barry warsaw pjaxqpythonorg begin pgp signed message hash sha1 behalf python development team python community im happy announce first alpha release python 26 third alpha release python 30 python 26 next advancement python 2 series also transitionary release helping developers begin prepare code python 30 many features backported python 30 26 makes sense release versions time precedence set python 16 20 releases alpha testing cycle releasing versions lockstep monthly release cycle releases happen last friday every month schedule works well continue releasing lockstep beta program see pep 361 schedule details httpwwwpythonorgdevpepspep0361 please note alpha releases suitable production environments continue strive high degree quality still known problems feature sets finalized alphas released solicit feedback hopefully discover bugs well allowing determine changes 26 30 might impact find things broken incorrect please submit bug report httpbugspythonorg information downloadable distributions see python 26 web site httpwwwpythonorgdownloadreleases26 python 30 web site httpwwwpythonorgdownloadreleases30 planning number additional alpha releases final release schedule still determined enjoy barry barry warsaw pjaxqpythonorg python 2630 release manager behalf entire pythondev team begin pgp signature version gnupg v148 darwin iqcvawubr8mlu3ejvbptnxfvaqkepaqagx6w9wztfjaswkbkrbwur2u6t6o5aiy5 pyma00czwy06p8099bztcsjgp5rkrd69v7cj0np7nlztz20urfyi8uqoiybiwc ibjay6ssnzgoqm3prijvkm0dvpppvd1ldnoevuuckupv434yhdgwkmpswsxud flydrxablom l6aj end pgp signature httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythonannouncelist support python software foundation httpwwwpythonorgpsfdonationshtml tue 05 aug 2008 200551 0500 released python 26a1 30a3