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PEP: 160
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Title: Python 1.6 Release Schedule
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Version: $Revision$
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Owner: Fred L. Drake, Jr. <fdrake@beopen.com>
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Python-Version: 1.6
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Status: Incomplete
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Type: Informational
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Created: 25-Jul-2000
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Introduction
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This PEP describes the Python 1.6 release schedule. The CVS
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revision history of this file contains the definitive historical
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record.
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This release will be produced by BeOpen PythonLabs staff for the
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Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI).
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Schedule
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August 1 1.6 beta 1 release (planned).
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August 3 1.6 beta 1 release (actual).
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August 15 1.6 final release.
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Features
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A number of features are required for Python 1.6 in order to
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fulfill the various promises that have been made. The following
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are required to be fully operational, documented, and forward
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compatible with the plans for Python 2.0:
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* Unicode support: The Unicode object defined for Python 2.0 must
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be provided, including all methods and codec support.
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* SRE: Fredrik Lundh's new regular expression engine will be used
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to provide support for both 8-bit strings and Unicode strings.
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It must pass the regression test used for the pcre-based version
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of the re module.
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* The curses module was in the middle of a transformation to a
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package, so the final form was adopted.
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Mechanism
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The release will be created as a branch from the development tree
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rooted at CNRI's close of business on 16 May 2000. Patches
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required from more recent checkins will be merged in by moving the
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branch tag on individual files whenever possible in order to
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reduce mailing list clutter and avoid divergent and incompatible
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implementations.
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The branch tag is "cnri-16-start".
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Patches and features will be merged to the extent required to pass
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regression tests in effect on 16 May 2000.
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The beta release is tagged "r16b1" in the CVS repository, and the
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final Python 1.6 release is tagged "release16" in the repository.
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2000-07-25 00:00:57 -04:00
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Copyright
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This document has been placed in the public domain.
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