Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed3.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-announce@python.org Delivered-To: python-announce-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.021 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.96; '*S*': 0.00; 'algorithm': 0.04; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'binary': 0.07; 'inherited': 0.09; 'pep': 0.09; 'release,': 0.09; 'to:name:python dev': 0.09; 'url:releases': 0.09; 'api': 0.11; 'python': 0.11; 'bug': 0.12; 'url:download': 0.12; 'changes': 0.15; 'added.': 0.16; 'builtins': 0.16; 'descriptors': 0.16; 'finalization': 0.16; 'fixes.': 0.16; 'received:209.85.160.42': 0.16; 'semantics': 0.16; 'to:addr :python-committers': 0.16; 'library': 0.18; 'module': 0.19; 'trying': 0.19; 'implementing': 0.19; 'subject:] ': 0.20; 'memory': 0.22; 'team,': 0.22; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'module,': 0.24; 'settings.': 0.24; 'to:addr:python-dev': 0.27; 'url:bugs': 0.29; 'reporting': 0.29; 'to:no real name:2**1': 0.29; 'code': 0.31; '(on': 0.31; '3.x': 0.31; 'larry': 0.31; 'file': 0.32; 'url:python': 0.33; 'announce': 0.33; 'framework': 0.33; 'received:209.85': 0.35; 'hundreds': 0.35; 'late': 0.35; 'objects': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'url:org': 0.36; 'changing': 0.37; 'received:209': 0.37; 'manager': 0.38; 'generic': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'subject:[': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'major': 0.40; 'release': 0.40; 'improved': 0.60; 'include:': 0.61; 'new': 0.61; 'url:3': 0.61; 'entire': 0.61; 'range': 0.61; 'first': 0.61; 'information': 0.63; 'to:2**2': 0.65; 'visit:': 0.65; 'series': 0.66; 'url:0': 0.67; 'production': 0.68; 'improvements': 0.68; 'default': 0.69; 'url:4': 0.69; '3.4': 0.84; 'asynchronous': 0.84; 'installer': 0.84; 'pickled': 0.84; 'python-dev': 0.84; 'sfxlen:4': 0.84; 'to:addr:python-announce': 0.84; 'pfxlen:2': 0.91; 'enhancement': 0.95 X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:sender:message-id:date:from:user-agent :mime-version:to:subject:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=cDKD2XTRIwGQRLVPZhJIaXIbtImnYl/G+Gv1CYtkCJU=; b=fLmbtiDwg9KTA11YCX3X43vxJUGh7AW1llKJgHDI9sOhm5AbfFMAYBVhcodrLw5KRT uSeMmp9leEH0F3fdsFn5XSS0PwGFzSGpSsENqv4XPmImhPp4Qary8n2fQiLbj287Z4HF zrejMyDIjv10fgGgKYbJXcsSEvQQvz0QC1RdfVeBIr++zl83iwHR3bmPM3a+mKrGMIKw ocdtU5raqf/28yNv/hupRiqJ9+I5r7LWo7oTW9a9gtmWj4qAPyb1ufTP/CY/g5PqYICd PjYEEsU1YY5HdJZbPGG1mBMMpxc8odtDZiF4QhL4EKCl9nOTWsyl/jC/MG0reqsnTdwX 04mA== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQm7ZvxEWjpH77bNR5034DtsvLrLgVMIP7P9e6GkyEPvRf5mCGznyCWY6gn+35LIszkEG5X2 X-Received: by 10.66.147.193 with SMTP id tm1mr24531942pab.56.1385330440391; Sun, 24 Nov 2013 14:00:40 -0800 (PST) Sender: Larry Hastings Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 14:00:16 -0800 From: Larry Hastings User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: python-list@python.org, python-announce@python.org, python-committers , Python Dev Subject: [RELEASED] Python 3.4.0b1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 23:38:47 +0100 X-BeenThere: python-announce-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list Reply-To: python-list@python.org List-Id: Announcement-only list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Approved: python-announce-list@python.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.python.announce Message-ID: Lines: 46 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1385332729 news.xs4all.nl 15993 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:42830 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python.announce:1151 On behalf of the Python development team, it's my privilege to announce the first beta release of Python 3.4. This is a preview release, and its use is not recommended for production settings. Python 3.4 includes a range of improvements of the 3.x series, including hundreds of small improvements and bug fixes. Major new features and changes in the 3.4 release series include: * PEP 435, a standardized "enum" module * PEP 436, a build enhancement that will help generate introspection information for builtins * PEP 442, improved semantics for object finalization * PEP 443, adding single-dispatch generic functions to the standard library * PEP 445, a new C API for implementing custom memory allocators * PEP 446, changing file descriptors to not be inherited by default in subprocesses * PEP 450, a new "statistics" module * PEP 453, a bundled installer for the *pip* package manager * PEP 456, a new hash algorithm for Python strings and binary data * PEP 3154, a new and improved protocol for pickled objects * PEP 3156, a new "asyncio" module, a new framework for asynchronous I/O Python 3.4 is now in "feature freeze", meaning that no new features will be added. The final release is projected for late February 2014. To download Python 3.4.0b1 visit: http://www.python.org/download/releases/3.4.0/ Please consider trying Python 3.4.0b1 with your code and reporting any new issues you notice to: http://bugs.python.org/ Enjoy! -- Larry Hastings, Release Manager larry at hastings.org (on behalf of the entire python-dev team and 3.4's contributors)