Kaydet (Commit) 67345eb0 authored tarafından Guido van Rossum's avatar Guido van Rossum

Updated for 2.1; removed references to BeOpen.com and PythonLabs.

Added Copyright GvR.
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This is Python version 2.0
This is Python version 2.1
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Copyright (c) 2000, 2001 Guido van Rossum.
All rights reserved.
Copyright (c) 2000 BeOpen.com.
All rights reserved.
......@@ -30,8 +33,7 @@ holders.
What's new in this release?
---------------------------
See the file "Misc/NEWS"; see also this URL:
http://www.pythonlabs.com/products/python2.0/
See the file "Misc/NEWS".
If you don't read instructions
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......@@ -52,14 +54,7 @@ Python is an interpreted object-oriented programming language suitable
scripting, numeric computing and system testing. Python is often
compared to Tcl, Perl, Java, JavaScript, Visual Basic or Scheme. To
find out more about what Python can do for you, point your browser to
http://www.pythonlabs.com/.
BeOpen.com offers corporate support, custom development and
sponsorships for Python. Contact <sales@beopen.com> for more
information.
BeOpen Python releases include pre-built Python executables for major
platforms and are available from PythonLabs.
http://www.python.org/.
How do I learn Python?
......@@ -95,14 +90,9 @@ Web sites
---------
New Python releases and related technologies are published at
http://www.pythonlabs.com/. Come visit us!
http://www.python.org/. Come visit us!
The present Python community web site is http://www.python.org/.
BeOpen.com is developing a next-generation community site for Python
and is looking for volunteers to help make this an even better
resource than the existing community site. If you know Python well
and would like to volunteer to work with us on this project, please
contact <volunteer@pythonlabs.com> with a summary of your skills.
There's also a Python community web site at http://starship.python.net/.
Newsgroups and Mailing Lists
......@@ -145,9 +135,9 @@ Questions
For help, if you can't find it in the manuals or on the web site, it's
best to post to the comp.lang.python or the Python mailing list (see
above). If you specifically don't want to involve the newsgroup or
mailing list, send questions to <help@python.org> (a group of
volunteers who answer questions as they can). The newsgroup is the
most efficient way to ask public questions.
mailing list, send questions to help@python.org (a group of volunteers
who answer questions as they can). The newsgroup is the most
efficient way to ask public questions.
Build instructions
......@@ -230,8 +220,9 @@ Platform specific notes
-----------------------
(Some of these may no longer apply. If you find you can build Python
on these platforms without the special directions mentioned here, mail
to <python@pythonlabs.com> so we can remove them!)
on these platforms without the special directions mentioned here,
submit a documentation bug report to SourceForge (see Bug Reports
above) so we can remove them!)
64-bit platforms: The modules audioop, imageop and rgbimg don't work.
Don't try to enable them in the Modules/Setup file. They
......@@ -556,10 +547,12 @@ directory given by --exec-prefix or the `exec_prefix' Make variable
All subdirectories created will have Python's version number in their
name, e.g. the library modules are installed in
"/usr/local/lib/python2.0/" by default. The Python binary is
installed as "python2.0" and a hard link named "python" is created.
The only file not installed with a version number in its name is the
manual page, installed as "/usr/local/man/man1/python.1" by default.
"/usr/local/lib/python<version>/" by default, where <version> is the
<major>.<minor> release number (e.g. "2.1"). The Python binary is
installed as "python<version>" and a hard link named "python" is
created. The only file not installed with a version number in its
name is the manual page, installed as "/usr/local/man/man1/python.1"
by default.
If you have a previous installation of a pre-2.0 Python that you don't
want to replace yet, use
......@@ -567,8 +560,8 @@ want to replace yet, use
make altinstall
This installs the same set of files as "make install" except it
doesn't create the hard link to "python2.0" named "python" and it
doesn't install the manual page at all.
doesn't create the hard link to "python<version>" named "python" and
it doesn't install the manual page at all.
The only thing you may have to install manually is the Python mode for
Emacs found in Misc/python-mode.el. (But then again, more recent
......@@ -735,7 +728,7 @@ development, join the PythonMac Special Interest Group
pythonmac-sig-request@python.org).
Of course, there are also binary distributions available for these
platforms -- see http://www.pythonlabs.com/products/python2.0/.
platforms -- see http://www.python.org/.
To port Python to a new non-UNIX system, you will have to fake the
effect of running the configure script manually (for Mac and PC, this
......@@ -757,11 +750,11 @@ Emacs mode
There's an excellent Emacs editing mode for Python code; see the file
Misc/python-mode.el. Originally written by the famous Tim Peters, it
is now maintained by the equally famous Barry Warsaw (it's no
coincidence that they now both work at PythonLabs). The latest
coincidence that they now both work on the same team). The latest
version, along with various other contributed Python-related Emacs
goodies, is online at <http://www.python.org/emacs/python-mode>. And
goodies, is online at http://www.python.org/emacs/python-mode. And
if you are planning to edit the Python C code, please pick up the
latest version of CC Mode <http://www.python.org/emacs/cc-mode>; it
latest version of CC Mode http://www.python.org/emacs/cc-mode; it
contains a "python" style used throughout most of the Python C source
files. (Newer versions of Emacs or XEmacs may already come with the
latest version of python-mode.)
......@@ -849,7 +842,7 @@ config.h Configuration header
config.log Log from last configure run
config.status Status from last run of the configure script
getbuildinfo.o Object file from Modules/getbuildinfo.c
libpython2.0.a The library archive
libpython<version>.a The library archive
python The executable interpreter
tags, TAGS Tags files for vi and Emacs
......@@ -858,4 +851,4 @@ That's all, folks!
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--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.pythonlabs.com/~guido/)
--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
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