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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>2000-08-23 19:01:43 (GMT)
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>2000-08-23 19:01:43 (GMT)
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What's new in this release?
---------------------------
-See http://www.pythonlabs.com/.
-
-
-Why is it called version 2.0?
------------------------------
-
-While Pythoneers have grown fond of Python's exceedingly slow version
-incrementing, that same quality makes parts of the rest of the world
-think that Python is barely out of its first alpha test. Especially
-enterprise customers are often fearful of anything that's version 1.x!
-The new version number also clearly marks departure of Python's core
-development team from CNRI to join BeOpen.com.
-
-What happened to Python 1.6? It was promoted and renamed Python 2.0.
-There were two alpha releases of Python 1.6 before we decided to
-increment the major version number.
-
-Previously, the version number 2.0 was associated with a mythical and
-elusive incompatible future release. That release (still ways off,
-and not as incompatible as people fear!) is now referred to as Python
-3000.
+See http://www.pythonlabs.com/tech/python2.html .
If you don't read instructions
@@ -697,8 +677,9 @@ python-mode.)
Web site
--------
-Python's own web site has URL http://www.pythonlabs.com/. Come visit
-us!
+Python's web site is at http://www.python.org/. The Python core
+development team at BeOpen has its own website at
+http://www.pythonlabs.com/. Come visit us!
Newsgroups
@@ -723,8 +704,20 @@ many Python related mailing lists.
Bug reports
-----------
-To report or search for bugs, please use the Python Bugs List at
-http://www.python.org/search/search_bugs.html
+To report or search for bugs, please use the SourceForge Bugs
+Tracker at http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=5470 .
+
+
+Patches and contributions
+-------------------------
+
+To submit a patch or other contribution, please use the SourceForge
+Patch Manager at http://sourceforge.net/patch/?group_id=5470 .
+
+If you have a proposal to change Python, it's best to submit a Python
+Enhancement Proposal (PEP) first. All current PEPs, as well as
+guidelines for submitting a new PEP, are here:
+http://python.sourceforge.net/peps/.
Questions
@@ -832,12 +825,4 @@ E-mail: guido@beopen.com or guido@python.org
-Copyright notice
-================
-
-The Python source is copyrighted, but you can freely use and copy it
-as long as you don't change or remove the copyright notice. The
-copyright notice is found in the Misc/COPYRIGHT file.
-
-
--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)