On behalf of the Python development team, I’m overjoyed to announce the fourth
alpha release of Python 2.7.
Python 2.7 is scheduled (by Guido and Python-dev) to be the last major version
in the 2.x series. Though more major releases have not been absolutely ruled
out, it’s likely that the 2.7 release will an extended period of maintenance [...] On behalf of the Python development team, I’m pleased to announce a release
candidate for the second bugfix release of the Python 3.1 series, Python 3.1.2.
This bug fix release fixes numerous issues found in 3.1.1. This release
candidate has been released to solicit testing and feedback over an possible
regressions from 3.1.1. Please consider testing it [...] On behalf of the Python development team and the Python community, I’m
happy to announce the release candidate 1 of Python 2.5.5.
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. Users are
encouraged to upgrade to the latest release of Python 2.6 (which is
2.6.4 at this [...] The Python developers have released Python 2.6.4 which they describe as a “critical bug fix for Python 2.6.3″. Python 2.6.3 was released at the start of October but according to the developers there were a number of regressions in the logging package and in setuptools compatibility, which required fixing in Python 2.6.4. QOTW: “It is however, much like the framework in question, best kept private
and not made public.” – Ed Singleton, on a “perfectly healthful and
acceptable” practice … left unnamed here
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/987b1a7a4b9 01f3f
Looking for a sane way of organizing modules in a project:
[...] On behalf of the Jython development team, I’m pleased to announce that
Jython 2.5.1 final is available for download:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/jython/files/jython/2.5.1/jython_installer-2.5.1.jar/download
- See the http://wiki.python.org/jython/InstallationInstructions for
installation instructions.
Jython 2.5.1 fixes a number of bugs, including some major errors when
using coroutines and when using relative imports, as well as a
potential data loss bug when writing to files in append mode. Please
see [...] On behalf of the Python development team, I’m happy to announce the first bugfix
release of the Python 3.1 series, Python 3.1.1.
This bug fix release fixes many normal bugs and several critical ones including
potential data corruption in the io library.
Python 3.1 focuses on the stabilization and optimization of the features and
changes that Python 3.0 introduced. [...] On behalf of the Python development team, I’m pleased to announce the first
release candidate of Python 3.1.1.
This bug fix release fixes many normal bugs and several critical ones including
potential data corruption in the io library. The final version should be out
within the next week.
Python 3.1 focuses on the stabilization and optimization of the features [...] QOTW: “The economy rises and falls, money comes and goes, but a great
conference has permanent good effects. Well, a lot more permanent than
government fiscal policy, anyway.” – Python Software Foundation Director
“bitter-in-victory-gracious-in-defeat-ly y’rs” timbot
Is python free of “buffer overflow” errors?
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/a31faac6feced289/
[...] Pardus is a Linux distribution created and maintained by Scientific & Technological Research Council of Turkey. There’s certainly no shortage of customized and special-purpose Linux distributions available, but Pardus is unique in several ways. Today, instead of covering the usual aspects of an operating system like installation and included software, I’m going to [...] On behalf of the Python development team, I’m thrilled to announce the first
production release of Python 3.1.
Python 3.1 focuses on the stabilization and optimization of the features and
changes that Python 3.0 introduced. For example, the new I/O system has been
rewritten in C for speed. File system APIs that use unicode strings now handle
paths [...] On behalf of the Python development team, I’m happy to announce the second
release candidate of Python 3.1.
Python 3.1 focuses on the stabilization and optimization of the features and
changes that Python 3.0 introduced. For example, the new I/O system has been
rewritten in C for speed. File system APIs that use unicode strings now handle
paths [...] On behalf of the Python development team, I’m happy to announce the first
release candidate of Python 3.1.
Python 3.1 focuses on the stabilization and optimization of the features and
changes that Python 3.0 introduced. For example, the new I/O system has been
rewritten in C for speed. File system APIs that use unicode strings now handle
paths [...] The long wait is finally over!
I am happy to announce the release of TurboGears 2.0 final.
http://turbogears.org/2.0
This release is the product of a lot of work by the whole TurboGears
team, and we’re very happy to have a final stable release. TurboGears
2.0 final includes all kinds of goodies for those making web
applications, from one of the most powerful and flexible Object
Relational [...] Whitespaces and formatting are meaningful in Python, so the code is posted both inline in this article, and on a separate page which is linked at the bottom.
Past Linux Planet articles have described programming in Python with TkInter But you have several other choices for graphical programs in Python. One of the most powerful is [...] On behalf of the Python development team, I’m thrilled to announce the first and
only beta release of Python 3.1.
Python 3.1 focuses on the stabilization and optimization of features and changes
Python 3.0 introduced. For example, the new I/O system has been rewritten in C
for speed. File system APIs that use unicode strings now handle [...] On behalf of the Python community, I’m happy to announce the availability of Python 2.6.2. This is the latest production-ready version in the Python 2.6 series. Dozens of issues have been fixed since Python 2.6.1 was released back in December. Please see the NEWS file for all the gory details.
http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.6.2/NEWS.txt
For more information on Python 2.6 [...] I’m happy to announce the release of Python 2.6.2 candidate 1. This release contains dozens of bug fixes since Python 2.6.1. Please see the NEWS file for a detailed list of changes.
Barring unforeseen problems, Python 2.6.2 final will be released within a few days.
http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.6.2/NEWS.txt
For more information on Python 2.6 please see
http://docs.python.org/dev/whatsnew/2.6.html
Source tarballs and Windows installers [...] On behalf of the Python development team, I’m thrilled to announce the second
alpha release of Python 3.1.
Python 3.1 focuses on the stabilization and optimization of features and changes
Python 3.0 introduced. For example, the new I/O system has been rewritten in C
for speed. Other features include an ordered dictionary implementation and
support for ttk Tile [...] On behalf of the Python development team and the Python community, I’m
happy to announce the first alpha release of Python 3.1.
Python 3.1 focuses on the stabilization and optimization of features and changes
Python 3.0 introduced. The new I/O system has been rewritten in C for speed.
Other features include a ordered dictionary implementation and support for [...] | 