RELEASED Python 3.0 final

[Daniel Fetchinson]

>>> 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
>>> barry at python.org
>>> 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
>
> Do you have Tcl/Tk and their dev libs installed? Tkinter is based on Tcl/Tk.
> Also, that error isn't fatal, it just means that Tkinter won't be
> installed because it can't find the libs.
>
> Cheers,
> Chris
> --
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>
>> To find the necessary bits, look in setup.py in detect_modules() for
>> the module's name.
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Daniel

I thought I didn't have to download tcl/tk stuff separately. At least
I never did that for python 2.x but maybe somewhere they are installed
on my box anyway. But why I have this issue with 3.0 I don't quite
get, of course you are right, it's not fatal.

Cheers,
Daniel




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