On behalf of the Python development team and the Python community, I'm happy to announce the release of Python 2.4.1 (final).

Python 2.4.1 is a bug-fix release. See the release notes at the website (also available as Misc/NEWS in the source distribution) for details of the bugs squished in this release. Python 2.4.1 should be a completely painless upgrade from Python 2.4 - no new features have been added.

For more information on Python 2.4.1, including download links for various platforms, release notes, and known issues, please see:

http://www.python.org/2.4.1/

Highlights of this new release include:

- Bug fixes. According to the release notes, several dozen bugs have been fixed, including a fix for the SimpleXMLRPCServer security issue (PSF-2005-001).

Highlights of the previous major Python release (2.4) are available from the Python 2.4 page, at

http://www.python.org/2.4/highlights.html

Enjoy the new release, Anthony

Anthony Baxter anthony@python.org Python Release Manager (on behalf of the entire python-dev team)