Thanks Barry! That was a great announcement note, right from the heart. Python 2.6 may retire, but Python is far from retired, and I am looking forward to many more great interactions with you here on python-dev. Cheers!
--Guido On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 10:48 AM, Barry Warsaw <ba...@python.org> wrote: > Hello Pythoneers and Pythonistas, > > Five years ago this month, we released Python 2.6. It was an important > version in Python's evolution, as it was developed in tandem with Python > 3.0 > and had the express intent of starting the transition toward Python 3. > > Amazingly, here we are five years later, and I am happy (and a little sad) > to > announce the Python 2.6.9 final release. > > Python 2.6.9 is a security-only source-only release, and with this, I > officially retire the Python 2.6 branch. All maintenance of Python 2.6, > including for security issues, has now ended. > > So too has my latest stint as Python Release Manager. Over the 19 years I > have been involved with Python, I've been honored, challenged, stressed, > and > immeasurably rewarded by managing several Python releases. I wish I could > thank each of you individually for all the support you've generously given > me > in this role. You deserve most of the credit for all these great releases; > I'm just a monkey pushing buttons. :) > > Here then are some release notes about 2.6.9. > > For ongoing maintenance, please see Python 2.7. > > Future issues with Python 2.6 may still be tracked in the Python bug > tracker, > and you may wish to visit specific issues to see if unofficial patches are > available for 2.6. > > http://bugs.python.org > > The source can be downloaded from: > > http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.6.9/ > > You can also see what's changed since Python 2.6.8: > > http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.6.9/NEWS.txt > > Users on OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) please note that issue 18458, which can > crash > the interactive interpreter, is *not* fixed in 2.6.9. If this issue > affects > you, please review the tracker for possible options: > > http://bugs.python.org/issue18458 > > Enjoy, > -Barry > (on behalf of the Python development community) -- --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido)
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