Release Date: Oct. 26, 2009
Python 2.6.4 was a critical bug fix for Python 2.6.3, which had regressions in the logging package and in setuptools compatibility. Python 2.6.4 was released on 25-Oct-2009.
Python 2.6 is now in bugfix-only mode; no new features are being added. The NEWS file lists every change in each alpha, beta, and release candidate of Python 2.6.
- What's New in Python 2.6.
- Report bugs at http://bugs.python.org.
- Read the Python license.
- PEP 361 set out the development schedule for 2.6.
Help fund Python and its community by donating to the Python Software Foundation.
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 | fee5408634a54e721a93531aba37f8c1 | 11249486 | SIG | |
| Gzipped source tarball | Source release | 97b09eab5d1bca5c1e7fb76b00fc9ba0 | 57896960 | SIG | |
| Mac OS X installer | Mac OS X | 252c4d06cb84132c42d00fae93ee8ceb | 20347856 | SIG | |
| Windows x86-64 MSI installer | Windows | for AMD64/EM64T/x64 | d6c51dfa162bbecc22cfcf11544243f7 | 15223296 | SIG |
| Windows x86 MSI installer | Windows | 2e2b60ae73e9e99cd343a3fe9ed6e770 | 14890496 | SIG |