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• CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)

  CVE Numbering Authority (CNA) cve cna Landing page for the Python Software Foundation CVE Numbering Authority (CNA) The Python Software Foundation was authorized as a CVE Numbering Authority (CNA) in August 2023. CVE Numbering Authorities assign and manage CVE IDs and records on software vulnerabilities for projects within their scope. To learn more about the CVE program, visit the CVE website. What projects are in scope for the PSF CNA? Below is the complete list of projects under the PSF CNA s...

• Python Software Foundation FAQ

  Python Software Foundation FAQ Contents What is the Python Software Foundation? Who are on the PSF board? Who are the officers? How do I reach the PSF? How do I join the PSF? How can I follow PSF activities? How can I provide feedback? What is the Python Software Foundation? From the PSF Mission Statement: The mission of the Python Software Foundation is to promote, protect, and advance the Python programming language, and to support and facilitate the growth of a diverse and internati...

• Help

  Help New to programming and to Python? Check out the Beginner's Guide. New to Python? Read the standard tutorial. Look for a suitable book from a growing list of titles. Looking for code? See the download page for links to the Python interpreter. Explore the development repository. Got a Python problem or question? First check the Python FAQs, with answers to many common, general Python questions. The Python Help category of the discuss.python.org website hosts usage questions an...

• Python.org Website Maintenance

  Python.org Website Maintenance If you wish to volunteer to help maintain the Python.org website, you can find installation guide at https://pythondotorg.readthedocs.org/.

• python.org email policy

  python.org email policy Use of @python.org email addresses represents the Python Software Foundation. The PSF maintains an email policy to help users understand the expectations for usage of their @python.org address. @python.org emails can be assigned to the following: Python Software Foundation staff Python Software Foundation board members and officers Python core developers Python community mailing lists and fiscal sponsorees Significant contributors to Python infrastructure a...

• Sigstore Information

  Sigstore Information Information on CPython release artifacts signing and verification with Sigstore Starting with the Python 3.11.0, Python 3.10.7, Python 3.9.14, Python 3.8.14, and Python 3.7.14 releases, CPython release artifacts are additionally signed with Sigstore. Starting with Python 3.14, Sigstore is the only method of signing and verification of release artifacts. Releases of Python older than the 3.14 series also include legacy OpenPGP signatures that can be verified using public key...

• Support the PSF with a Donation or by becoming a Supporting Member!

  Support the PSF with a Donation or by becoming a Supporting Member! Donate What does the Python Software Foundation do? The Python Software Foundation: Awards grants and provides resources for furthering the development and adoption of Python. Organizes and hosts the annual PyCon US conference. 2019 brought together 3,393 attendees from 55 countries, a new record for PyCon US! Our sponsors’ support enabled us to award $137,200 USD to ...

• Sigstore Information

  Sigstore Information Information on CPython release artifacts signing and verification with Sigstore Starting with the Python 3.11.0, Python 3.10.7, Python 3.9.14, Python 3.8.14, and Python 3.7.14 releases, CPython release artifacts are additionally signed with Sigstore (in addition to existing GPG signatures). Starting with Python 3.14, Sigstore is the only method of signing and verification of release artifacts. Releases of Python older than the 3.14 series also include legacy OpenPGP signatu...

• 👋 Hey Community Members!

  👋 Hey Community Members! More than 20 ways to get involved & stay informed! Watch any of these talks given about the PSF (most recent one is about PyPI presented by Ee, our Director of Infrastructure!) Want to financially support the PSF? Donate! Read our blog Sign up to receive our quarterly newsletter Follow us on Twitter or Mastodon Become a Basic member If you are already a Basic member, consider becoming a Contributing, Managing, and/or Supporting member. If you want to be a PSF Boar...

• Python.org Maintenance and Administration

  Python.org Maintenance and Administration Warning This document is outdated. Please visit https://pythondotorg.readthedocs.io/ for up-to-date information about maintaining python.org. Python.org Maintenance and Administration This document is incomplete; we're updating it as questions come up. If you have questions, try the webmaster alias first, then pydotorg-www if you don't get a response. Getting Started To learn how to maintain the Python.org website, please read the Python.org Websi...

• Mailing Lists

  Mailing Lists Python Mailing Lists and Newsgroups Here's an overview of the mail and news resources for python. For a complete listing of python.org's public mailing lists you can view them on Mailman 3. To request a new list, send e-mail to postmaster @ python.org; please check first to make sure a similar list does not already exist. Mailing lists for users speaking languages other than English are listed in the non-English python resources guide, which includes mailing lists, translate...

• About the Python Web Site

  About the Python Web Site Use the Python logo on your own pages. Reporting Problems To report a bug or to suggest an enhancement, please use the pythondotorg issue tracker. If you're reporting a problem (a broken link, typo, formatting glitch, etc), please include the URL of the affected page. Note that this address is only for problems with the main python.org website. For problems with PyPI please use the PyPI bug tracker. Joining the python.org Team This website is maintained by voluntee...

• About the Python Software Foundation

  About the Python Software Foundation The Python Software Foundation is the organization behind the open source Python programming language. We are devoted to creating the conditions for Python and the Python community to grow and thrive. We fulfill our mission through these core activities: Infrastructure STRUCTURE AND STABILITY SO THE PYTHON LANGUAGE, ITS CONTRIBUTORS, AND USERS CAN THRIVE. We distribute Python, free of charge and available to all, for ever. We are the stewards of Python int...

• Python Security

  Python Security Reporting security issues with PyPI or a project hosted on PyPI See the security issue information for pypi.org here. Reporting security issues The Python Software Foundation and the Python developer community take security vulnerabilities very seriously. A Python Security Response Team (PSRT) has been formed that does triage on all reported vulnerabilities and works to resolve them. To reach the response team, send email to security at python dot org. Only the response te...

• PSF Developers in Residence

  PSF Developers in Residence The Python Software Foundation’s Developer in Residence Program supports full-time developers who are focused on improving the Python programming language and its ecosystem. These developers play a crucial role in advancing Python’s core development, maintaining critical infrastructure, and supporting the broader community through mentorship, documentation, and tooling. Their work also addresses essential areas such as packaging, supply chain security, and the conti...

• PSF Sponsorship

  PSF Sponsorship The PSF is the primary source of funds and resources for furthering the development and adoption of Python. Interested in becoming a sponsor? Check out our sponsor application. Participation in the PSF Sponsorship Plan provides a way for corporations and individuals to contribute substantially to the ongoing support of the Foundation. (As distinct from one-time donations.) In return, the PSF will officially acknowledge your donation via various methods appropriate to your spons...

• Contributing to the PSF

  Contributing to the PSF NOTE: The easiest and fastest way to sign a Contributor Agreement with the Python Software Foundation is to do it while you are submitting your first change to a Python-owned repository on GitHub. That's the recommended way as it is fully automated. The Contributor Agreement page you're looking at now is mainly intended for signing Contributor Agreements on behalf of organizations. The Contributor Agreement form hosted here is manually reviewed which takes time to...

• PSF Membership Types & FAQ

  PSF Membership Types & FAQ The mission of the Python Software Foundation is to promote, protect, and advance the Python programming language, and to support and facilitate the growth of the international community of Python programmers. —from the Mission Statement page What does it mean to be a member of the PSF? What membership classes are there? Who is allowed to vote? Why am I a Basic Member even though I’m a Supporting/Contributing/Fellow Member? How does a person become a PS...

• Python Developer's Guide

  Python Developer's Guide Python's Developer Guide can be found at https://devguide.python.org/. The pieces of documentation hosted here are: PEPs (Python Enhancement Proposals) Buildbots Python.org Maintenance and Administration

• PSF Contributor Agreement

  PSF Contributor Agreement Contributor Agreement NOTE: The easiest and fastest way to sign a Contributor Agreement with the Python Software Foundation is to do it while you are submitting your first change to a Python-owned repository on GitHub. That's the recommended way as it is fully automated. The Contributor Agreement page you're looking at now is mainly intended for signing Contributor Agreements on behalf of organizations. This form is manually reviewed which takes time to pro...

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