[Python-Dev] RELEASED Python 2.4.2, release candidate 1

[Anthony Baxter]

On behalf of the Python development team and the Python community, I'm
happy to announce the release of Python 2.4.2 (release candidate 1).

Python 2.4.2 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 more than 60 bugs squished in this release.

Assuming no major problems crop up, a final release of Python 2.4.2 
will follow in about a week's time. 

For more information on Python 2.4.2, including download links for
various platforms, release notes, and known issues, please see:

    http://www.python.org/2.4.2

Highlights of this new release include:

  - Bug fixes. According to the release notes, more than 60 have been
    fixed, including bugs that prevented Python from working properly
    on 64 bit HP/UX and AIX systems.

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