Unfortunately we forgot to mention this in the release notes. Quite late in 2.6 Beta 1 testing we discovered the MSI upgrade code wasn't updated for this release. The net effect of this being that the Windows Installer acts like 2.6 Beta 1 is actually 2.6 Alpha 1. The workaround as you've discovered is to simply uninstall 2.6 Alpha 1 from "Add/Remove Programs" in the Control Panel before attempting to install 2.6 Beta 1. This didn't quite meet the bar for generating a new build, but we definitely should have called this out in the release notes. Sorry for the confusion, and I'll update the release page now.
From: users-boun...@lists.ironpython.com [mailto:users-boun...@lists.ironpython.com] On Behalf Of Jones, Larry Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 5:25 AM To: Discussion of IronPython Subject: Re: [IronPython] IronPython 2.6 Beta 1 Released Great work, guys, although I was suprised at the error message when I attempted to install over the 2.6 Alpha. The message was: "A later version of Python 2.6 is already installed." Although I realized that I needed to uninstall the Alpha version, the message was surprising. -----Original Message----- From: users-boun...@lists.ironpython.com [mailto:users-boun...@lists.ironpython.com] On Behalf Of Dino Viehland Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 3:46 PM To: Discussion of IronPython Subject: [IronPython] IronPython 2.6 Beta 1 Released Hello Python Community, We're pleased to announce the release of IronPython 2.6 Beta 1. As you might imagine, this release is all about supporting new CPython 2.6 features such as the 'bytes' and 'bytearray' types (PEP 3112), decorators for classes (PEP 3129), advanced string formatting (PEP 3101), etc and as such includes nearly all of the new Python 2.6 features. The small number of remaining features will be implemented for Beta 2. The minimum .NET version required for this release is the same as IronPython 2.0; namely .NET 2.0 Service Pack 1. There've also been several new features added: ctypes, sys._getframe, pyc for pre-compilation, and improved help. Ctypes provides access to C-based APIs and provides a way for Python developers to optimize performance or access libraries that would otherwise be unavailable. sys._getframe is commonly used by Python programs to introspect the call stack and can now be enabled with the -X:Frames and -X:FullFrames command line options; for better compatibility with programs that check for the presence of sys._getframe it is now not available unless these options are provided. The pyc.py pre-compiler is now shipped with IronPython and is available in the Tools\Scripts directory. Finally the help of many builtin functions and types has been improved by including IronPython.xml and IronPython.Modules.xml. Another focus has been on improving startup time of large applications. This release accomplishes that through the adaptive compilation feature announced with 2.6 Alpha 1 and also includes many other enhancements to reduce the amount of code generation required to start applications. But only do these improvements help large applications but they also significantly speed up basic hello worlds startup time. As usual we've also fixed a large number of bugs for this release. We'd like to thank everyone who took the time to report them: atifaziz, Anders M. Mikkelsen, cjacobs, Dan Eloff, davec, fwereade, gjones, hhonisch, jdhardy, Kevin Chu, Kyle Howland-Rose, leppie, Mark Rees, orestis, RuiDC, Seo Sanghyeon, soulfry, tatwright, ufechner, and wilberforce. There's also a few minor changes since IronPython 2.0.1 that are worth calling out here: * Binaries are ngen'd for both 32-bit and 64-bit platforms on install by default * IronPython.msi now offers a little more selection with respect to what you'd like to install. For example, Silverlight templates are optional * The default installation location of IronPython.msi no longer indicates whether the 2.6 release is an Alpha, Beta, or a patched release. Future IronPython 2.6 installations will replace previous 2.6 releases which will be uninstalled automatically * The -X:PreferComInteropAssembly flag has been removed. All COM interop is now done through normal COM dispatch You can download IronPython 2.6 Beta 1 at: http://ironpython.codeplex.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=25126 The IronPython Team This e-mail and any attachments are intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete the original copy and any copy of any e-mail, and any printout thereof.
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