Related link: http://www.python.org/2.4.2/

Here are the release notes for 2.4.2 final from the release notes page:

What’s New in Python 2.4.2 final?
Release date: 28-SEP-2005

Extension Modules

  • Patches #1298449 and #1298499: Add some missing checks for error returns in cStringIO.c.
  • Patch #1297028: fix segfault if call type on MultibyteCodec, MultibyteStreamReader, or
    MultibyteStreamWriter.

    Tests

  • Fixed failure in test_macfs on Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), which apparently doesn’t allow the creation time to be set later than the modification time. Fixed by changing the test data.

    Build

  • The Windows .msi files are now compressed using lzx:21. This produces a significantly smaller installer.

    • Downloads for 2.4.2 are here and details of 2.4 in general are here.