Announce: PythonD 2.4.2 r 1.0 for DJGPP/DOS/Windows

[Claudio Grondi]

I have read the announcement and checked out the homepage, but I am still
missing the point.

May someone explain to me, what PythonD is good for?
In my eyes there is sufficient support for networking and OpenGL in Python,
so why another not compatible version?

Claudio

"bdeck" <bdeck at lycos.co.uk> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:1132302854.765971.176360 at z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> Hello,
>
> We have uploaded binary and source packages of PythonD 2.4.2 release
> 1.0 for DJGPP/MSDOS/Windows to the 'pythond' page at
> http://www.caddit.net. All PythonD users are encouraged to upgrade.
> There have been many enhancements, including:
>
> Smaller & faster executable size.
>
> Long Filename TSR under DOS and NT 4 is now mandatory!
>
> $DJDIR/site_python is now searched as part of the default path
> (provides room for deeper
> packages under MSDOS 8-directory restriction.
>
> Socket module has been upgraded to Watt-32 2.8 without SSL support.
>
> An additional SSL (OpenSSL-based) library is provided separately.
>
> Better/more stable thread support (library recompile under better env)
>
> Limited-method release of the MS-specific 'msvcrt' module provides
> DOS-specific API:
> getch, getche, kbhit, putch, setmode, ungetch
>
> Some Watt-32 specific socket errnos have been corrected from the 2.2
> release.
>
> The DB module has forked into 2 separate modules: bsddb (3.0+) and
> bsddb185.
> The DOS library has been recompiled based on sleepycat 3.17 release for
> both.
> Use of the 'bsddb' module (not 185) is prefered, although DBEnv will
> not work.
>
> Additional goodies (plenty!) have been provided under the
> lib/python2.4/site-packeges
> directory! Google if you don't know what they do. Dat's all folks!
>
>
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> The Python source itself has greatly improved. From Python website:
> We are pleased to announce the release of Python 2.4, final on November
> 30, 2004. This is a final, stable release, and we can recommend that
> Python users upgrade to this version.
>
> Note: there's a security fix for SimpleXMLRPCServer.py - this fix is
> included in 2.4.1
> Python 2.4 is the result of almost 18 month's worth of work on top of
> Python 2.3 and represents another stage in the careful evolution of
> Python. New language features have been kept to a minimum, many bugs
> have been fixed and a variety of improvements have been made.
>
> Notable changes in Python 2.4 include improvements to the importing of
> modules, function decorators, generator expressions, a number of new
> modules (including subprocess, decimal and cookielib) and a host of bug
> fixes and other improvements. See the (subjective) highlights or the
> detailed release notes for more, or consult Andrew Kuchling's What's
> New In Python for a detailed view of some of the new features of Python
> 2.4.
>
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> PYTHOND is now on IRC! Go to #pythond on irc.freenode.net!
>
> Thanks
>
> Ben
>