Release Date: Oct. 2, 2008
Python 2.6 (final) was released on October 1st, 2008. There are a huge number of new features, modules, improvements and bug fixes. For information on what's changed, see:
- Andrew Kuchling's guide to What's New in Python 2.6.
- NEWS file contains a listing of everything that's new in each alpha, beta, and release candidate of Python 2.6.
- PEP 361.
Please report bugs at http://bugs.python.org
See also the license.
Python 2.6 Released: 01-Oct-2008
Vista Note
Administrators installing Python for all users on Windows Vista either need to be logged in as Administrator, or use the runas command, as in:
runas /user:Administrator "msiexec /i <path>\<file>.msi"
Documentation
The documentation has also been updated. You can browse the HTML on-line or download the HTML:
| [1] | The binaries for AMD64 will also work on processors that implement the Intel 64 architecture (formerly EM64T), i.e. the architecture that Microsoft calls x64, and AMD called x86-64 before calling it AMD64. They will not work on Intel Itanium Processors (formerly IA-64). |
Files
| Version | Operating System | Description | MD5 Sum | File Size | GPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bzip2 compressed source tarball | Source release | 837476958702cb386c657b5dba61cdc5 | 10957859 | SIG | |
| Gzipped source tarball | Source release | 117a3f75faff0bef980169f0c1b2c50a | 56954880 | SIG | |
| Mac OS X installer | Mac OS X | 29a1a22f8d9fd8a4501b30d97fbee61c | 23593748 | SIG | |
| Windows x86-64 MSI installer | Windows | for AMD64/EM64T/x64 | fe34764ad0027d01176eb1b321dd20c5 | 14503936 | SIG |
| Windows x86 MSI installer | Windows | 6c62c123d248a48dccbaa4d3edc12680 | 14173184 | SIG |