New News: === ==== *** Cygwin has migrating from Python 2.6 to 2.7. *** I have updated the version of Python to 2.7.3-1. The tarballs should be available on a Cygwin mirror near you shortly. The following is the only change since the previous release: o promote from experimental to current Note that all Python dependent packages have been rebuilt against 2.7. I would like to thank Yaakov Selkowitz for managing the migration from Python 2.6 to 2.7. Old News: === ==== Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language. If interested, see the Python web site for more details: http://www.python.org/ Please read the README file: /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/python.README since it covers requirements, installation, known issues, etc. Standard News: ======== ==== To update your installation, click on the "Install Cygwin now" link on the http://cygwin.com/ web page. This downloads setup.exe to your system. Then, run setup and answer all of the questions. If you have questions or comments, please send them to the Cygwin mailing list. *** CYGWIN-ANNOUNCE UNSUBSCRIBE INFO *** If you want to unsubscribe from the cygwin-announce mailing list, please use the automated form at: http://cygwin.com/lists.html#subscribe-unsubscribe If you need more information on unsubscribing, start reading here: http://sourceware.org/lists.html#unsubscribe-simple Please read *all* of the information on unsubscribing that is available starting at this URL. Jason