[python-win32] pywin32 build 213 released

[Mark Hammond]

Hi all,
  I'm extremely happy to announce the release of pywin32 build 213 - the
first release of pywin32 with support for Python 3.x.

This release has a large number of changes and should, in general, be
considered BETA quality - please refer to the release notes below for
details.  The full change log is at
https://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=661475

Get it now via
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=78018&package_id=79063
&release_id=661475

Finally-ly...

Mark

Release Notes:
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This is the first release of pywin32 with support for Python 3.0.  Both as a
direct result of this, and given the opportunity, many modernizations and
internal cleanups have been made.   Many of the hacks necessary when Python
didn't support unicode have been removed, and many old modules which also
predate unicode (such as Pythonwin) have been dragged, sometimes kicking and
screaming, into a modern era.

While very few of these changes should be visible to users of the package,
this build should be treated as BETA quality.  While this build has many
more unit tests than previous builds and no significant known problems
exist, it is likely some corners will have regressions.  Please test this
build thoroughly before relying on it for production work.

For Python 3.0 in particular, some details are subject to change in the
future without regard for backwards compatibility.  For example, if this
build allows you to pass 'bytes' where only a string makes logical sense, we
reserve the right to 'fix' this oversight.  Obviously common-sense rules
here though; we will not break sensible applications in the pursuit of
purity.  Please see the pywin32 documentation for more details on py3k
support.

Thanks to Roger Upole, without whom this huge effort wouldn't have even
started yet, and to Jason R. Coombs and Vernon Cole for their help getting
the win32timezone and adodbapi modules working on py3k.

Enjoy!