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  Re: [RELEASED] Python 3.5.0b2 is now available MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2015-06-01 12:48 +0100

#91657 — Re: [RELEASED] Python 3.5.0b2 is now available

On 2015-06-01 05:37, Larry Hastings wrote:
>
>
> On behalf of the Python development community and the Python 3.5 release
> team, I'm relieved to announce the availability of Python 3.5.0b2.
> Python 3.5.0b1 had a major regression (see
> http://bugs.python.org/issue24285 for more information) and as such was
> not suitable for testing Python 3.5. Therefore we've made this extra
> beta release, only a week later.  Anyone trying Python 3.5.0b1 should
> switch immediately to testing with Python 3.5.0b2.
>
> Python 3.5 has now entered "feature freeze".  By default new features
> may no longer be added to Python 3.5.  (However, there are a handful of
> features that weren't quite ready for Python 3.5.0 beta 2; these were
> granted exceptions to the freeze, and are scheduled to be added before
> beta 3.)
>
> This is a preview release, and its use is not recommended for production
> settings.
>
> Three important notes for Windows users about Python 3.5.0b2:
>
>   * If installing Python 3.5.0b2 as a non-privileged user, you may need
>     to escalate to administrator privileges to install an update to your
>     C runtime libraries.
>   * There is now a third type of Windows build for Python 3.5.  In
>     addition to the conventional installer and the web-based installer,
>     Python 3.5 now has an embeddable release designed to be deployed as
>     part of a larger application's installer for apps using or extending
>     Python.  During the 3.5 alpha releases, this was an executable
>     installer; as of 3.5.0 beta 1 the embeddable build of Python is now
>     shipped in a zip file.
>
>
> You can find Python 3.5.0b2 here:
>
>     https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-350b2/
>
> Happy hacking,
>
>
> //arry/
>
>
I've just run "Windows x86 executable installer" and "Windows x86-64
executable installer".

While installing, the progress messages overwrote each other without
clearing the background each time.

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