#define PY_MINOR_VERSION 0
#define PY_MICRO_VERSION 0
#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_ALPHA
-#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL 4
+#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL 5
/* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION "3.0a4+"
+#define PY_VERSION "3.0a5"
/*--end constants--*/
/* Subversion Revision number of this file (not of the repository) */
-This is Python version 3.0 alpha 4
+This is Python version 3.0 alpha 5
==================================
For notes specific to this release, see RELNOTES in this directory.
Please help write it!
-If you want to install multiple versions of Python see the section below
-entitled "Installing multiple versions".
-
-
-What's New Since 3.0a1
-----------------------
-
-Undoubtedly the biggest change is in the bytes type: 'bytes' is now
-immutable, and there is a new mutable bytes type 'bytearray'. These
-two types are interoperable in every way. For more info on this
-issue, read PEP 3137.
-
For a more detailed change log, read Misc/NEWS (though this file, too,
is incomplete, and also doesn't list anything merged in from the 2.6
release under development).
+If you want to install multiple versions of Python see the section below
+entitled "Installing multiple versions".
+
+
Proposals for enhancement
-------------------------
current PEPs, as well as guidelines for submitting a new PEP, are listed at
http://www.python.org/dev/peps/.
+
Converting From Python 2.x to 3.0
---------------------------------
-Python 2.6 (not yet released) will contain features to help locating
-code that needs to be changed, such as optional warnings when
-deprecated features are used, and backported versions of certain key
-Python 3000 features.
+Python 2.6 (to be released concurrent with Python 3.0) will contain features
+to help locating code that needs to be changed, such as optional warnings when
+deprecated features are used, and backported versions of certain key Python
+3000 features.
Installing multiple versions
Please report bugs to http://bugs.python.org/.
+
+Version 3.0a5 - Release Date 08-May-2008
+----------------------------------------
+
+Please search the bug tracker for critical issues in Python 3.0.
+
+
Version 3.0a2 - Release Date 07-Dec-2007
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