Wow! Congratulations everyone. This is an impressive release! 

bz2 alone will help with CPython compatibility quite a bit.

Thanks!


On May 23, 2012, at 2:22, Jeff Hardy <jdha...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On behalf of the IronPython team, I'm happy to announce the second preview 
> release of IronPython 2.7.3. This release includes everything from IronPython 
> 2.7, 2.7.1, and 2.7.2.1 as well. Like all IronPython 2.7-series releases,.NET 
> 4 is required to install it. Installing this release will replace any 
> existing IronPython 2.7-series installation.
> 
> IMPORTANT: There is a known issue if IronRuby 1.1.3 is installed (2.7.2.1 
> "load language" problem). You must uninstall IronRuby before installing 
> IronPython 2.7.3. This will be resolved before the final 2.7.3 release.
> 
> The biggest improvements in IronPython 2.7.3 are:
> the winsound and _bisect modules,
> the bz2 module,
> major improvements to the _ast module,
> support for response files in pyc.py,
> support for loading zip packages from resources,
> the "SuperConsole" is now the default, which adds line history and 
> tab-completion on all platforms,
> improvements to Android support,
> and numerous other bug fixes.
> 
> IronPython 2.7.3 is also available for embedding via NuGet. The main package 
> is IronPython, and the standard library is in IronPython.StdLib. Because this 
> is a prerelease package, you must use -IncludePrerelease on the command line 
> or select "Include Prerelease" from the package drop-down menu (NuGet 1.7 
> only).
> 
> A huge thanks to everyone who helped make this release possible; this 
> wouldn't have been nearly as big a release without your help!
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