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What's Included in ActivePython 2.7
This is ActivePython 2.7.2.5, based upon core
Python 2.7.2. ActivePython is fully binary compatible with
python.org Python builds to ensure that 3rd-party binary extensions just
work. In addition to core Python, this build of ActivePython includes the
following.
Core Extensions
- Tcl/Tk version 8.5.9 and Tix version 8.4.3.
- ElementTree (
xml.etree) version 1.3.0.
- OpenSSL version None. On some platforms the system version of OpenSSL is used. SSL-support is currently not included in the Solaris/x86 build (build failures).
- SQLite (
sqlite3) version 3.6.21.
- ctypes version 1.1.0.
ctypes is currently not
supported on the following platforms:
| aix-powerpc | build failures |
| linux-ia64 | build failures |
| solaris-sparc | build failures |
| solaris-x86 | build failures |
| hpux-parisc | libffi not ported to PA-RISC arch |
| hpux-ia64 | build failures |
- Zlib version 1.2.3.
- BZip2 version 1.0.5.
- Berkeley DB (
bsddb) version 4.4.20.
Documentation
Additional Packages
- PyPM: Python Package Manager to download and install
binary packages. Also included: virtualenv, Distribute, pip, SQLAlchemy.
- The ActivePython CHM. The ActivePython documentation
is distributed as a compiled help module (CHM) on Windows. For users of
some of the available CHM readers on platforms other than
Windows, ActivePython's CHM is available as a
separate download.