Python Driver 2.3rc1 Released

[Bernie Hackett]

Version 2.3rc1 of the MongoDB Python driver (PyMongo) has been

released.

This is the first (and likely only) release candidate for PyMongo 2.3.

Since this is a release candidate it is not being pushed to PyPi. You 

can install it with pip or easy_install following these directions:

http://api.mongodb.org/python/current/installation.html#installing-a-release-candidate

Important features of the 2.3 release:

Support for expanded read preferences - http://api.mongodb.org/python/current/examples/high_availability.html#secondary-reads

Support for mongos failover - http://api.mongodb.org/python/current/examples/high_availability.html#mongos-high-availability

A new aggregation framework helper - http://api.mongodb.org/python/current/api/pymongo/collection.html#pymongo.collection.Collection.aggregate

Change Log: http://api.mongodb.org/python/2.3rc1/changelog.html

Documentation: http://api.mongodb.org/python/2.3rc1/index.html

As always, let us know if you have any problems.

Bernie, Jesse, Ross