[maemo-developers] New release of Python2.5 for Maemo (r0.4-12)

[From: Luciano Miguel Wolf]

A problem inside Bora repository (libbluetooth1 was removed suddenly) 
led us to a new Python for Maemo-r0.4-12 (OS2007) release.

This new release is available from:
http://pymaemo.garage.maemo.org

What's it?
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Python for Maemo (PyMaemo for short) main objective is to make possible 
to use Python programming language as the scripting and development 
language for Maemo Platform, providing a better alternative for fast 
prototyping and programming in Maemo environment besides the C 
programming language.

Python is for serious programming and to have fun. Python has a nice 
syntax, it's easy to learn and powerful enough for a vast range of 
applications, this is why we choose Python for Maemo.

What's changed?
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Bugfixes:
  - #997 - python2.5-bluez not installable - depends upon
           libbluetooth1 (Luciano Wolf)
Upgrades:
  - New pyrex (v0.9.5.1) available

What's planned?
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Next major release is planned to have GPS and Address book support. In 
long term we plan to speed up Python using the Python Launcher, improve 
Pluthon (Eclipse plugin - http://pluthon.garage.maemo.org) and Easy Hildon
(Python-based API to ease the development of applications -
http://easy.garage.maemo.org).

Acknowledgements:
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Thanks to everybody who helped making this release possible.

Bug reports, as always, should go to Bugzilla; check out
http://pymaemo.garage.maemo.org for links to posting and querying bug 
reports for PyMaemo.

Regards,
Luciano Wolf