RELEASED: Python 2.1.1

Joal Heagney s713221 at student.gu.edu.au
Fri Jul 20 20:52:39 EDT 2001


Guido van Rossum wrote:
> 
> I've released Python 2.1.1 today.  This is the final version of this
> bugfix release for Python 2.1, and should be fully compatible with
> Python 2.1.  There should be *no* reason to use 2.1 any more.  Many
> thanks to Thomas Wouters for being the release manager!  Pick up your
> copy here:
> 
>     http://www.python.org/2.1.1/
> 
> Python 2.1.1 is GPL-compatible.  This means that it is okay to
> distribute Python binaries linked with GPL-licensed software; Python
> itself is not released under the GPL but under a less restrictive
> license which is Open Source compliant.
> 
> PS: I've noticed some disarray of mail sent through python.org; this
> seems to have to do with the dysfunctional ORBS "spam-checker".  See
> http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2001-July/016151.html for
> details.
> 
> --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)

Now as a bug release, is there any need for me to rebuild and reinstall
third-party modules built on 2.1?
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