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| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/NEWS | 18 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | README | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | RELNOTES | 22 |
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@@ -4,23 +4,10 @@ Python News (editors: check NEWS.help for information about editing NEWS using ReST.) -What's New in Python 3000? +What's New in Python 3.0a1? ========================== -*Release date: XX-XXX-200X* - -TO DO ------ - -- See PEP 3000, 3100. - -- Weed really old/weird stuff from the library. - -- Use io.py instead of C stdio everywhere. - -- Make strings all Unicode (see branches/py3k-struni). - -- Get rid of various compatibility-related flags (e.g. division flags). +*Release date: 31-Aug-2007* Core and Builtins @@ -259,4 +246,3 @@ Tools/Demos ----------- **(For information about older versions, consult the HISTORY file.)** - @@ -1,6 +1,8 @@ This is Python version 3.0 alpha 1 ================================== +For notes specific to this release, see RELNOTES in this directory. + Python 3000 (a.k.a. "Py3k", and released as Python 3.0) is a new version of the language, which is incompatible with the 2.x line of releases. The language is mostly the same, but many details, @@ -12,10 +14,6 @@ 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. -This README hasn't been fully updated for Python 3000 yet. If you see -anything that should clearly be changed, fix it (if you have checkin -permissions) or submit a patch to the issue tracker (see below). - Release Schedule ---------------- diff --git a/RELNOTES b/RELNOTES new file mode 100644 index 0000000..03d2f73 --- /dev/null +++ b/RELNOTES @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +Python 3000 Release Notes +========================= + +Release notes describe unfinished work in particular releases. + +Please report bugs to http://bugs.python.org/. + +Version 3.0a1 - Release Date 31-Aug-2007 +---------------------------------------- + +- SSL support is disabled. This causes a test_ssl to be skipped. + The new SSL support in the 2.6 trunk (with server-side support and + certificate verification) will be ported for 3.0a2. + +- Platform support is reduced. We've mostly tested on Linux, OSX, + and Windows. + +- There are still some open issues on Windows. + +- Some new features are very fresh, and probably contain bugs: the new + format() method on strings (PEP 3101), the strict separation of + bytes and strings, the new buffer API (PEP 3118). |