RELEASED Python 2.6rc2 and 3.0rc1

**Barry Warsaw** · Sep 18 '08, 05:45 AM

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On behalf of the Python development team and the Python community, I
am happy to announce the second and final planned release candidate
for Python 2.6, as well as the first release candidate for Python 3.0.

These are release candidates, so while they are not suitable for
production environments, we strongly encourage you to download and
test them on your software. We expect only critical bugs to be fixed
between now and the final releases. Currently Python 2.6 is scheduled
for October 1st, 2008. Python 3.0 release candidate 2 is planned for
October 1st, with the final release planned for October 15, 2008.

If you find things broken or incorrect, please submit bug reports at

List of issues - Python tracker

http://bugs.python.org

For more information and downloadable distributions, see the Python
2.6 website:

http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.6/

and the Python 3.0 web site:

http://www.python.org/download/releases/3.0/

See PEP 361 for release schedule details:

PEP 361 – Python 2.6 and 3.0 Release Schedule | peps.python.org

http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0361/

This document describes the development and release schedule for Python 2.6 and 3.0. The schedule primarily concerns itself with PEP-sized items. Small features may be added up to and including the first beta release. Bugs may be fixed until the fina...

Enjoy,
- -Barry

Barry Warsaw
barry@python.or g
Python 2.6/3.0 Release Manager
(on behalf of the entire python-dev team)

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