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  • Standard Exception Classes in Python 1.5

    ...any type; if x is not an instance of any class, isinstance(x, C) always returns false. The second argument must be a class object. Sequence Unpacking Previous Python versions require an exact type match between the left hand and right hand side of "unpacking" assignments, e.g. (a, b, c) = x requires that x is a tuple with three items, while [a, b, c] = x requires that x is a list with three items. As part of the same project, the right hand side of e...

  • Release – Python 3.5.9

    Version: None

    Released: Nov. 2, 2019

    Python 3.5.9 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.9 was released on November 1st, 2019. There were no new changes in version 3.5.9; 3.5.9 was released only because of a CDN caching problem, which resulted in some users …

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  • PSF participation in the 2007 Google Summer of Code

    ...any people felt that the most successful topics were the ones the students came up with. I'm still thinking how to balance that with my view that the student needs to work with existing code and coders and not just do something standalone and in isolation. Google really emphasized that their goal is for the students to stay with the projects beyond GSoC. So we should do post-mortems to see how many students are still working on the projects months after GSoC. It also means you pick the student ...

  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (March 26, 2004)

    ...any action was necessary; regardless of the need, it seemed appropriate.) Marc-Andre Lemburg resigned as chair of the Public Support Committee earlier, and Deibel was appointed chair to replace him. The Python Website Committee was dissolved by unanimous vote. The Board intends to create a new committee to manage the web site at its next meeting. The Board discussed creating a public relations committee to replace the Python Website committee, but decided not to create such a committee immed...

  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (May 10, 2005)

    ...anything without a champion. Deibel said that he would ask the PSF members list whether there are any volunteers that need support. 5. Grants committee von Löwis reported that Brian Zimmer had to withdraw from the grant, because of changes in employment. The board agreed to pay that work that was done up to that point. 6. Other business A number of other things would need to be discussed. Because the meeting was running out of time, they were deferred to email or to the next meeting. 7. Adj...

  • Pi-thon 2022 PSF Spring Fundraiser

    ...any multiple of 𝛑 will receive a special digital 𝛑SF swag bag. Show your love for our Python community and contribute to the Spring Fundraiser by May 3rd to get your slice of the pi! We aren’t setting a specific target this year, because honestly it’s been really hard to predict what will be possible for people in general. We aren’t going to pretend anything is easy to forecast right now! But we’d love to have as many of you participate as you can, and bring us all a little extra hap-pi-...

  • Release – Python 3.5.10rc1

    Version: None

    Released: Aug. 22, 2020

    Python 3.5.10rc1 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.10rc1 was released on August 21st, 2020. Python 3.5 has now entered "security fixes only" mode, and as such the only changes since Python 3.5.4 are security fixes. Also, Python …

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  • Release – Python 3.5.10

    Version: None

    Released: Sept. 5, 2020

    Python 3.5.10 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10 is the final release of 3.5. Python 3.5.10 was released on September 5th, 2020. Python 3.5.10 is the final release in the Python 3.5 series. As of this release, the 3.5 branch has been retired, no further changes to 3.5 will …

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  • Foreword for "Programming Python" (2nd ed.)

    ...any open source project for the asking. We currently have a development group with SourceForge checkin privileges of 30 volunteers, and a development mailing list comprising twice as many folks. The privileged volunteers have all sworn their allegiance to the BDFL (Benevolent Dictator For Life -- that's me :-). Introduction of major new features is regulated via a lightweight system of proposals and feedback, Python Enhancement Proposals (PEPs). Our PEP system proved so succesful that...

  • Sunsetting Python 2

    ...anymore after that day, even if someone finds a security problem in it. You should upgrade to Python 3 as soon as you can. Why are you doing this? We needed to sunset Python 2 so we can help Python users by improving Python faster. We released Python 2.0 in 2000. We realized a few years later that we needed to make big changes to improve Python. So in 2006, we started Python 3.0. Many people did not upgrade, and we did not want to hurt them. So, for many years, we have kept improving and publish...

  • Linux RPMs for Python 2.4

    ...any packages which you need access to with the supplemental version of Python. You can build packages of these files for the Python 2.4 interpreters for packages which use Distutils, by using the command "python2.4 setup.py bdist_rpm". Q) How do I build a version of these RPMs which will install as "/usr/bin/python". A) First of all, realize that you are likely to break many Red Hat provided programs which rely on having a version of Pyth...

  • Python 2.4.1 - Linux RPMs

    ...any packages which you need access to with the supplemental version of Python. You can build packages of these files for the Python 2.4 interpreters for packages which use Distutils, by using the command "python2.4 setup.py bdist_rpm". Q. How do I build a version of these RPMs which will install as "/usr/bin/python". A. First of all, realize that you are likely to break many Red Hat provided programs which rely on having a version of Python with the same major/minor version...

  • Python Software Foundation: Press Release 10-Apr-2002

    ...any JVM String and regular expression processing Extensive XML and web services support HTTP, FTP, SMTP, POP, IMAP, NNTP, telnet, and other IP protocols HTML, MIME, base64, binhex, uuencode, and other internet data handling GUI development and multimedia services Unit testing, profiling, and documentation generation Restricted execution security option Available third party modules for database access, math, 3D modeling, image processing, LDAP, WebDAV, jabber, MIDI, and much mo...

  • Appointment of Proxy for July 24, 2002 member meeting in San Diego, CA

    ...any proxy previously given for this meeting. If no voting instructions are given, the holder of the proxy may act at his or her discretion. <p>Signed: ____________________________________________ <br>Date ______________________________________________ <p><b>Filing note</b> <p>This form must be filed with the Secretary of the PSF in advance of the meeting. The form may be mailed or faxed to <p>Python Software Foundation <br>c/o Zope Corp. <br>...

  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (September 10, 2002)

    ...any recent emails from Jeremy Hylton on incoming paperwork. It is unclear if this is because there was no incoming paperwork or because Jeremy has not had time for his responsibilities as PSF secretary. Python Conference Guido van Rossum gave an overview of a proposal on the table for a Python Conference to be organized by Yet Another Society (YAS) in March 2003 at GWU in Washington, DC. A summary of this proposal is in the conferences-discuss archives. YAS hasn't signed the contract with G...

  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (June 10, 2003)

    ...any money until legal issues have been settled. 5. Legal issues Lemburg agreed to send email to Cristin A. Conley at Carlton Field to ask for review of the contribor agreements. He has a specific list of questions to ask. Van Rossum reported that Doug McDonald from Carlton Fields will review the agreement with CNRI to transfer the python.org domain. 6. Adjournment There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.

  • Release – Python 3.9.1

    Version: None

    Released: Dec. 7, 2020

    This is the first maintenance release of Python 3.9 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.9.1, a bugfix release for the legacy 3.9 series. Python 3.11 is now the latest feature release series of Python 3. Get the latest release of 3.11.x here. We've made 282 changes …

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  • Release – Python 3.13.0rc1

    Version: None

    Released: Aug. 1, 2024

    This is the first release candidate of Python 3.13.0 This release, 3.13.0rc1, is the penultimate release preview. Entering the release candidate phase, only reviewed code changes which are clear bug fixes are allowed between this release candidate and the final release. The second candidate (and the last planned release …

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  • Agenda of 2009 PSF Members' Meeting, 27 March 2009

    ...anybody without any restrictions. See (1) the discussion from May 2008 and (2) the recent discussion (the PSF-members mailing list archive is open to members only). Other business (TBD) Adjournment Good of the order (Q&A and discussion)

  • IDLE and tkinter with Tcl/Tk on macOS

    ...any third-party or system copies of Tcl/Tk. This is an Aqua Cocoa Tk. built-in 8.6.8 As of Python 3.7.0, 3.6.8, and 2.7.16, all current legacy 64-bit Intel-only Python installers for macOS downloadable from python.org supply their own private copies of Tcl/Tk 8.6.8. They do not look for or use any third-party or system copies of Tcl/Tk. This is an Aqua Cocoa Tk. ActiveTcl 8.5.18.0 ActiveState provides binary distributions of Tcl/Tk which are upward compatible with and generally more up-to...

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