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 # The end of this should reflect the major/minor version numbers of
 # the release:
-WHATSNEW=whatsnew25
+WHATSNEW=whatsnew26
 
 # what's what
 MANDVIFILES=	paper-$(PAPER)/api.dvi paper-$(PAPER)/ext.dvi \
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+\documentclass{howto}
+\usepackage{distutils}
+% $Id: whatsnew25.tex 37952 2004-12-03 13:54:09Z akuchling $
+
+
+\title{What's New in Python 2.6}
+\release{0.0}
+\author{A.M. Kuchling}
+\authoraddress{\email{amk@amk.ca}}
+
+\begin{document}
+\maketitle
+\tableofcontents
+
+This article explains the new features in Python 2.6.  No release date
+for Python 2.6 has been set; it will probably be released in late 2007.
+
+% Compare with previous release in 2 - 3 sentences here.
+
+This article doesn't attempt to provide a complete specification of
+the new features, but instead provides a convenient overview.  For
+full details, you should refer to the documentation for Python 2.6.
+% add hyperlink when the documentation becomes available online.
+If you want to understand the complete implementation and design
+rationale, refer to the PEP for a particular new feature.
+
+
+%======================================================================
+
+% Large, PEP-level features and changes should be described here.
+
+
+%======================================================================
+\section{Other Language Changes}
+
+Here are all of the changes that Python 2.6 makes to the core Python
+language.
+
+\begin{itemize}
+\item TBD
+
+\end{itemize}
+
+
+%======================================================================
+\subsection{Optimizations}
+
+\begin{itemize}
+
+\item Optimizations should be described here.
+
+\end{itemize}
+
+The net result of the 2.6 optimizations is that Python 2.6 runs the
+pystone benchmark around XX\% faster than Python 2.5.
+
+
+%======================================================================
+\section{New, Improved, and Deprecated Modules}
+
+As usual, Python's standard library received a number of enhancements and
+bug fixes.  Here's a partial list of the most notable changes, sorted
+alphabetically by module name. Consult the
+\file{Misc/NEWS} file in the source tree for a more
+complete list of changes, or look through the CVS logs for all the
+details.
+
+\begin{itemize}
+
+\item Descriptions go here.
+
+\end{itemize}
+
+
+%======================================================================
+% whole new modules get described in \subsections here
+
+
+% ======================================================================
+\section{Build and C API Changes}
+
+Changes to Python's build process and to the C API include:
+
+\begin{itemize}
+
+\item Detailed changes are listed here.
+
+\end{itemize}
+
+
+%======================================================================
+\subsection{Port-Specific Changes}
+
+Platform-specific changes go here.
+
+
+%======================================================================
+\section{Other Changes and Fixes \label{section-other}}
+
+As usual, there were a bunch of other improvements and bugfixes
+scattered throughout the source tree.  A search through the change
+logs finds there were XXX patches applied and YYY bugs fixed between
+Python 2.5 and 2.6.  Both figures are likely to be underestimates.
+
+Some of the more notable changes are:
+
+\begin{itemize}
+
+\item Details go here.
+
+\end{itemize}
+
+
+%======================================================================
+\section{Porting to Python 2.6}
+
+This section lists previously described changes that may require
+changes to your code:
+
+\begin{itemize}
+
+\item Everything is all in the details!
+
+\end{itemize}
+
+
+%======================================================================
+\section{Acknowledgements \label{acks}}
+
+The author would like to thank the following people for offering
+suggestions, corrections and assistance with various drafts of this
+article: .
+
+\end{document}