Python 3.1 beta 1

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On May 6, 9:32 pm, Benjamin Peterson <benja... at python.org> wrote:
> On behalf of the Python development team, I'm thrilled to announce the first and
> only beta release of Python 3.1.
>
> Python 3.1 focuses on the stabilization and optimization of features and changes
> Python 3.0 introduced.  For example, the new I/O system has been rewritten in C
> for speed.  File system APIs that use unicode strings now handle paths with
> undecodable bytes in them. [1] Other features include an ordered dictionary
> implementation and support for ttk Tile in Tkinter.  For a more extensive list
> of changes in 3.1, seehttp://doc.python.org/dev/py3k/whatsnew/3.1.htmlor
> Misc/NEWS in the Python distribution.
>
> Please note that this is a beta release, and as such is not suitable for
> production environments.  We continue to strive for a high degree of quality,
> but there are still some known problems and the feature sets have not been
> finalized.  This beta is being released to solicit feedback and hopefully
> discover bugs, as well as allowing you to determine how changes in 3.1 might
> impact you.  If you find things broken or incorrect, please submit a bug report
> at
>
>    http://bugs.python.org
>
> For more information and downloadable distributions, see the Python 3.1 website:
>
>    http://www.python.org/download/releases/3.1/
>
> See PEP 375 for release schedule details:
>
>    http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0375/
>
> Enjoy,
> -- Benjamin
>
> Benjamin Peterson
> benjamin at python.org
> Release Manager
> (on behalf of the entire python-dev team and 3.1's contributors)


Congratulations!

Is it just me or was some nice summary output added to the make
process? I get a nice list of modules that didn't compile and the ones
where the library could not be found.