2.6.0

  • Upgrade to Python 2.6 language and builtins, along with a substantial subset of the stdlib
  • Redesign PySystemState, ThreadState API
  • Mark true-public APIs with a suitable annotation; deprecate and/or remove obsolete APIs
  • Remove all user-visible singletons in org.python.core, especially any static public fields (like those in PySystemState)
  • Performance!
  • Require minimum Java 6, rip out Java 5 compatibility:
  • Generic.newSetFromMap
  • Believe we can remove the xeresImpl jar
  • Other things..

Who is doing what?

  • math module: Oti
  • documentation: Josh

2.6.? (TBD)

Future?

  • [[http://docs.python.org/whatsnew/modules.html#SECTION0001410000000000000000|ctypes module]]

  • Translate summer of code compiler to Java *Incorporated, except for pyc support

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