I'm pleased to announce that ActivePython 2.3.5 build 236 and ActivePython 2.4.0 build 244 are now available from: http://www.ActiveState.com/Products/ActivePython ActivePython 2.3.5.236 is a bug-fix release matching core Python 2.3.5. ActivePython 2.4.0.244 is a bug-fix release matching core Python 2.4.0. Both of these releases contain an important security fix for SimpleXMLRPCServer as detailed here: http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePython/advisory.plex http://www.python.org/security/PSF-2005-001/ Builds for Linux, Solaris and Windows are available. We would welcome any and all feedback to: ActivePython-feedback@ActiveState.com Please file bugs against ActivePython at: http://bugs.ActiveState.com/ActivePython What is ActivePython? --------------------- ActivePython is ActiveState's quality-assured binary build of Python. Builds for Windows, Linux and Solaris and made freely available. ActivePython includes the Python core and core extensions (zlib 1.2.1, bzip2 1.0.2, bsddb 4.2.52, Tk 8.4.4, and Tix 8.1.4). On Windows, ActivePython includes the PyWin32 suite of Windows tools developed by Mark Hammond, including bindings to the Win32 API and Windows COM, the Pythonwin IDE, and more. ActivePython also includes a wealth of Python documentation, including: - the core Python docs - Andrew Kuchling's "What's New in Python" series - the Non-Programmer's Tutorial for Python - Mark Pilgrim's excellent "Dive into Python", and - a snapshot of the Python FAQs, HOWTOs and PEPs. An online version of the docs can be found here: http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/ActivePython/2.3/welcome.html http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/ActivePython/2.4/welcome.html In particular the Release Notes: http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/ActivePython/2.3/relnotes.html http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/ActivePython/2.4/relnotes.html and the Installation Guide: http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/ActivePython/2.3/installnotes.html http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/ActivePython/2.4/installnotes.html Extra Bits ---------- This release of ActivePython also includes the following packages: - a Windows "debug" package: debug-built binaries for ActivePython users building debug versions of their binary Python extensions - ActivePython23.chm & ActivePython24.chm: an MS compiled help collection of the full ActivePython documentation set. Linux users of applications such as xCHM might find this useful. These packages are available from: ftp://ftp.activestate.com/ActivePython/etc/ On behalf of the team at ActiveState, Thanks, and enjoy! -- Trent Mick trentm@activestate.com