RELEASED Python 2.4.1 (final)

From: Anthony Baxter (anthony_at_python.org)
Date: 03/30/05 

To: python-dev@python.org, python-announce@python.org, python-list@python.org
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 19:36:54 +1000

On behalf of the Python development team and the Python community, I'm
happy to announce the release of Python 2.4.1 (final).

Python 2.4.1 is a bug-fix release. See the release notes at the website
(also available as Misc/NEWS in the source distribution) for details of
the bugs squished in this release. Python 2.4.1 should be a completely
painless upgrade from Python 2.4 - no new features have been added.

For more information on Python 2.4.1, including download links for
various platforms, release notes, and known issues, please see:

    http://www.python.org/2.4.1/

Highlights of this new release include:

  - Bug fixes. According to the release notes, several dozen bugs
    have been fixed, including a fix for the SimpleXMLRPCServer
    security issue (PSF-2005-001).

Highlights of the previous major Python release (2.4) are available
from the Python 2.4 page, at

    http://www.python.org/2.4/highlights.html

Enjoy the new release,
Anthony

Anthony Baxter
anthony@python.org
Python Release Manager
(on behalf of the entire python-dev team)

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