ANN: ActivePython 3.1.2.4 (with PyPM) is now available

[Sridhar Ratnakumar]

ActiveState is pleased to announce ActivePython 3.1.2.4, a complete,
ready-to-install binary distribution of Python 3.1. A major update in
this release is that PyPM (ActiveState's Python Package Manager) is now
included with full support for installing Python 3 packages.

http://www.activestate.com/activepython

What's New in ActivePython-3.1.2.4
==================================

*Release date: 26-Oct-2010*

New Features & Upgrades
-----------------------

- PyPM (beta) for Python 3
- New tools: Distribute, virtualenv5, SQLAlchemy
- [Windows] Installer upgrade: automatically uninstall previous versions
- Bug #87783
- [MacOSX] 64-bit support; uses Tcl/Tk 8.5
- [Linux] Include Tcl/Tk development files
- Security upgrade to openssl-0.9.8o

Noteworthy Changes & Bug Fixes
------------------------------

- [Windows] Include IDLE in the Start Menu shortcut, instead of PythonWin
- [Windows] Add file extension to Tools\scripts\2to3.py - Bug #87465
- [Windows] Add "python3.exe" - Bug #87275
- [Windows] Renamed "python31.exe" to "python3.1.exe" (Unix like)
- [MacOSX] Fix uninstall on Snow Leopard (10.6)
- [MacOSX] Fix Help index on Snow Leopard (10.6) - Bug #87290
- Bug #87600: create a `idleX.Y` script on unix


What is ActivePython?
=====================

ActivePython is ActiveState's binary distribution of Python. Builds for
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux are made freely available. Solaris, HP-UX and
AIX builds, and access to older versions are available in ActivePython
Business, Enterprise and OEM editions:

http://www.activestate.com/python

ActivePython includes the Python core and the many core extensions: zlib
and bzip2 for data compression, the Berkeley DB (bsddb) and SQLite
(sqlite3) database libraries, OpenSSL bindings for HTTPS support, the
Tix GUI widgets for Tkinter, ElementTree for XML processing, ctypes (on
supported platforms) for low-level library access, and others. The
Windows distribution ships with PyWin32 -- a suite of Windows tools
developed by Mark Hammond, including bindings to the Win32 API and
Windows COM.

ActivePython 2.6, 2.7 and 3.1 also include a binary package manager for
Python (PyPM) that can be used to install packages much easily. For example:

C:\>pypm install mysql-python
[...]

C:\>python
See this page for full details:

http://docs.activestate.com/activepython/3.1/whatsincluded.html

As well, ActivePython ships with a wealth of documentation for both new
and experienced Python programmers. In addition to the core Python docs,
ActivePython includes the "What's New in Python" series, "Dive into
Python", the Python FAQs & HOWTOs, and the Python Enhancement Proposals
(PEPs).

An online version of the docs can be found here:

http://docs.activestate.com/activepython/3.1/

We would welcome any and all feedback to:

(e-mail address removed)

Please file bugs against ActivePython at:

http://bugs.activestate.com/enter_bug.cgi?product=ActivePython

Supported Platforms
===================

ActivePython is available for the following platforms:

- Windows/x86 (32-bit)
- Windows/x64 (64-bit) (aka "AMD64")
- Mac OS X (32-bit and 64-bit; 10.5+)
- Linux/x86 (32-bit)
- Linux/x86_64 (64-bit) (aka "AMD64")

- Solaris/SPARC (32-bit and 64-bit) (Business, Enterprise or OEM edition
only)
- Solaris/x86 (32-bit) (Business, Enterprise or OEM edition
only)
- HP-UX/PA-RISC (32-bit) (Business, Enterprise or OEM edition
only)
- HP-UX/IA-64 (32-bit and 64-bit) (Enterprise or OEM edition only)
- AIX/PowerPC (32-bit and 64-bit) (Business, Enterprise or OEM edition
only)

More information about the Business Edition can be found here:

http://www.activestate.com/business-edition

Custom builds are available in the Enterprise Edition:

http://www.activestate.com/enterprise-edition

Thanks, and enjoy!

The Python Team

 

[John Nagle]

ActiveState is pleased to announce ActivePython 3.1.2.4, a complete,
ready-to-install binary distribution of Python 3.1 ....

New Features & Upgrades .....
- [Windows] Installer upgrade: automatically uninstall previous versions
- Bug #87783

.....

Does this mean it trashes installations of previous versions? Or can
multiple versions coexist?

John Nagle

 

[Sridhar Ratnakumar]

ActiveState is pleased to announce ActivePython 3.1.2.4, a complete,
ready-to-install binary distribution of Python 3.1 ...

New Features & Upgrades ....
- [Windows] Installer upgrade: automatically uninstall previous versions
- Bug #87783

....

Does this mean it trashes installations of previous versions? Or can
multiple versions coexist?

Only if that "previous version" is a patch-level release. For example, ActivePython 3.1.2.4 will uninstall the following:

3.1.2.3
3.1.1.2

but not the following (which can, of course, co-exist):

3.0.x.y
2.7.x.y
2.6.x.y
...

-srid