Update planned release date.

Uncomment PEP 370 section.
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* Credit the author of a patch or bugfix. Just the name is
sufficient; the e-mail address isn't necessary.
* It's helpful to add the bug/patch number in an parenthetical
* It's helpful to add the bug/patch number in a parenthetical comment.
XXX Describe the transmogrify() function added to the socket
module.
(Contributed by P.Y. Developer; :issue:`12345`.)
This saves the maintainer the effort of going through the SVN logs
This saves the maintainer some effort going through the SVN logs
when researching a change.
This article explains the new features in Python 2.6. No release date for
Python 2.6 has been set; it will probably be released in mid 2008.
This article explains the new features in Python 2.6. The release
schedule is described in :pep:`361`; currently the final release is
scheduled for September 3 2008.
This article doesn't attempt to provide a complete specification of
the new features, but instead provides a convenient overview. For
full details, you should refer to the documentation for Python 2.6. If
you want to understand the complete implementation and design
rationale, refer to the PEP for a particular new feature. For smaller
changes, this edition of "What's New in Python" links to the bug/patch
item for each change whenever possible.
you want to understand the rationale for the design and
implementation, refer to the PEP for a particular new feature.
Whenever possible, "What's New in Python" links to the bug/patch item
for each change.
.. Compare with previous release in 2 - 3 sentences here.
add hyperlink when the documentation becomes available online.
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.. ======================================================================
.. ::
.. _pep-0370:
PEP 370: XXX
PEP 370: Per-user ``site-packages`` Directory
=====================================================
When you run Python, the module search page ``sys.modules`` usually
When you run Python, the module search path ``sys.modules`` usually
includes a directory whose path ends in ``"site-packages"``. This
directory is intended to hold locally-installed packages available to
all users on a machine or using a particular site installation.
Python 2.6 introduces a convention for user-specific site directories.
The directory varies depending on the platform:
* Unix and MacOS: :file:`~/.local/`
* Windows: :file:`%APPDATA%/Python`
Within this directory, there will be version-specific subdirectories,
such as :file:`lib/python2.6/site-packages` on Unix/MacOS and
:file:`Python26/site-packages` on Windows.
If you don't like the default directory, it can be overridden by an
environment variable. :envvar:`PYTHONUSERBASE` sets the root
directory used for all Python versions supporting this feature. On
Windows, the directory for application-specific data can be changed by
setting the :envvar:`APPDATA` environment variable. You can also
modify the :file:`site.py` file for your Python installation.
The feature can be disabled entirely by running Python with the
:option:`-s` option or setting the :envvar:`PYTHONNOUSERSITE`
environment variable.
.. seealso::
:pep:`370` - XXX
PEP written by XXX; implemented by Christian Heimes.
:pep:`370` - Per-user ``site-packages`` Directory
PEP written and implemented by Christian Heimes.
.. ======================================================================
@ -1450,6 +1468,12 @@ fixes. Here's a partial list of the most notable changes, sorted alphabetically
by module name. Consult the :file:`Misc/NEWS` file in the source tree for a more
complete list of changes, or look through the CVS logs for all the details.
* (3.0-warning mode) The :mod:`audiodev` module is being deprecated,
and has been removed from Python 3.0, so importing it now triggers a
warning. The module hasn't been maintained for several versions,
and is written against an outdated sound interface for SunOS and
IRIX.
* The :mod:`bsddb.dbshelve` module now uses the highest pickling protocol
available, instead of restricting itself to protocol 1.
(Contributed by W. Barnes; :issue:`1551443`.)
@ -2104,7 +2128,12 @@ complete list of changes, or look through the CVS logs for all the details.
(Added by Facundo Batista.)
* The XML-RPC classes :class:`SimpleXMLRPCServer` and :class:`DocXMLRPCServer`
* The :mod:`warnings` module's :func:`formatwarning` and :func:`showwarning`
gained an optional *line* argument that can be used to supply the
line of source code. (Added as part of :issue:`1631171`, which re-implemented
part of the :mod:`warnings` module in C code.)
* The XML-RPC :class:`SimpleXMLRPCServer` and :class:`DocXMLRPCServer`
classes can now be prevented from immediately opening and binding to
their socket by passing True as the ``bind_and_activate``
constructor parameter. This can be used to modify the instance's
@ -2144,6 +2173,9 @@ complete list of changes, or look through the CVS logs for all the details.
(Contributed by Alan McIntyre; :issue:`467924`.)
Also, :mod:`zipfile` now supports using Unicode filenames
for archived files. (Contributed by Alexey Borzenkov; :issue:`1734346`.)
.. ======================================================================
.. whole new modules get described in subsections here