ActiveState is pleased to announce ActivePython 2.7.2.5, a complete, 
ready-to-install binary distribution of Python 2.7.

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


What's New in ActivePython-2.7.2.5
==================================

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

- Upgrade to Python 2.7.2 (`release notes
  <http://hg.python.org/cpython/raw-file/eb3c9b74884c/Misc/NEWS>`__)
- Security upgrade to openssl-0.9.8r
- [Windows] Upgrade to PyWin32 CVS snapshot as of 2011-01-16
- Upgrade to pythonselect 1.3 which supports Windows
- Upgrade to PyPM 1.3.4:

  - [Windows] `Bug #89474 <http://bugs.activestate.com/show_bug.cgi?id=89474>`_:
    automatically expand %APPDATA%\Python\Scripts
  - Bug #90382: --no-ignore option to fail immediately for missing packages


- Upgraded the following packages:

  - Distribute-0.6.19
  - pip-1.0.1
  - virtualenv-1.6.1

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

- PyPM:

  - Upgrade to six 1.0.0
  - Bug #89540: `uninstall` command now properly removes symlinks
  - Bug #89648: shebang fixer skips symlinks 
  - Include SQLAlchemy in the private area (pypm/external/{2,3}/sqlalchemy)


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 numpy
  [...]

  C:\>python
  >>> import numpy.linalg
  >>>

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-feedb...@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
-- 
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