We are pleased to announce the availability of ActivePython 2.6.5.14.
http://www.activestate.com/activepython
This is a minor release with several bug fixes. As usual, it includes an
updated Python Package Manager (PyPM) with updates to essential packages such
as Distribute (a compatible fork of setuptools), virtualenv, pip and
SQLAlchemy. See the release notes for full details:
http://docs.activestate.com/activepython/2.6/relnotes.html#changes
What is ActivePython?
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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 2.6 and 2.7 also include 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/2.6/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/2.6/
We would welcome any and all feedback to:
activepython-feedb...@activestate.com
Please file bugs against ActivePython at:
http://bugs.activestate.com/enter_bug.cgi?product=ActivePython
On what platforms does ActivePython run?
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ActivePython includes installers for the following platforms:
- Windows/x86
- Windows/x64 (aka "AMD64")
- Mac OS X
- Linux/x86
- Linux/x86_64 (aka "AMD64")
- Solaris/SPARC (Business, Enterprise or OEM edition only)
- Solaris/x86 (Business, Enterprise or OEM edition only)
- HP-UX/PA-RISC (Business, Enterprise or OEM edition only)
- HP-UX/IA-64 (Enterprise or OEM edition only)
- AIX/PowerPC (Business, Enterprise or OEM edition only)
- AIX/PowerPC 64-bit (Business, Enterprise or OEM edition only)
Custom builds are available in Enterprise Edition:
http://www.activestate.com/enterprise-edition
Thanks, and enjoy!
The Python Team
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Sridhar Ratnakumar
sridharr at activestate.com
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http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
