Thanks so much for seeing this one through, Barry and co! Champagne!!! On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 5:51 PM, Barry Warsaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On behalf of the Python development team and the Python community, I am > happy to announce the release of Python 3.0 final. > > Python 3.0 (a.k.a. "Python 3000" or "Py3k") represents a major milestone in > Python's history, and was nearly three years in the making. This is a new > version of the language that is incompatible with the 2.x line of releases, > while remaining true to BDFL Guido van Rossum's vision. Some things you > will notice include: > > * Fixes to many old language warts > * Removal of long deprecated features and redundant syntax > * Improvements in, and a reorganization of, the standard library > * Changes to the details of how built-in objects like strings and dicts work > * ...and many more new features > > While these changes were made without concern for backward compatibility, > Python 3.0 still remains very much "Pythonic". > > We are confident that Python 3.0 is of the same high quality as our previous > releases, such as the recently announced Python 2.6. We will continue to > support and develop both Python 3 and Python 2 for the foreseeable future, > and you can safely choose either version (or both) to use in your projects. > Which you choose depends on your own needs and the availability of > third-party packages that you depend on. Some other things to consider: > > * Python 3 has a single Unicode string type; there are no more 8-bit strings > * The C API has changed considerably in Python 3.0 and third-party extension > modules you rely on may not yet be ported > * Tools are available in both Python 2.6 and 3.0 to help you migrate your > code > * Python 2.6 is backward compatible with earlier Python 2.x releases > > We encourage you to participate in Python 3.0's development process by > joining its mailing list: > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 > > If you find things in Python 3.0 that are broken or incorrect, please submit > bug reports at: > > http://bugs.python.org/ > > For more information, links to documentation, and downloadable > distributions, see the Python 3.0 website: > > http://www.python.org/download/releases/3.0/ > > Enjoy, > - -Barry > > Barry Warsaw > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Python 2.6/3.0 Release Manager > (on behalf of the entire python-dev team) > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Darwin) > > iQCVAwUBSTc3pXEjvBPtnXfVAQI69wP/dPHh8IL3GxziEV9QzlveKG+KyZb2X16x > fxJnTCiXAbiAhT5C+m43OEnbF1PJgMDKtcZ5b7aQb4TQ0mJxISTQh0RfLCpArmlo > tdTbzCLnh13KzB+3sUHCx+MeQNXERoWDV8hLz+4Ae71UsuUGynhtyP7ZJMJDue8j > so2gv3fOMSs= > =vkiy > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > Python-3000 mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 > Unsubscribe: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/guido%40python.org >
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