[Python-Dev] RELEASED: Python 2.6.9 final

[Guido van Rossum]

Thanks Barry!

That was a great announcement note, right from the heart. Python 2.6 may
retire, but Python is far from retired, and I am looking forward to many
more great interactions with you here on python-dev. Cheers!

--Guido

On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 10:48 AM, Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> wrote:

> Hello Pythoneers and Pythonistas,
>
> Five years ago this month, we released Python 2.6.  It was an important
> version in Python's evolution, as it was developed in tandem with Python
> 3.0
> and had the express intent of starting the transition toward Python 3.
>
> Amazingly, here we are five years later, and I am happy (and a little sad)
> to
> announce the Python 2.6.9 final release.
>
> Python 2.6.9 is a security-only source-only release, and with this, I
> officially retire the Python 2.6 branch.  All maintenance of Python 2.6,
> including for security issues, has now ended.
>
> So too has my latest stint as Python Release Manager.  Over the 19 years I
> have been involved with Python, I've been honored, challenged, stressed,
> and
> immeasurably rewarded by managing several Python releases.  I wish I could
> thank each of you individually for all the support you've generously given
> me
> in this role.  You deserve most of the credit for all these great releases;
> I'm just a monkey pushing buttons. :)
>
> Here then are some release notes about 2.6.9.
>
> For ongoing maintenance, please see Python 2.7.
>
> Future issues with Python 2.6 may still be tracked in the Python bug
> tracker,
> and you may wish to visit specific issues to see if unofficial patches are
> available for 2.6.
>
>     http://bugs.python.org
>
> The source can be downloaded from:
>
>     http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.6.9/
>
> You can also see what's changed since Python 2.6.8:
>
>     http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.6.9/NEWS.txt
>
> Users on OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) please note that issue 18458, which can
> crash
> the interactive interpreter, is *not* fixed in 2.6.9.  If this issue
> affects
> you, please review the tracker for possible options:
>
>     http://bugs.python.org/issue18458
>
> Enjoy,
> -Barry
> (on behalf of the Python development community)


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--Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido)
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