Python 2.6
These are the alpha releases of Python 2.6. They are not suitable for production use. We're releasing it in order to solicit feedback from the wider Python development community. The NEWS file conains a listing of everything that's new in Python 2.6b1.
PEP 361 includes the schedule and will be updated as the schedule evolves. At this point, any testing you can do would be greatly appreciated.
Please report bugs at http://bugs.python.org
See also the license.
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This is an alpha release; we currently support these formats:
MD5 checksums and sizes of the released files:
b7b66dd5638b0277b17ddefa25b0ea5a 12727529 Python-2.6b1.tgz a55148bf7875f42c319d915b50b0f847 10683369 Python-2.6b1.tar.bz2 bc8ac1fd53def51c8277a8d766d3abe3 14138368 python-2.6b1.amd64.msi e7128fa15e4e6c7c28e81739413fc09c 13649920 python-2.6b1.msi
The signatures above were generated with GnuPG using release manager Barry Warsaw's public key which has a key id of EA5BBD71.
What's New?
- Here is What's new in Python 2.6b1.
- On Windows Vista, the User Account Control interface is not invoked anymore, supporting "Just for me" installations again. See below for additional instructions.
- For the full list of changes, you can poke around in Subversion.
Vista Note
Administrators installing Python for all users on Windows Vista either need to be logged in as Administrator, or use the runas command, as in:
runas /user:Administrator "msiexec /i <path>\<file>.msi"