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authorLarry Hastings <larry@hastings.org>2015-09-12 17:28:39 +0100
committerLarry Hastings <larry@hastings.org>2015-09-12 17:28:39 +0100
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Version bump for Python 3.5.0 final.
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@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
-This is Python version 3.5.0 release candidate 4
-================================================
+This is Python version 3.5.0
+============================
Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011,
2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 Python Software Foundation. All rights reserved.
-Python 3.x is a new version of the language, which is incompatible with the 2.x
-line of releases. The language is mostly the same, but many details, especially
-how built-in objects like dictionaries and strings work, have changed
-considerably, and a lot of deprecated features have finally been removed.
+Python 3.x is a new version of the language, which is incompatible with the
+2.x line of releases. The language is mostly the same, but many details,
+especially how built-in objects like dictionaries and strings work,
+have changed considerably, and a lot of deprecated features have finally
+been removed.
Build Instructions
@@ -27,14 +28,14 @@ find out more. On OSX and Cygwin, the executable is called python.exe;
elsewhere it's just python.
On Mac OS X, if you have configured Python with --enable-framework, you should
-use "make frameworkinstall" to do the installation. Note that this installs the
-Python executable in a place that is not normally on your PATH, you may want to
-set up a symlink in /usr/local/bin.
+use "make frameworkinstall" to do the installation. Note that this installs
+the Python executable in a place that is not normally on your PATH, you may
+want to set up a symlink in /usr/local/bin.
On Windows, see PCbuild/readme.txt.
-If you wish, you can create a subdirectory and invoke configure from there. For
-example:
+If you wish, you can create a subdirectory and invoke configure from there.
+For example:
mkdir debug
cd debug
@@ -42,21 +43,21 @@ example:
make
make test
-(This will fail if you *also* built at the top-level directory. You should do a
-"make clean" at the toplevel first.)
+(This will fail if you *also* built at the top-level directory.
+You should do a "make clean" at the toplevel first.)
What's New
----------
-We try to have a comprehensive overview of the changes in the "What's New in
+We have a comprehensive overview of the changes in the "What's New in
Python 3.5" document, found at
http://docs.python.org/3.5/whatsnew/3.5.html
-For a more detailed change log, read Misc/NEWS (though this file, too, is
-incomplete, and also doesn't list anything merged in from the 2.7 release under
-development).
+For a more detailed change log, read Misc/NEWS (though this file, too,
+is incomplete, and also doesn't list anything merged in from the 2.7
+release under development).
If you want to install multiple versions of Python see the section below
entitled "Installing multiple versions".
@@ -98,10 +99,11 @@ http://docs.python.org/3.5/library/2to3.html for more information.
Testing
-------
-To test the interpreter, type "make test" in the top-level directory. The test
-set produces some output. You can generally ignore the messages about skipped
-tests due to optional features which can't be imported. If a message is printed
-about a failed test or a traceback or core dump is produced, something is wrong.
+To test the interpreter, type "make test" in the top-level directory.
+The test set produces some output. You can generally ignore the messages
+about skipped tests due to optional features which can't be imported.
+If a message is printed about a failed test or a traceback or core dump
+is produced, something is wrong.
By default, tests are prevented from overusing resources like disk space and
memory. To enable these tests, run "make testall".
@@ -121,14 +123,14 @@ Installing multiple versions
On Unix and Mac systems if you intend to install multiple versions of Python
using the same installation prefix (--prefix argument to the configure script)
-you must take care that your primary python executable is not overwritten by the
-installation of a different version. All files and directories installed using
-"make altinstall" contain the major and minor version and can thus live
-side-by-side. "make install" also creates ${prefix}/bin/python3 which refers to
-${prefix}/bin/pythonX.Y. If you intend to install multiple versions using the
-same prefix you must decide which version (if any) is your "primary" version.
-Install that version using "make install". Install all other versions using
-"make altinstall".
+you must take care that your primary python executable is not overwritten by
+the installation of a different version. All files and directories installed
+using "make altinstall" contain the major and minor version and can thus live
+side-by-side. "make install" also creates ${prefix}/bin/python3 which refers
+to ${prefix}/bin/pythonX.Y. If you intend to install multiple versions using
+the same prefix you must decide which version (if any) is your "primary"
+version. Install that version using "make install". Install all other
+versions using "make altinstall".
For example, if you want to install Python 2.6, 2.7 and 3.5 with 2.7 being the
primary version, you would execute "make install" in your 2.7 build directory
@@ -139,7 +141,7 @@ Issue Tracker and Mailing List
------------------------------
We're soliciting bug reports about all aspects of the language. Fixes are also
-welcome, preferable in unified diff format. Please use the issue tracker:
+welcome, preferably in unified diff format. Please use the issue tracker:
http://bugs.python.org/
@@ -182,11 +184,11 @@ rights reserved.
Copyright (c) 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum. All rights reserved.
-See the file "LICENSE" for information on the history of this software, terms &
-conditions for usage, and a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
+See the file "LICENSE" for information on the history of this software,
+terms & conditions for usage, and a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-This Python distribution contains *no* GNU General Public License (GPL) code, so
-it may be used in proprietary projects. There are interfaces to some GNU code
-but these are entirely optional.
+This Python distribution contains *no* GNU General Public License (GPL) code,
+so it may be used in proprietary projects. There are interfaces to some GNU
+code but these are entirely optional.
All trademarks referenced herein are property of their respective holders.