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Python 2.6.2 Released

• DTrejo 18y ago
  >Due to an error in the production of the release candidates (2.6.2c1), the release candidates already used the version number of the final release in some places. As a consequence, upgrading the Windows installation from 2.6.2c1 to 2.6.2 (final) will fail. Users of 2.6.2c1 need to uninstall it manually before installing this release. Oops.
• boryas 18y ago
  Stupid somewhat on topic question: how are we supposed to understand the parallel existence of python 2.x and python 3?
  • ajju 18y ago
    From the release notes: This is the second bugfix release of the Python 2.6 series. Python 2.6 is now in bugfix-only mode; no new features are being added. Dozens of bugs that were reported since the release of 2.6.1 have been fixed.
  • JesseAldridge 18y ago
    Python 3 made some critical changes that are incompatible with older 2.x code. I believe 2.6 is meant to make it easier to transition from older python code to version 3.
  • mcav 18y ago
    2.6 is a bridge to 3.0 -- it implemented some 3.0 things, but kept a lot of backward compatibility. If a project can't convert to 3.0, they could convert to 2.6, which would then make the eventual 3.0/3.1 migration easier.