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
To find the necessary bits, look in setup.py in detect_modules() for
the module's name.


Cheers,
Daniel




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