1.2 branch -- and not the 1.3 branch as reported in the changelogs. The
packaging script has been corrected, and the source build within the
full ZF distribution now correclty includes Dojo 1.3.

Other prominent changes include:

  * Zend_Loader::registerAutoload() now proxies to
    Zend_Loader_Autoloader, and marks the instance as a fallback
    autoloader. This will ensure equivalent functionality, and reduces
    the number of deprecation notices emitted to one.

  * Many bugfixes and improvements to Zend_Application.
 
  * Addition of module generation capabilities to Zend_Tool

  * Addition of strong object typing capabilities to Zend_Amf

  * Many more manual translations!

For a full list of resolved issues, please visit:

    http://short.ie/zf1-8-1-issues

Again, many thanks to all contributors to this release!

--
Matthew Weier O'Phinney
Project Lead            | matthew@...
Zend Framework          | http://framework.zend.com/