Jython 2.7.0 final released!

On behalf of the Jython development team, I'm pleased to announce that the final release of Jython 2.7.0 is available! It's been a long road to get to 2.7, and it's finally here! I'd like to thank Amobee for sponsoring my work on Jython. I'd also like to thank the many contributors to Jython, including - but not limited to - bug reports, patches, pull requests, documentation changes, support emails, and fantastic conversation on Freenode at #jython.

Along with language and runtime compatibility with CPython 2.7.0, Jython 2.7 provides substantial
support of the Python ecosystem. This includes built-in support of pip/setuptools (you can use with bin/pip) and a native launcher for Windows (bin/jython.exe), with the implication that you can finally install Jython scripts on Windows.

Jim Baker presented a talk at PyCon 2015 about Jython 2.7, including demos of new features.

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 here and navigate to the appropriate distribution and version.

Jeff Allen's Jython 2.7.2 release announcement:

On behalf of the Jython development team, I am pleased to announce that
Jython 2.7.2 has been released.

Notable additions include:

* much improved support for locale, but as a backward-incompatible
    change, it is provided as an opt-in.
* a main program that behaves more like CPython in many small ways,
    including -i and -E support.
* a JAR and POM that may be cited as a dependency by other projects
    using Gradle or Maven (experimental).
* a great many bug-fixes.

For the details see: https://www.jython.org/news and the NEWS link
there. Convenient download links are at https://www.jython.org/download .

Thanks are due to the many contributors to Jython for making this possible.

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