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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>2007-12-06 05:07:41 (GMT)
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>2007-12-06 05:07:41 (GMT)
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Get ready for releasing 3.0a2.
(Next: update the whatsnew docs.)
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-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
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