ANN: ActivePython 2.7.0.1 is now available

[Sridhar Ratnakumar]

We are pleased to announce the availability of ActivePython 2.7.0.1.

     http://www.activestate.com/activepython

This release corresponds to the recently released Python 2.7, and, like 
ActivePython 2.6, includes the Python Package Manager (PyPM) with 
essential packages such as Distribute (a compatible fork of setuptools), 
virtualenv, pip and SQLAlchemy. See the release notes for full details:

     http://docs.activestate.com/activepython/2.7/relnotes.html#changes

For a high-level overview of this release, please see our blog post:

     http://www.activestate.com/blog/2010/07/activepython-27-released

This is also the first ActivePython release with 64-bit support on MacOSX.


What is ActivePython?
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ActivePython is ActiveState's binary distribution of Python. Builds for 
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux are made freely available. Solaris, HP-UX and 
AIX builds, and access to older versions are available in ActivePython 
Business, Enterprise and OEM editions:

     http://www.activestate.com/python

ActivePython includes the Python core and the many core extensions: zlib 
and bzip2 for data compression, the Berkeley DB (bsddb) and SQLite 
(sqlite3) database libraries, OpenSSL bindings for HTTPS support, the 
Tix GUI widgets for Tkinter, ElementTree for XML processing, ctypes (on 
supported platforms) for low-level library access, and others. The 
Windows distribution ships with PyWin32 -- a suite of Windows tools 
developed by Mark Hammond, including bindings to the Win32 API and 
Windows COM.

ActivePython 2.6 and 2.7 also include a binary package manager for 
Python (PyPM) that can be used to install packages much easily. For example:

   C:\>pypm install mysql-python
   [...]

   C:\>python
   >>> import MySQLdb
   >>>

See this page for full details:

     http://docs.activestate.com/activepython/2.7/whatsincluded.html

As well, ActivePython ships with a wealth of documentation for both new 
and experienced Python programmers. In addition to the core Python docs, 
ActivePython includes the "What's New in Python" series, "Dive into 
Python", the Python FAQs & HOWTOs, and the Python Enhancement Proposals 
(PEPs).

An online version of the docs can be found here:

     http://docs.activestate.com/activepython/2.7/

We would welcome any and all feedback to:

     activepython-feedback at activestate.com

Please file bugs against ActivePython at:

     http://bugs.activestate.com/enter_bug.cgi?product=ActivePython

On what platforms does ActivePython run?
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ActivePython includes installers for the following platforms:

- Windows/x86
- Windows/x64 (aka "AMD64")
- Mac OS X
- Linux/x86
- Linux/x86_64 (aka "AMD64")
- Solaris/SPARC (Business, Enterprise or OEM edition only)
- Solaris/x86 (Business, Enterprise or OEM edition only)
- HP-UX/PA-RISC (Business, Enterprise or OEM edition only)
- HP-UX/IA-64 (Enterprise or OEM edition only)
- AIX/PowerPC (Business, Enterprise or OEM edition only)
- AIX/PowerPC 64-bit (Business, Enterprise or OEM edition only)

Custom builds are available in Enterprise Edition:

     http://www.activestate.com/enterprise-edition

Thanks, and enjoy!

The Python Team

--
Sridhar Ratnakumar
sridharr at activestate.com