Python 2.6b3 Released: 20-Aug-2008
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This is a beta release; we currently support these formats:
Gzipped source tar ball (2.6b3)
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Bzipped source tar ball (2.6b3)
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Windows x86 MSI Installer (2.6b2)
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Windows AMD64 MSI Installer (2.6b2)
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MD5 checksums and sizes of the released files:
f852591b280d54248e5c9f37574b0ed3 12952275 Python-2.6b3.tgz
1ea2cb30d9fc2fb01e202bf2b1639c3d 10921755 Python-2.6b3.tar.bz2
56464bfbdc2276b5dde874419719a8c6 14298624 python-2.6b2.amd64.msi
d34b037947b2cb75227e022022628c46 13784576 python-2.6b2.msi
The Windows releases will be updated soon
The signatures above were generated with GnuPG using release manager Barry Warsaw's public key which has a key id of EA5BBD71.
What's New?
Here is What's new in Python 2.6b3.
OnWindows Vista, the User Account Control interface is not invokedanymore, supporting "Just for me" installations again. See below foradditional instructions.
For the full list of changes, you can poke around in Subversion.
Vista Note
Administratorsinstalling Python for all users on Windows Vista either need to belogged in as Administrator, or use the runas command, as in:
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