From 99533a95bbfcf255c6b3925e8cb1a9210a5837b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guido van Rossum Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 05:07:41 +0000 Subject: Get ready for releasing 3.0a2. (Next: update the whatsnew docs.) --- README | 19 ++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index 0f372351ee..6aec2a495e 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -This is Python version 3.0 alpha 1 +This is Python version 3.0 alpha 2 ================================== For notes specific to this release, see RELNOTES in this directory. @@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ have changed considerably, and a lot of deprecated features have finally been removed. This is an ongoing project; the cleanup isn't expected to be complete -until 2008. In particular there are plans to reorganize the standard -library namespace. +until some time in 2008. In particular there are plans to reorganize +the standard library namespace. Release Schedule @@ -55,6 +55,19 @@ We'll eventually have a comprehensive overview of the changes in a "What's New in Python 3.0" document. Please help write it! +What's New Since 3.0a1 +---------------------- + +Undoubtedly the biggest change is in the bytes type: 'bytes' is now +immutable, and there is a new mutable bytes type 'bytearray'. These +two types are interoperable in every way. For more info on this +issue, read PEP 3137. + +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 2.6 +release under development). + + Converting From Python 2.x to 3.0 --------------------------------- -- cgit v1.2.1