Prep for Python 3.1!
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-This is Python version 3.0 release candidate 3
-==============================================
+This is Python version 3.1 alpha 0
+==================================
For notes specific to this release, see RELNOTES in this directory.
Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Python Software Foundation.
All rights reserved.
-Python 3000 (a.k.a. "Py3k", and released as Python 3.0) is a new
-version of the language, which is incompatible with the 2.x line of
-releases. The language is mostly the same, but many details,
-especially how built-in objects like dictionaries and strings work,
-have changed considerably, and a lot of deprecated features have
-finally been removed.
+Python 3.x is a new version of the language, which is incompatible with the
+2.x line of releases. The language is mostly the same, but many details,
+especially how built-in objects like dictionaries and strings work, have
+changed considerably, and a lot of deprecated features have finally been
+removed.
This is an ongoing project; the cleanup isn't expected to be complete
until some time in 2008. In particular there are plans to reorganize
@@ -21,22 +20,15 @@
Release Schedule
----------------
-The release plan is to have a series of alpha releases in 2007 and 2008,
-beta releases in 2008, and a final release in October 2008. The alpha
-releases are primarily aimed at developers who want a sneak peek at the
-new langauge, especially those folks who plan to port their code to
-Python 3000. The hope is that by the time of the final release, many
-3rd party packages will already be available in a 3.0-compatible form.
-
-See PEP 361 for release details: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0361/
+See PEP XXX for release details: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-XXX/
Documentation
-------------
-Documentation for Python 3000 is online, updated twice a day:
+Documentation for Python 3.1 is online, updated twice a day:
- http://docs.python.org/dev/3.0/
+ http://docs.python.org/dev/3.1/
All documentation is also available online at the Python web site
(http://docs.python.org/, see below). It is available online for
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This is a work in progress; please help improve it!
-The design documents for Python 3000 are also online. While the
-reference documentation is being updated, the PEPs are often the best
-source of information about new features. Start by reading PEP 3000:
+The design documents for Python 3 are also online. While the reference
+documentation is being updated, the PEPs are often the best source of
+information about new features. Start by reading PEP 3000:
http://python.org/dev/peps/pep-3000/
@@ -58,15 +50,15 @@
What's New
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-For an overview of what's new in Python 3000, see Guido van Rossum's
-blog at artima.com:
+For an overview of what's new in Python 3, see Guido van Rossum's blog at
+artima.com:
http://www.artima.com/weblogs/index.jsp?blogger=guido
We try to eventually have a comprehensive overview of the changes in
-the "What's New in Python 3.0" document, found at
+the "What's New in Python 3.1" document, found at
- http://docs.python.org/dev/3.0/whatsnew/3.0
+ http://docs.python.org/dev/3.1/whatsnew/3.1
Please help write it!
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http://www.python.org/dev/peps/.
-Converting From Python 2.x to 3.0
+Converting From Python 2.x to 3.x
---------------------------------
-Python 2.6 (to be released concurrent with Python 3.0) will contain features
-to help locating code that needs to be changed, such as optional warnings when
-deprecated features are used, and backported versions of certain key Python
-3000 features.
+Python starting with 2.6 will contain features to help locating code that
+needs to be changed, such as optional warnings when deprecated features are
+used, and backported versions of certain key Python 3.x features.
Installing multiple versions