ANN: ActivePython 2.5.0.0 is now available

[Trent Mick]

I'm happy to announce that ActivePython 2.5.0.0 is now available for download
from:
http://www.activestate.com/products/activepython/

This is the first release of ActivePython for Python version 2.5. Apologies
for the long delay between core Python 2.5 and this release. The good news is
that part of the reason for this delay was to finally get approval to include
crypto in ActivePython, hence:

Changes in this release include:
- Full OpenSSL support (finally!)
- Update to Python 2.5 (duh)
- [Mac OS X] Universal build (finally!)
- [Windows] Update to PyWin32 build 210
- All the new standard extensions: SQLite, ctypes, ElementTree
- [Linux] Rationalized the build names.
- [Mac OS X] A sane uninstall script

See the release notes for full details:
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/ActivePython/2.5/relnotes.html


What is ActivePython?
---------------------

ActivePython is ActiveState's binary distribution of Python. Builds for
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, HP-UX and AIX are made freely available.

ActivePython includes the Python core and the many core extensions: zlib and
bzip2 for data compression, the Berkeley DB (bsddb) and SQLite (sqlite3)
database libraries, the Tix GUI widgets for Tkinter, ElementTree for XML
processing, ctypes (on supported platforms) for low-level library access, and
others. The Windows distribution ships with PyWin32 -- a suite of Windows
tools developed by Mark Hammond, including bindings to the Win32 API and
Windows COM. See this page for full details:
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/ActivePython/2.5/whatsincluded.html

As well, ActivePython ships with a wealth of documentation for both new and
experienced Python programmers. In addition to the core Python docs,
ActivePython includes the "What's New in Python" series, "Dive into Python",
the Python FAQs & HOWTOs, and the Python Enhancement Proposals (PEPs).

An online version of the docs can be found here:
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/ActivePython/2.5/welcome.html

We would welcome any and all feedback to:
(e-mail address removed)

Please file bugs against ActivePython at:
http://bugs.activestate.com/query.cgi?set_product=ActivePython


On what platforms does ActivePython run?
----------------------------------------

ActivePython includes installers for the following platforms:

- AIX/PowerPC
- HP-UX/PA-RISC
- Linux/x86
- Linux/x86_64: "x86_64" is also known as "AMD64"
- Solaris/SPARC
- Solaris/x86
- Mac OS X
- Windows/x64: "x64" is also known as "AMD64"
- Windows/x86


Extra Bits
----------

ActivePython releases also include the following:

- ActivePython25.chm: An MS compiled help collection of the full
ActivePython documentation set. Linux users of applications such as
xCHM might find this useful. This package is installed by default on
Windows.

Extra bits are available from:
http://downloads.activestate.com/ActivePython/etc/


Thanks, and enjoy!

Trent, Python Tech Lead

 

[Bror Johansson]

I'm happy to announce that ActivePython 2.5.0.0 is now available for
download
from:
http://www.activestate.com/products/activepython/

This is the first release of ActivePython for Python version 2.5.
Apologies
for the long delay between core Python 2.5 and this release. The good news
is
that part of the reason for this delay was to finally get approval to
include
crypto in ActivePython, hence:

I did notice the download earlier today and I have installed it on five
Windows-machines (two WinXPPro and three Win2K) and have found one
consistent error.

Whenever I try Help->Python Manuals from PythonWin I get this errormessage:

"Internal error in help file processing <class 'pywintypes.error'2,
'ShellExecute', 'Det går inte att hitta filen.')

The last few words are swedish (the machine I'm using right here is arunning
a swedish WinXP) and has this meaning: "It's not possible to find the file".

Is there a remedy for this problem?

Bror J.

 

[Trent Mick]

I did notice the download earlier today and I have installed it on five
Windows-machines (two WinXPPro and three Win2K) and have found one
consistent error.

Whenever I try Help->Python Manuals from PythonWin I get this errormessage:

"Internal error in help file processing <class 'pywintypes.error'2,
'ShellExecute', 'Det går inte att hitta filen.')

The last few words are swedish (the machine I'm using right here is arunning
a swedish WinXP) and has this meaning: "It's not possible to find the file".

Is there a remedy for this problem?

http://bugs.activestate.com/show_bug.cgi?id=68029

I don't currently have a work around for it. I should be able to fix this for
the next release (but don't have a date for that yet). You could CC yourself
to that bug report to get a notification for when it is fixed, if you like.

Thanks,
Trent

 

[dan.shechter]

I'm happy to announce that ActivePython 2.5.0.0 is now available for download
from:
http://www.activestate.com/products/activepython/

This is the first release of ActivePython for Python version 2.5. Apologies
for the long delay between core Python 2.5 and this release. The good news is
that part of the reason for this delay was to finally get approval to include
crypto in ActivePython, hence:

Changes in this release include:
- Full OpenSSL support (finally!)
- Update to Python 2.5 (duh)
- [Mac OS X] Universal build (finally!)
- [Windows] Update to PyWin32 build 210
- All the new standard extensions: SQLite,ctypes, ElementTree
- [Linux] Rationalized the build names.
- [Mac OS X] A sane uninstall script

See the release notes for full details:http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/ActivePython/2.5/relnotes.html

What is ActivePython?
---------------------

ActivePython is ActiveState's binary distribution of Python. Builds for
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, HP-UX and AIX are made freely available.

ActivePython includes the Python core and the many core extensions: zlib and
bzip2 for data compression, the Berkeley DB (bsddb) and SQLite (sqlite3)
database libraries, the Tix GUI widgets for Tkinter, ElementTree for XML
processing,ctypes(on supported platforms) for low-level library access, and
others. The Windows distribution ships with PyWin32 -- a suite of Windows
tools developed by Mark Hammond, including bindings to the Win32 API and
Windows COM. See this page for full details:http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/ActivePython/2.5/whatsincluded....

As well, ActivePython ships with a wealth of documentation for both new and
experienced Python programmers. In addition to the core Python docs,
ActivePython includes the "What's New in Python" series, "Dive into Python",
the Python FAQs & HOWTOs, and the Python Enhancement Proposals (PEPs).

An online version of the docs can be found here:
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/ActivePython/2.5/welcome.html

We would welcome any and all feedback to:
(e-mail address removed)

Please file bugs against ActivePython at:
http://bugs.activestate.com/query.cgi?set_product=ActivePython

On what platforms does ActivePython run?
----------------------------------------

ActivePython includes installers for the following platforms:

- AIX/PowerPC
- HP-UX/PA-RISC
- Linux/x86
- Linux/x86_64: "x86_64" is also known as "AMD64"
- Solaris/SPARC
- Solaris/x86
- Mac OS X
- Windows/x64: "x64" is also known as "AMD64"
- Windows/x86

Extra Bits
----------

ActivePython releases also include the following:

- ActivePython25.chm: An MS compiled help collection of the full
ActivePython documentation set. Linux users of applications such as
xCHM might find this useful. This package is installed by default on
Windows.

Extra bits are available from:
http://downloads.activestate.com/ActivePython/etc/

Thanks, and enjoy!

Trent, Python Tech Lead

is ctypes supported on ActivePython for Windows x64?

 

[Trent Mick]

is ctypes supported on ActivePython for Windows x64?

No.
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/ActivePython/2.5/whatsincluded.html

My understanding (from http://www.python.org/sf/1545507) is that ctypes isn't
yet ported to Windows/AMD64. That may have changed though.

Trent

 

[Thomas Heller]

No.
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/ActivePython/2.5/whatsincluded.html

My understanding (from http://www.python.org/sf/1545507) is that ctypes isn't
yet ported to Windows/AMD64. That may have changed though.

Trent

I have a patch for ctypes for Windows x64. It cannot be integrated in the
Python SVN repository in the Python 2.5 branch because of the feature freeze,
so Python 2.6 would be the earliest.

I intend to release a separate Win x64 ctypes version soon (my plan is to
release this when Python 2.5.1 will be released, but this is totally
arbitrary); I still have to run more tests with it.

Thomas