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authorAndrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca>2004-12-03 13:54:09 (GMT)
committerAndrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca>2004-12-03 13:54:09 (GMT)
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@@ -2,38 +2,18 @@
\usepackage{distutils}
% $Id$
-% When creating a new ``What's New'' document, copy this to
-% ../whatsnew/whatsnewXY.tex, where X is replaced by the major version
-% number and Y, by the minor version number for the release of Python
-% being described.
-%
-% The following replacements need to be made in the text:
-%
-% X.Y -- the version of Python this document describes
-% X.Y-1 -- previous minor release (not a maintenance release)
-% X.Y-2 -- minor release before that one (optional; search the
-% template to see the usage
-%
-% In this document, these map to the following replacements:
-% (Please complete this section when specific replacements are made.)
-%
-% X.Y -- 2.5
-% X.Y-1 -- 2.4.something (not yet determined)
-% X.Y-2 -- 2.4.something (not yet determined)
-%
-% Once done, write and edit to your heart's content!
\title{What's New in Python 2.5}
\release{0.0}
-\author{Young Author}
-\authoraddress{\email{ya@example.com}}
+\author{A.M. Kuchling}
+\authoraddress{\email{amk@amk.ca}}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\tableofcontents
This article explains the new features in Python 2.5. No release date
-for Python 2.5 has been set; expect that this will happen next year.
+for Python 2.5 has been set; it will probably be released in late 2005.
% Compare with previous release in 2 - 3 sentences here.
@@ -72,9 +52,7 @@ language.
\end{itemize}
The net result of the 2.5 optimizations is that Python 2.5 runs the
-pystone benchmark around XX\% faster than Python X.Y-1.%
-% only use the next line if you want to do the extra work ;) :
-% and YY\% faster than Python X.Y-2.
+pystone benchmark around XX\% faster than Python 2.4.
%======================================================================
@@ -122,7 +100,7 @@ Platform-specific changes go here.
As usual, there were a bunch of other improvements and bugfixes
scattered throughout the source tree. A search through the CVS change
logs finds there were XXX patches applied and YYY bugs fixed between
-Python X.Y-1 and 2.5. Both figures are likely to be underestimates.
+Python 2.4 and 2.5. Both figures are likely to be underestimates.
Some of the more notable changes are: