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Python 2.5.6

We are pleased to announce the release of Python 2.5.6, a security fix release of Python 2.5, on May 26th, 2011.

This is a source-only release that only includes security fixes. The last full bug-fix release of Python 2.5 was Python 2.5.4. User are encouraged to upgrade to the latest release of Python 2.7 (which is 2.7.1 at this point). This release is most likely the final release of Python 2.5; under the current release policy, no security issues in Python 2.5 will be fixed after October, 2011.

This releases fixes issues with the urllib, urllib2, SimpleHTTPServer, and audiop modules. See the detailed release notes for more details.

See also the license.

Download the release

Source code

gzip-compressed source code: Python-2.5.6.tgz

bzip2-compressed source code: Python-2.5.6.tar.bz2, the source archive.

The bzip2-compressed version is considerably smaller, so get that one if your system has the appropriate tools to deal with it.

Unpack the archive with tar -zxvf Python-2.5.6.tgz (or bzcat Python-2.5.6.tar.bz2 | tar -xf -). Change to the Python-2.5.6 directory and run the “./configure”, “make”, “make install” commands to compile and install Python. The source archive is also suitable for Windows users who feel the need to build their own version.

What’s New?

  • See the highlights of the Python 2.5 release.
  • Andrew Kuchling’s What’s New in Python 2.5 describes the most visible changes since Python 2.4 in more detail.
  • A detailed list of the changes in 2.5.6 can be found in the release notes, or the Misc/NEWS file in the source distribution.
  • For the full list of changes, you can poke around in Subversion.

Documentation

The documentation has not been updated since the 2.5.4 release:

Files, MD5 checksums, signatures and sizes

d1d9c83928561addf11d00b22a18ca50 Python-2.5.6.tgz (11608002 bytes, signature)

5d45979c5f30fb2dd5f067c6b06b88e4 Python-2.5.6.tar.bz2 (9821788 bytes, signature)

The signatures above were generated with GnuPG using release manager Martin v. Löwis’s public key which has a key id of 7D9DC8D2.

June 1st, 2011 | Category: Python

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