Fill in various bits of the template

Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew25.tex

@@ -2,38 +2,18 @@
 \usepackage{distutils}
 % $Id$
 
-% When creating a new ``What's New'' document, copy this to
-% ../whatsnew/whatsnewXY.tex, where X is replaced by the major version
-% number and Y, by the minor version number for the release of Python
-% being described.
-%
-% The following replacements need to be made in the text:
-%
-% X.Y   -- the version of Python this document describes
-% X.Y-1 -- previous minor release (not a maintenance release)
-% X.Y-2 -- minor release before that one (optional; search the
-%          template to see the usage
-%
-% In this document, these map to the following replacements:
-% (Please complete this section when specific replacements are made.)
-%
-% X.Y   -- 2.5
-% X.Y-1 -- 2.4.something (not yet determined)
-% X.Y-2 -- 2.4.something (not yet determined)
-%
-% Once done, write and edit to your heart's content!
 
 \title{What's New in Python 2.5}
 \release{0.0}
-\author{Young Author}
-\authoraddress{\email{ya@example.com}}
+\author{A.M. Kuchling}
+\authoraddress{\email{amk@amk.ca}}
 
 \begin{document}
 \maketitle
 \tableofcontents
 
 This article explains the new features in Python 2.5.  No release date
-for Python 2.5 has been set; expect that this will happen next year.
+for Python 2.5 has been set; it will probably be released in late 2005.
 
 % Compare with previous release in 2 - 3 sentences here.
 
@@ -72,9 +52,7 @@ language.
 \end{itemize}
 
 The net result of the 2.5 optimizations is that Python 2.5 runs the
-pystone benchmark around XX\% faster than Python X.Y-1.%
-% only use the next line if you want to do the extra work ;) :
-% and YY\% faster than Python X.Y-2.
+pystone benchmark around XX\% faster than Python 2.4.
 
 
 %======================================================================
@@ -122,7 +100,7 @@ Platform-specific changes go here.
 As usual, there were a bunch of other improvements and bugfixes
 scattered throughout the source tree.  A search through the CVS change
 logs finds there were XXX patches applied and YYY bugs fixed between
-Python X.Y-1 and 2.5.  Both figures are likely to be underestimates.
+Python 2.4 and 2.5.  Both figures are likely to be underestimates.
 
 Some of the more notable changes are: