Frank Wierzbicki: Jython 2.7.1 beta2 released!

On behalf of the Jython development team, I'm pleased to announce that the second beta of Jython 2.7.1 is available! This is a bugfix release. Bug fixes include better unit testing under windows and the restoration of os.getpid() function.

Please see the NEWS file for detailed release notes. This release of Jython requires JDK 7 or above.

This release is being hosted at maven central. There are three main distributions. In order of popularity:

• Most likely, you want the traditional installer. NOTE: the installer automatically installs pip and setuptools (unless you uncheck that option), but you must unset JYTHON_HOME if you have it set. See the installation instructions for using the installer.
• A pre-built standalone version. See the installation instructions for details about standalone mode.
• A source only distribution.

To see all of the files available including checksums, go to the maven query for Jython and navigate to the appropriate distribution and version.