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  • Unpacking Archives

    Unpacking Archives Downloads available from python.org may be of many different types. The following provides a bit of information about them, and what applications can be used to unpack them. .tar.bz2 These files are TAR archives that have been compressed using the bzip2 application. Most Unix users will want to use these, as they offer the best compression and the tools to work with them are likely already installed. Windows users may want to install the bzip2 tools on their systems as wel...

  • Python 2.1

    Python 2.1 Python 2.1 - final release Note: This is no longer the most current Python release. See Python 2.1.3 for a patch release and the download page for more recent releases. The final version Python 2.1was released on April 17, 2001. See our (gulp :-) press release. What's New? What's New in Python 2.1 by Andrew Kuchling describes the most visible changes since Python 2.0. Full release notes with detailed lists of what was new in each alpha, beta or candidate ...

  • Bugs in Python 2.4

    Bugs in Python 2.4 The Windows installer package required VBScripts. On systems which do not have VBScript available, installer will report an error 2738. On systems which have VBScript available, but in an insufficiently old version, installer will report an error 2262 (and log a DEBUG error 2896). In either case, please install Microsoft Windows Script from http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/list/webdev.asp The format of the IDLE configuration files has changed between Python 2.3 and 2.4....

  • Python 2.4.1 - Bugs

    Python 2.4.1 - Bugs The Windows installer package required VBScripts. On systems which do not have VBScript available, installer will report an error 2738. On systems which have VBScript available, but in an insufficiently old version, installer will report an error 2262 (and log a DEBUG error 2896). In either case, please install Microsoft Windows Script from http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/list/webdev.asp The Windows installer will not add correct IDLE and PyDoc entries when the Python...

  • Python 2.1.1

    Python 2.1.1 Python 2.1.1 - a bugfix release for Python 2.1 Note: This is no longer the most current Python release. See Python 2.1.3 for a patch release and the download page for more recent releases. We're releasing Python 2.1.1 - a bugfix release for Python 2.1 (July 20, 2001). We've fixed the license: Like Python 2.0.1, Python 2.1.1 is GPL-compatible. We took the Python 2.1 license and applied the required change to section 7 that the FSF told us would suffice to make ...

  • Release – Python 2.1.3

    Version: None

    Released: April 9, 2002

    Note: This is not the most current Python version. See the download page for a more recent version. On April 8 2002, we're releasing Python 2.1.3 - a bugfix release of Python 2.1. This release has a small number of critical bug fixes. This is the final release of …

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  • Python 2.1.3

    Python 2.1.3 Python 2.1.3 - a bugfix release for Python 2.1 Note: This is not the most current Python version. See the download page for a more recent version. On April 8 2002, we're releasing Python 2.1.3 - a bugfix release of Python 2.1. This release has a small number of critical bug fixes. This is the final release of Python 2.1.3. While the most recent release of Python is 2.2, there are a couple of bugs that have come up since 2.1.2 was released, in particular one b...

  • Python 2.1.2

    Python 2.1.2 Python 2.1.2 - a bugfix release for Python 2.1 Note: This is no longer the most current Python release. See Python 2.1.3 for a patch release and the download page for more recent releases. On January 16 2002, we're releasing Python 2.1.2 - a bugfix release of Python 2.1. We thank Anthony Baxter for being the releasemeister for this release (and we're using his timezone as an excuse to say it's January 16 :-). This is the final release of Python 2.1.2. While ...

  • IDLE and tkinter with Tcl/Tk on macOS

    IDLE and tkinter with Tcl/Tk on macOS Important If you are using macOS 12 Monterey or later, you may see problems with file open and save dialogs when using IDLE or other tkinter-based applications. The most recent versions of python.org installers (for 3.10.0 and 3.9.8) have patched versions of Tk to avoid these problems. They should be fixed in an upcoming Tk 8.6.12 release. If you are using a Python from any current python.org Python installer for macOS (3.10.0+ or 3.9.0+), no further acti...

  • Python Software Foundation: Press Release 13-Feb-2003

    Python Software Foundation: Press Release 13-Feb-2003 Creators of Python Sponsor PyCon 2003, First Annual Developers Conference in March FREDERICKSBURG, VA, February 13, 2003 No, it's not a snake or the name of a British comedy group. Python is one of the most useful, compelling and intelligently designed programming platforms to have emerged into the computer industry mainstream in recent years. It is rapidly gaining wide acceptance and being deployed in major IT shops around the wor...

  • Bugs in Python 2.4.2

    Bugs in Python 2.4.2 The Windows installer package required VBScripts. On systems which do not have VBScript available, installer will report an error 2738. On systems which have VBScript available, but in an insufficiently old version, installer will report an error 2262 (and log a DEBUG error 2896). In either case, please install Microsoft Windows Script from http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/list/webdev.asp The Windows installer will not add correct IDLE and PyDoc entries when the Pytho...

  • Release – Python 3.0.0

    Version: None

    Released: Dec. 3, 2008

    Python 3.0 final was released on December 3rd, 2008. Python 3.0 (a.k.a. "Python 3000" or "Py3k") is a new version of the language that is incompatible with the 2.x …

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  • Python 3.0 Release

    Python 3.0 Release Python 3.0 Python 3.0 is end-of-lifed with the release of Python 3.1. All users of Python 3.0.x should upgrade to the most recent version of Python 3; please see the downloads pages. Python 3.0 has been replaced by a newer bugfix release of Python. Please download Python 3.0.1 instead. Python 3.0 final was released on December 3rd, 2008. Python 3.0 (a.k.a. "Python 3000" or "Py3k") is a new version of the language that is incompatible with the 2.x line ...

  • Release – Python 2.0.1

    Version: None

    Released: June 22, 2001

    We're releasing Python 2.0.1 - the final bugfix release for Python 2.0. Why would we come with a bugfix release now (June 2001), when Python 2.0 was released in October 2000 and Python 2.1 has been released for months (April 2001)? Two very good …

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  • Python 2.0.1 Release

    Python 2.0.1 Release Python 2.0.1 - a bugfix release for Python 2.0 Note: This is no longer the most current Python release. See the download page for more recent releases. We're releasing Python 2.0.1 - the final bugfix release for Python 2.0. Why would we come with a bugfix release now (June 2001), when Python 2.0 was released in October 2000 and Python 2.1 has been released for months (April 2001)? Two very good reasons! We've fixed the license: Python 2.0.1 is GPL-compatible. We took ...

  • Release – Python 3.6.2

    Version: None

    Released: July 17, 2017

    Note: The release you are looking at is Python 3.6.2, a bugfix release for the legacy 3.6 series which has now reached end-of-life and is no longer supported. See the downloads page for currently supported versions of Python. The final source-only security fix release for 3.6 was 3.6.15 and …

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  • Release – Python 3.6.3

    Version: None

    Released: Oct. 3, 2017

    Note: The release you are looking at is Python 3.6.3, a bugfix release for the legacy 3.6 series which has now reached end-of-life and is no longer supported. See the downloads page for currently supported versions of Python. The final source-only security fix release for 3.6 was 3.6.15 and …

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  • Release – Python 3.6.4

    Version: None

    Released: Dec. 19, 2017

    Note: The release you are looking at is Python 3.6.4, a bugfix release for the legacy 3.6 series which has now reached end-of-life and is no longer supported. See the downloads page for currently supported versions of Python. The final source-only security fix release for 3.6 was 3.6.15 and …

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  • PSF-2005-001 - SimpleXMLRPCServer.py allows unrestricted traversal

    PSF-2005-001 - SimpleXMLRPCServer.py allows unrestricted traversal <h2>PSF-2005-001 - SimpleXMLRPCServer.py allows unrestricted traversal</h2> <hr> <h3>Python Security Advisory</h3> <pre><b> Advisory ID: <a href="/files/news/security/PSF-2005-001/PSF-2005-001.txt">PSF-2005-001</a> Issue Date: February 3, 2005 Product: Python Versions: 2.2 all versions, 2.3 prior to 2.3.5, 2.4 CVE Names: CAN-2005-0089 </b></...

  • Python 3.3.5 release

    Python 3.3.5 release Python 3.3.x has reached end-of-life. Python 3.3.7, the final security-fix release, is available here. Python 3.3.5 was released on March 9th, 2014. Python 3.3.5 includes fixes for these important issues: a 3.3.4 regression in zipimport (see http://bugs.python.org/issue20621) a 3.3.4 regression executing scripts with a coding declared and Windows newlines (see http://bugs.python.org/issue20731) potential DOS using compression codecs in bytes.decode() (see http://bugs.pyt...

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