[Python-3000] RELEASED Python 3.0 final

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Barry Warsaw

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Dec 3, 2008, 8:51:33 PM12/3/08
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On behalf of the Python development team and the Python community, I
am happy to announce the release of Python 3.0 final.

Python 3.0 (a.k.a. "Python 3000" or "Py3k") represents a major
milestone in Python's history, and was nearly three years in the
making. This is a new version of the language that is incompatible
with the 2.x line of releases, while remaining true to BDFL Guido van
Rossum's vision. Some things you will notice include:

* Fixes to many old language warts
* Removal of long deprecated features and redundant syntax
* Improvements in, and a reorganization of, the standard library
* Changes to the details of how built-in objects like strings and
dicts work
* ...and many more new features

While these changes were made without concern for backward
compatibility, Python 3.0 still remains very much "Pythonic".

We are confident that Python 3.0 is of the same high quality as our
previous releases, such as the recently announced Python 2.6. We will
continue to support and develop both Python 3 and Python 2 for the
foreseeable future, and you can safely choose either version (or both)
to use in your projects. Which you choose depends on your own needs
and the availability of third-party packages that you depend on. Some
other things to consider:

* Python 3 has a single Unicode string type; there are no more 8-bit
strings
* The C API has changed considerably in Python 3.0 and third-party
extension modules you rely on may not yet be ported
* Tools are available in both Python 2.6 and 3.0 to help you migrate
your code
* Python 2.6 is backward compatible with earlier Python 2.x releases

We encourage you to participate in Python 3.0's development process by
joining its mailing list:

http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000

If you find things in Python 3.0 that are broken or incorrect, please
submit bug reports at:

http://bugs.python.org/

For more information, links to documentation, and downloadable
distributions, see the Python 3.0 website:

http://www.python.org/download/releases/3.0/

Enjoy,
- -Barry

Barry Warsaw
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Python 2.6/3.0 Release Manager
(on behalf of the entire python-dev team)

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Barry Warsaw

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Dec 3, 2008, 9:24:23 PM12/3/08
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On Dec 3, 2008, at 9:13 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote:

> On this page:
> http://www.python.org/download/releases/3.0/
>
> The text "This is a proeuction release" should probably read "This is
> a production release". It would give a better first impression :)

Fixed, thanks!
- -Barry

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Dotan Cohen

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Dec 3, 2008, 9:08:21 PM12/3/08
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2008/12/4 Barry Warsaw <ba...@python.org>:

> On behalf of the Python development team and the Python community, I am
> happy to announce the release of Python 3.0 final.
>

Congratulations!

I have been learning Python 2.x while paying strict attention to the
3.x [in]compatibility issue. So, I have been waiting for this day
since I've started with Python!

--
Dotan Cohen

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Dotan Cohen

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Dec 3, 2008, 9:13:51 PM12/3/08
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The text "This is a proeuction release" should probably read "This is
a production release". It would give a better first impression :)

--
Dotan Cohen

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Ed Leafe

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Dec 3, 2008, 10:29:41 PM12/3/08
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On Dec 3, 2008, at 7:51 PM, Barry Warsaw wrote:

> On behalf of the Python development team and the Python community, I
> am happy to announce the release of Python 3.0 final.


Props to all the folks whose hard work made this possible! You guys
rock!


-- Ed Leafe

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