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authorDavid Goodger <goodger@python.org>2003-01-03 03:29:58 (GMT)
committerDavid Goodger <goodger@python.org>2003-01-03 03:29:58 (GMT)
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Updated (2.3 OK now)
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@@ -11,13 +11,12 @@ snapshot:
http://docutils.sf.net/docutils-snapshot.tgz
-Unfortunately, docutils doesn't work with Python 2.3 yet; you need
-Python 2.2.2 (or perhaps an older version).
+Docutils works with Python 2.1 or newer (including 2.3).
-To process NEWS into NEWS.html, first install docutils for Python 2.2,
-and then run this command:
+To process NEWS into NEWS.html, first install Docutils, and then run
+this command:
- python2.2 .../docutils/tools/html.py NEWS >NEWS.html
+ python .../docutils/tools/html.py NEWS >NEWS.html
Here ".../docutils" is the directory into which the above snapshot was
extracted. (I hope this recipe will change for the better.)
@@ -32,7 +31,10 @@ The changes required fell into the following categories:
What's New in Python 2.3 alpha 1?
=================================
- *XXX Release date: DD-MMM-2002 XXX*
+ *Release date: DD-MMM-2002*
+
+ Note that the release date line is emphasized, with a "*" at each
+ end.
* Subsections are underlined with a single row of hyphens: