I'm happy to announce that ActivePython 2.5.0.0 is now available for download from: http://www.activestate.com/products/activepython/
This is the first release of ActivePython for Python version 2.5. Apologies for the long delay between core Python 2.5 and this release. The good news is that part of the reason for this delay was to finally get approval to include crypto in ActivePython, hence: Changes in this release include: - Full OpenSSL support (finally!) - Update to Python 2.5 (duh) - [Mac OS X] Universal build (finally!) - [Windows] Update to PyWin32 build 210 - All the new standard extensions: SQLite, ctypes, ElementTree - [Linux] Rationalized the build names. - [Mac OS X] A sane uninstall script See the release notes for full details: http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/ActivePython/2.5/relnotes.html What is ActivePython? --------------------- ActivePython is ActiveState's binary distribution of Python. Builds for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, HP-UX and AIX are made freely available. ActivePython includes the Python core and the many core extensions: zlib and bzip2 for data compression, the Berkeley DB (bsddb) and SQLite (sqlite3) database libraries, the Tix GUI widgets for Tkinter, ElementTree for XML processing, ctypes (on supported platforms) for low-level library access, and others. The Windows distribution ships with PyWin32 -- a suite of Windows tools developed by Mark Hammond, including bindings to the Win32 API and Windows COM. See this page for full details: http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/ActivePython/2.5/whatsincluded.html As well, ActivePython ships with a wealth of documentation for both new and experienced Python programmers. In addition to the core Python docs, ActivePython includes the "What's New in Python" series, "Dive into Python", the Python FAQs & HOWTOs, and the Python Enhancement Proposals (PEPs). An online version of the docs can be found here: http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/ActivePython/2.5/welcome.html We would welcome any and all feedback to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please file bugs against ActivePython at: http://bugs.activestate.com/query.cgi?set_product=ActivePython On what platforms does ActivePython run? ---------------------------------------- ActivePython includes installers for the following platforms: - AIX/PowerPC - HP-UX/PA-RISC - Linux/x86 - Linux/x86_64: "x86_64" is also known as "AMD64" - Solaris/SPARC - Solaris/x86 - Mac OS X - Windows/x64: "x64" is also known as "AMD64" - Windows/x86 Extra Bits ---------- ActivePython releases also include the following: - ActivePython25.chm: An MS compiled help collection of the full ActivePython documentation set. Linux users of applications such as xCHM might find this useful. This package is installed by default on Windows. Extra bits are available from: http://downloads.activestate.com/ActivePython/etc/ Thanks, and enjoy! Trent, Python Tech Lead -- Trent Mick trentm at activestate.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list