Release Date: June 22, 2001
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We're releasing Python 2.0.1 - the final bugfix release forPython 2.0.
Why would we come with a bugfix release now (June 2001), when Python 2.0 was released in October 2000 and Python 2.1 has been released for months (April2001)? Two very good reasons!
Day One 2.0 features an entirely new UI, multiple photos, multiple journals, multi-select, map view (iOS), photo view (Mac), customer reminders, and more.
- We've fixed the license: Python 2.0.1 is GPL-compatible. We took the Python 2.1 license and applied the required change to section 7 that the FSF told us would suffice to make it GPL-compatible. The result (after changing the version number) is the new Python 2.0.1 license. The FSF was quick to approve it!
- Some people still prefer Python 2.0 over Python 2.1; they can now benefit from many bugfixes that we've applied since 2.0 was released, without any of the feature changes.
Note that Python 2.1 is still not GPL-compatible, but we'replanning a bugfix release there too, Python 2.1.1, with the sameGPL-compatible license.
- We've been very careful to fix only bugs and not add new features. (Thanks to Moshe Zadka for taking care of the thankless chore of poring over the CVS logs and SourceForge bug reports and re-applying selected patches!)
- One exception: the SRE package (regular expression matching, used by the 're' module) was brought in line with the version distributed with Python 2.1; this is stable feature-wise but much improved bug-wise.
- For the full scoop, see the release notes.
Windows users should download Python-2.0.1.exe, the Windowsinstaller, from one of the download locationsbelow, run it, and follow the friendly instructions on the screen tocomplete the installation. (Python-2.0.1-Debug.zip is a set of DLLsfor Windows developers compiled in debug mode; it contains nothing ofvalue for regular Python users.) Windows users may also be interestedin Mark Hammond's win32all, a collection of Windows-specific extensions includingCOM support and Pythonwin, an IDE built using Windows components.
All others should download Python-2.0.1.tgz, the sourcetarball, from one of the download locations below, and do the usual 'gunzip; tar; configure; make' dance.
MD5 checksums
8aa10dcf062723001b852d96e905af79Python-2.0.1.tgz
5940b6eea8972136f8e365346f1b1313Python-2.0.1.exe
0a8506c7379a2efdc95759ecbc8f16a0Python-2.0.1-Debug.zip
The documentation has been changed minimally:
- Browse HTML on-line
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To report a bug, always use the SourceForge Bug Tracker. Ifyou have a patch, please use the SourceForge Patch Manager.Please mention that you are reporting a bug in 2.0.1!
Version | Operating System | Description | MD5 Sum | File Size | GPG |
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Gzipped source tarball | Source release | eba86a416f8e8ab682544aade7d0cc27 | 17571840 | ||
Windows debug information files | Windows | 0a8506c7379a2efdc95759ecbc8f16a0 | 1794859 | ||
Windows installer | Windows | 5940b6eea8972136f8e365346f1b1313 | 5842162 |
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