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150 lines
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\documentclass{howto}
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\usepackage{distutils}
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% $Id$
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% When creating a new ``What's New'' document, copy this to
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% ../whatsnew/whatsnewXY.tex, where X is replaced by the major version
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% number and Y, by the minor version number for the release of Python
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% being described.
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%
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% The following replacements need to be made in the text:
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%
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% X.Y -- the version of Python this document describes
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% X.Y-1 -- previous minor release (not a maintenance release)
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% X.Y-2 -- minor release before that one (optional; search the
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% template to see the usage
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%
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% Once done, write and edit to your heart's content!
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\title{What's New in Python X.Y}
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\release{0.0}
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\author{Young Author}
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\authoraddress{\email{ya@example.com}}
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\begin{document}
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\maketitle
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\tableofcontents
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This article explains the new features in Python X.Y. No release date
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for Python X.Y has been set; expect that this will happen next year.
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% Compare with previous release in 2 - 3 sentences here.
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This article doesn't attempt to provide a complete specification of
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the new features, but instead provides a convenient overview. For
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full details, you should refer to the documentation for Python X.Y.
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% add hyperlink when the documentation becomes available online.
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If you want to understand the complete implementation and design
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rationale, refer to the PEP for a particular new feature.
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%======================================================================
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% Large, PEP-level features and changes should be described here.
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%======================================================================
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\section{Other Language Changes}
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Here are all of the changes that Python X.Y makes to the core Python
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language.
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\begin{itemize}
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\item TBD
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\end{itemize}
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%======================================================================
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\subsection{Optimizations}
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\begin{itemize}
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\item Optimizations should be described here.
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\end{itemize}
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The net result of the X.Y optimizations is that Python X.Y runs the
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pystone benchmark around XX\% faster than Python X.Y-1.%
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% only use the next line if you want to do the extra work ;) :
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% and YY\% faster than Python X.Y-2.
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%======================================================================
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\section{New, Improved, and Deprecated Modules}
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As usual, Python's standard library received a number of enhancements and
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bug fixes. Here's a partial list of the most notable changes, sorted
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alphabetically by module name. Consult the
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\file{Misc/NEWS} file in the source tree for a more
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complete list of changes, or look through the CVS logs for all the
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details.
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\begin{itemize}
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\item Descriptions go here.
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\end{itemize}
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%======================================================================
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% whole new modules get described in \subsections here
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% ======================================================================
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\section{Build and C API Changes}
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Changes to Python's build process and to the C API include:
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\begin{itemize}
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\item Detailed changes are listed here.
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\end{itemize}
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%======================================================================
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\subsection{Port-Specific Changes}
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Platform-specific changes go here.
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%======================================================================
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\section{Other Changes and Fixes \label{section-other}}
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As usual, there were a bunch of other improvements and bugfixes
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scattered throughout the source tree. A search through the CVS change
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logs finds there were XXX patches applied and YYY bugs fixed between
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Python X.Y-1 and X.Y. Both figures are likely to be underestimates.
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Some of the more notable changes are:
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\begin{itemize}
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\item Details go here.
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\end{itemize}
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%======================================================================
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\section{Porting to Python X.Y}
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This section lists previously described changes that may require
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changes to your code:
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\begin{itemize}
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\item Everything is all in the details!
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\end{itemize}
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%======================================================================
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\section{Acknowledgements \label{acks}}
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The author would like to thank the following people for offering
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suggestions, corrections and assistance with various drafts of this
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article: .
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\end{document}
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