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 2.6a3.

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.

Download

This is an alpha release; we currently support these formats:

• Gzipped source tar ball (2.6a3) (sig)
• Bzipped source tar ball (2.6a3) (sig)
• Windows x86 MSI Installer (2.6a3) (sig)
• Windows AMD64 MSI Installer (2.6a3) (sig)

MD5 checksums and sizes of the released files:

5ae1ee5507e433651be2eff0b5bbf3f5  12371232  Python-2.6a3.tgz
114b3597c6aed7854479f998719b657a  10380812  Python-2.6a3.tar.bz2
a91cb2343bf0f7e7bcbc23ae2355779a  12442112  python-2.6a3.amd64.msi
648e6a3976bd2c3558328ed9c1512f28  12296192  python-2.6a3.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?

• See the NEWS file for details.
• For the full list of changes, you can poke around in Subversion.

Documentation

The documentation has also been updated:

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