ANNOUNCE: Python 2.1 final release

[Harry George]

Problems building on Redhat 6.2.  Presumably a dumb mistake.  Any
ideas?

1. Already have 1.5.2 and 2.0 installed.  PYTHONHOME and PYTHONPATH are
set for the 1.5.2 install.  

2. Started with untar in a work dir, then:

./configure --prefix=/usr/local
gmake

3. This does the initial C compiling, but fails on: 
PYTHONPATH= ./python ./setup.py build
'import site' failed; use -v for traceback
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./setup.py", line 9, in ?
    import sys, os, getopt
ImportError: No module named os
gmake: *** [sharedmods] Error 1

4. I then edited Makefile.pre.in to do:
PYTHONPATH=./Lib ./python ./setup.py build
This gets me past the build, but "gmake test" similarly fails on
PYTHONPATH.  Editing again to add ./Lib on the "setup.py test" gets a
little further.  

5. But by now it is clear I'm going the wrong direction:

PYTHONPATH=./Lib ./python -tt ./Lib/test/regrtest.py -l
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./Lib/test/regrtest.py", line 39, in ?
    import random
  File "/usr/local/src/toolkit/python/Python-2.1/Lib/random.py", line 76, in ?
    from math import log as _log, exp as _exp, pi as _pi, e as _e
ImportError: No module named math
gmake: *** [test] Error 1

Guido van Rossum <guido at digicool.com> writes:

> Yes, the *final* release of Python 2.1 is now available.  Thanks again
> for all who helped!  Go here for downloads and information:
> 
>     http://www.python.org/2.1/
> 
> As a reminder, here's a list of some of the big new features in 2.1
> (news since 2.0 was released in October 2000):
> 
> - nested scopes and __future__ directives
> - rich comparisons and new coercion model
> - warnings framework
> - new build process (Unix)
> - weak references
> - function attributes
> - unittest and doctest modules for automated testing
> - ports to several new platforms, including Cygwin and RISCOS
> 
> --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
> 

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