[Python-Dev] RELEASED Python 2.6a1 and 3.0a3

Sat Mar 1 19:51:38 CET 2008

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On behalf of the Python development team and the Python community, I'm 
happy to announce the first alpha release of Python 2.6, and the third 
alpha release of Python 3.0.
Python 2.6 is not only the next advancement in the Python 2 series, it 
is also a transitionary release, helping developers begin to prepare 
their code for Python 3.0. As such, many features are being 
backported from Python 3.0 to 2.6. It makes sense to release both 
versions in at the same time, the precedence for this having been set 
with the Python 1.6 and 2.0 releases.
During the alpha testing cycle we will be releasing both versions in 
lockstep, on a monthly release cycle. The releases will happen on the 
last Friday of every month. If this schedule works well, we will 
continue releasing in lockstep during the beta program. See PEP 361 
for schedule details:
 http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0361/
Please note that these are alpha releases, and as such are not 
suitable for production environments. We continue to strive for a 
high degree of quality, but there are still some known problems and 
the feature sets have not been finalized. These alphas are being 
released to solicit feedback and hopefully discover bugs, as well as 
allowing you to determine how changes in 2.6 and 3.0 might impact 
you. If you find things broken or incorrect, please submit a bug 
report at
 http://bugs.python.org
For more information and downloadable distributions, see the Python 
2.6 web
site:
 http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.6/
and the Python 3.0 web site:
 http://www.python.org/download/releases/3.0/
We are planning a number of additional alpha releases, with the final 
release schedule still to be determined.
Enjoy,
- -Barry
Barry Warsaw
barry at python.org
Python 2.6/3.0 Release Manager
(on behalf of the entire python-dev team)
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