Python 3.0 final released

We are pleased to announce the release of Python 3.0 (final) , a new production-ready release, on December 3rd, 2008.

Python 3.0 (a.k.a. "Python 3000" or "Py3k") is a new version of the language that 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. Also, the standard library has been reorganized in a few prominent places.

Here are some Python 3.0 resources:

• What's new in Python 3000
• Python 3.0 change log .
• Online Documentation
• Read more in PEP 3000
• To help out, sign up for [e-mail]
• Conversion tool for Python 2.x code: 2to3

Please report bugs at http://bugs.python.org

Python 3.0 Release: 03-Dec-2008

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This is a production release; we currently support these formats:

• Gzipped source tar ball (3.0) (sig)
• Bzipped source tar ball (3.0) (sig)
• Windows x86 MSI Installer (3.0) (sig)
• Windows AMD64 MSI Installer (3.0) (sig)