ANN: ActivePython 2.7.1.4 is now available

[Sridhar Ratnakumar]

ActiveState is pleased to announce ActivePython 2.7.1.4, a complete, 
ready-to-install binary distribution of Python 2.7.

     http://www.activestate.com/activepython/downloads

What's New in ActivePython-2.7.1.4
==================================

*Release date: 14-Feb-2011*

New Features & Upgrades
-----------------------

- Upgrade to PyPM 1.3.1:

   - Programmatic use via ``pypm.cmd(['install', 'foo'])``
   - Support for postinstall and conditional user-notes

- Upgraded the following packages:

   - SQLAlchemy-0.6.6


Noteworthy Changes & Bug Fixes
------------------------------

- PyPM bug fixes:

   - Bug #88791: fail immediately for missing dependencies
   - Fix needless truncation of output when piping (eg: ``pypm list | 
less``)
   - Respect download cache of ``*.pypm`` packages (don't redownload)


What is ActivePython?
=====================

ActivePython is ActiveState's binary distribution of Python. Builds for 
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux are made freely available. Solaris, HP-UX and 
AIX builds, and access to older versions are available in ActivePython 
Business, Enterprise and OEM editions:

     http://www.activestate.com/python

ActivePython includes the Python core and the many core extensions: zlib 
and bzip2 for data compression, the Berkeley DB (bsddb) and SQLite 
(sqlite3) database libraries, OpenSSL bindings for HTTPS support, the 
Tix GUI widgets for Tkinter, ElementTree for XML processing, ctypes (on 
supported platforms) for low-level library access, and others. The 
Windows distribution ships with PyWin32 -- a suite of Windows tools 
developed by Mark Hammond, including bindings to the Win32 API and 
Windows COM.

ActivePython also includes a binary package manager for Python (PyPM) 
that can be used to install packages much easily. For example:

   C:\>pypm install mysql-python
   [...]

   C:\>python
 >>> import MySQLdb
 >>>

See this page for full details:

     http://docs.activestate.com/activepython/2.7/whatsincluded.html

As well, ActivePython ships with a wealth of documentation for both new 
and experienced Python programmers. In addition to the core Python docs, 
ActivePython includes the "What's New in Python" series, "Dive into 
Python", the Python FAQs & HOWTOs, and the Python Enhancement Proposals 
(PEPs).

An online version of the docs can be found here:

     http://docs.activestate.com/activepython/2.7/

We would welcome any and all feedback to:

     activepython-feedback at activestate.com

Please file bugs against ActivePython at:

     http://bugs.activestate.com/enter_bug.cgi?product=ActivePython

Supported Platforms
===================

ActivePython is available for the following platforms:

- Windows   (x86 and x64)
- Mac OS X  (x86 and x86_64; 10.5+)
- Linux     (x86 and x86_64)

- Solaris/SPARC (32-bit and 64-bit) (Business, Enterprise or OEM edition 
only)
- Solaris/x86   (32-bit)            (Business, Enterprise or OEM edition 
only)
- HP-UX/PA-RISC (32-bit)            (Business, Enterprise or OEM edition 
only)
- HP-UX/IA-64   (32-bit and 64-bit) (Enterprise or OEM edition only)
- AIX/PowerPC   (32-bit and 64-bit) (Business, Enterprise or OEM edition 
only)

More information about the Business Edition can be found here:

     http://www.activestate.com/business-edition

Custom builds are available in the Enterprise Edition:

     http://www.activestate.com/enterprise-edition

Thanks, and enjoy!

The Python Team

--
Sridhar Ratnakumar
sridharr at activestate.com