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| author | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 2007-12-06 05:07:41 (GMT) |
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| committer | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 2007-12-06 05:07:41 (GMT) |
| commit | 99533a95bbfcf255c6b3925e8cb1a9210a5837b9 (patch) | |
| tree | 537bc05ac04450ce59148fb065bd74b3624a7244 | |
| parent | f64db9f6db6dc631368faaeaa5547769a01682cc (diff) | |
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Get ready for releasing 3.0a2.
(Next: update the whatsnew docs.)
| -rw-r--r-- | Include/patchlevel.h | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/NEWS | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | README | 19 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | RELNOTES | 9 |
4 files changed, 30 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h index 53554aa..8987445 100644 --- a/Include/patchlevel.h +++ b/Include/patchlevel.h @@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ #define PY_MINOR_VERSION 0 #define PY_MICRO_VERSION 0 #define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_ALPHA -#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL 1 +#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL 2 /* Version as a string */ -#define PY_VERSION "3.0a1+" +#define PY_VERSION "3.0a2" /* Subversion Revision number of this file (not of the repository) */ #define PY_PATCHLEVEL_REVISION "$Revision$" @@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ Python News What's New in Python 3.0a2? -*Unreleased* +*Release date: 07-Dec-2007* + +(Note: this list is incomplete.) Core and Builtins ----------------- @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -This is Python version 3.0 alpha 1 +This is Python version 3.0 alpha 2 ================================== For notes specific to this release, see RELNOTES in this directory. @@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ have changed considerably, and a lot of deprecated features have finally been removed. This is an ongoing project; the cleanup isn't expected to be complete -until 2008. In particular there are plans to reorganize the standard -library namespace. +until some time in 2008. In particular there are plans to reorganize +the standard library namespace. Release Schedule @@ -55,6 +55,19 @@ We'll eventually have a comprehensive overview of the changes in a "What's New in Python 3.0" document. Please help write it! +What's New Since 3.0a1 +---------------------- + +Undoubtedly the biggest change is in the bytes type: 'bytes' is now +immutable, and there is a new mutable bytes type 'bytearray'. These +two types are interoperable in every way. For more info on this +issue, read PEP 3137. + +For a more detailed change log, read Misc/NEWS (though this file, too, +is incomplete, and also doesn't list anything merged in from the 2.6 +release under development). + + Converting From Python 2.x to 3.0 --------------------------------- @@ -5,6 +5,15 @@ Release notes describe unfinished work in particular releases. Please report bugs to http://bugs.python.org/. +Version 3.0a2 - Release Date 07-Dec-2007 +---------------------------------------- + +* SSL support is back! However, the SSL code appears to be leaking + quite a bit. + +* Otherwise, the 3.0a1 release notes still apply, except hashlib no + longer requires openssl. + Version 3.0a1 - Release Date 31-Aug-2007 ---------------------------------------- |