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@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@ -This is Python release 1.3b1 -============================ - -I.e., the first beta release of Python 1.3. +This is Python release 1.3 +========================== What's new in this release? @@ -15,29 +13,8 @@ What's new in this release? - Rewritten htmllib.py (HTML parser), with new formatter.py. - Rewritten rexec.py (restricted execution). - New modules ni.py and ihooks.py (package support and more). -- And lots more that you'll have to discover on your own. - - -Why is it called a beta release? --------------------------------- - -Because it is. There's no documentation except the source. A few -things are broken by the changes for keyword parameters (the access -statement, the profiler, half of newmodule.c). It has only been tested -on two Unix platforms (IRIX 5.3 and Solaris 2.4). The Mac and Windows -sopport has not been fully re-integrated. - - -Why do I release it anyway? ---------------------------- - -Because I'm also releasing a prototype of Grail, an extensible web -browser that is its answer to Java and could become Python's "Killer -App". Grail depends heavily on some features of Python 1.3 (such as -keyword parameters). The release date for Grail is determined by other -factors and I don't want to release it without full source. - -Oh, and I'm going on a two week holiday as well :-) +- And lots more that you'll have to discover on your own (see chapter + 12 of the Tutorial). What is Python anyway? @@ -74,13 +51,18 @@ A modest plug ============= -Python exists, and is free, thanks to the contributed efforts of many -people. The PSA was created to maximize the results of those efforts, -by helping to coordinate them. The PSA operates web, ftp and email -servers, organizes Python workshops, and engages in other activities -that benefit the Python user community. The PSA is seeking support -for these activities. See this URL for information on how to join: -http://www.python.org/psa/Joining.html +************************************************************************* +* * +* Python exists, and is free, thanks to the contributed efforts * +* of many people. The PSA was created to maximize the results * +* of those efforts, by helping to coordinate them. The PSA * +* operates web, ftp and email servers, organizes Python * +* workshops, and engages in other activities that benefit the * +* Python user community. The PSA is seeking support for these * +* activities. See this URL for information on how to join: * +* http://www.python.org/psa/Joining.html * +* * +************************************************************************* Build instructions @@ -114,11 +96,9 @@ hints on what can go wrong, and how to fix it. Platform specific notes ----------------------- -Linux: It is possible that "makesetup" fails with an obscure sed - error. This is a bug in bash. Replace /bin/sh with /bin/ash - in both makesetup and Makefile.pre.in. This has been observed - in Slackware version 2.2, bash 1.14.3; Slackware 2.1 did not - have the problem. +(Some of these may no longer apply. If you find you can build Python +on these platforms without the special directions mentioned here, let +me know so I can remove them!) AIX: Read the file Misc/AIX-NOTES before trying to build. @@ -495,7 +475,7 @@ also use dynamic loading for the C tkinter module, in which case you must manually fix up sys.path or set $PYTHONPATH for the Python Tkinter module.) -See <URL:http://www.sunlabs.com/research/tcl/> for more info on where +See <URL:http://www.smli.com/research/tcl/> for more info on where to get Tcl/Tk. |