> 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 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Python 2.6/3.0 Release Manager > (on behalf of the entire python-dev team)
uname -a Linux fetch 2.6.23.1-42.fc8 #1 SMP Tue Oct 30 13:18:33 EDT 2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux tar xzvf Python-3.0.tgz cd Python-3.0 ./configure make Failed to find the necessary bits to build these modules: _tkinter To find the necessary bits, look in setup.py in detect_modules() for the module's name. Cheers, Daniel -- Psss, psss, put it down! - http://www.cafepress.com/putitdown -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
