On behalf of the Python development team and the Python community, I'm
happy to announce the release of Python 2.4.2 (release candidate 1).
Python 2.4.2 is a bug-fix release. See the release notes at the
website (also available as Misc/NEWS in the source distribution) for
details of the more than 60 bugs squished in this release.
Assuming no major problems crop up, a final release of Python 2.4.2
will follow in about a week's time.
For more information on Python 2.4.2, including download links for
various platforms, release notes, and known issues, please see:
http://www.python.org/2.4.2
Highlights of this new release include:
- Bug fixes. According to the release notes, more than 60 have been
fixed, including bugs that prevented Python from working properly
on 64 bit HP/UX and AIX systems.
Highlights of the previous major Python release (2.4) are available
from the Python 2.4 page, at
http://www.python.org/2.4/highlights.html
Enjoy the new release,
Anthony
Anthony Baxter
an*****@python.org
Python Release Manager
(on behalf of the entire python-dev team)
