[Python-Dev] RELEASED Python 2.3.1

[Anthony Baxter]

On behalf of the Python development team and the Python community, I'm
happy to announce the release of Python 2.3.1 (final).

Python 2.3.1 is a pure bug fix release of Python 2.3, released in late
July. A number of obscure crash-causing bugs have been fixed, various
memory leaks have been squished, but no new features have been added to
the language or to the library.

For more information on Python 2.3.1, including download links for
various platforms, release notes, and known issues, please see:

    http://www.python.org/2.3.1

Highlights of this new release include:

 - Bugfixes

 - The Windows installer now ships with documentation in searchable
   htmlhelp format, rather than individual HTML files.

Highlights of the previous major Python release (2.3) are available     
from the Python 2.3 page, at                                            

    http://www.python.org/2.3/highlights.html

This release was the work of a number of dedicated python-dev folks who
took the time to apply bugfixes back to the 2.3 code. The community owes
them many thanks for this work.

Enjoy the new release,
Anthony

Anthony Baxter
anthony at python.org
Python 2.3.1 Release Manager
(on behalf of the entire python-dev team)