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  • Supporting Membership

    Supporting Membership Become a Supporting Member of the PSF! Sign up as a Supporting Member What does it mean to be a Supporting Member of the PSF? Supporting Members make an annual membership donation to the PSF to fund our work for the Python language and the Python community. Supporting Members have voting rights in annual PSF Board Elections and bylaw votes. Supporting Members provide an important share of the PSF’s annual revenue every year. Income from Supporting Membership...

  • Release – Python 2.5.0

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    Released: Sept. 19, 2006

    Python 2.5 was released on September 19th 2006. There's a bunch of places you can look for more information on what's new in this release -- see the "What's New" section further down this page. This is a final release, and should be suitable for production use. …

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  • Release – Python 3.3.0

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    Released: Sept. 29, 2012

    Python 3.3 includes a range of improvements of the 3.x series, as well as easier porting between 2.x and 3.x. Major new features in the 3.3 release series are: PEP 380, syntax for delegating to a subgenerator (yield from) PEP 393, flexible string representation (doing away …

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  • Python 2.5 Release

    ...packages (such as Word and Office) also include MSI, so you may already have it on your system. If not, you can download it freely from Microsoft for Windows 95, 98 and Me and for Windows NT 4.0 and 2000. Windows XP and later already have MSI; many older machines will already have MSI installed. The new format installer allows for automated installation and many other shiny new features. There are also separate installers for Win64-Itanium users (on XP/2003 64-bit Itanium Edition) - Python-2.5...

  • PSF Sponsorship Prospectus

    ...Package Index (PyPI), mail.python.org, wiki.python.org, and us.pycon.org. In addition to the costs of the community web services we provide, we need staff to expand our services programs and keep them running 24/7. The PSF community web services receive tens of millions of requests each month, with services like PyPI, mail.python.org, wiki.python.org, and us.pycon.org supporting the community everywhere. PyPI In Numbers 23B requests/month 5.3B requests/month ...

  • Release – Python 2.6.8

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    Released: April 10, 2012

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  • Release – Python 3.7.0a3

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    Released: Dec. 5, 2017

    This is an early developer preview of Python 3.7 Major new features of the 3.7 series, compared to 3.6 Python 3.7 is still in development. This releasee, 3.7.0a3, is the third of four planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the current state of …

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  • Release – Python 3.12.0b3

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    Released: June 19, 2023

    This is a beta preview of Python 3.12 Python 3.12 is still in development. This release, 3.12.0b3, is the third of four beta release previews of 3.12. Beta release previews are intended to give the wider community the opportunity to test new features and bug fixes and to prepare their …

  • Python Software Foundation: Press Release 3-Oct-2003

    Python Software Foundation: Press Release 3-Oct-2003 October 3, 2003 Press Release SOURCE: Python Software Foundation PYTHON SOFTWARE FOUNDATION (PSF) ANNOUNCES PYTHON VERSION 2.3.2 Second maintenance release for the latest Python FREDERICKSBURG, Va., October 3, 2003 -- The Python Software Foundation (PSF) announces the release of version 2.3.2 of the Python programming language. This minor release fixes several build and packaging problems found in version 2.3.1, which introduced ...

  • Release – Python 2.6.4

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    Released: Oct. 26, 2009

    Python 2.6.4 was a critical bug fix for Python 2.6.3, which had regressions in the logging package and in setuptools compatibility. Python 2.6.4 was released on 25-Oct-2009. Python 2.6 is now in bugfix-only mode; no new features are being added. The NEWS file lists every change …

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  • Release – Python 3.2.6

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    Released: Oct. 12, 2014

    This is a security-fix source-only release. The last binary release was 3.2.5. With the 3.2.6 release, and five years after its first release, the Python 3.2 series is now officially retired. All official maintenance for Python 3.2, including security patches, has ended. For ongoing maintenance releases, please see the …

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  • Release – Python 3.5.0a4

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    Released: April 20, 2015

    Python 3.5.0a4 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.0a4 was released on April 20th, 2015. Major new features of the 3.5 series, compared to 3.4 Python 3.5 is still in development, and 3.5.0a4 is the fourth and final …

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  • Release – Python 3.12.0a4

    Version: None

    Released: Jan. 10, 2023

    This is an early developer preview of Python 3.12. Major new features of the 3.12 series, compared to 3.11 Python 3.12 is still in development. This release, 3.12.0a4 is the fourth of seven planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the current state …

  • Release – Python 3.12.0b4

    Version: None

    Released: July 11, 2023

    This is a beta preview of Python 3.12 Python 3.12 is still in development. This release, 3.12.0b4, is the final of four beta release previews of 3.12. Beta release previews are intended to give the wider community the opportunity to test new features and bug fixes and to prepare their …

  • Python For Beginners

    ...Package Index (also known as the Cheese Shop, a reference to the Monty Python script of that name). There is also a search page for a number of sources of Python-related information. Failing that, just Google for a phrase including the word ''python'' and you may well get the result you need. If all else fails, ask on the python newsgroup and there's a good chance someone will put you on the right track. Frequently Asked Questions If you have a question, it's a good idea to try the FAQ, which ...

  • Bugs in Python 2.4

    ...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. It has been reported that users with custo...

  • What's New In Python 3.0

    ...package was created. It consists of code from urllib, urllib2, urlparse, and robotparser. The old modules have all been removed. The new package has five submodules: urllib.parse, urllib.request, urllib.response, urllib.error, and urllib.robotparser. The urllib.request.urlopen() function uses the url opener from urllib2. (Note that the unittests have not been renamed for the beta, but they will be renamed in the future.) rfc822 has been removed in favor of the email package. mimetools has b...

  • Release – Python 3.3.4

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    Released: Feb. 9, 2014

    fixes several security and a lot of overall bug fixes found in Python 3.3.3. This release fully supports OS X 10.9 Mavericks. In particular, this release fixes an issue that could cause previous versions of Python to crash when typing in interactive mode on OS X 10.9. Major new features …

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  • Release – Python 3.3.1

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    Released: April 6, 2013

    release. It includes hundreds of bugfixes over 3.3.0. Major new features of the 3.3 series, compared to 3.2 Python 3.3 includes a range of improvements of the 3.x series, as well as easier porting between 2.x and 3.x. PEP 380, syntax for delegating to a subgenerator (yield from …

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  • Release – Python 3.3.2

    Version: None

    Released: May 15, 2013

    regressions <http://docs.python.org/release/3.3.2/whatsnew/changelog.html>`_ found in Python 3.3.1. Major new features of the 3.3 series, compared to 3.2 Python 3.3 includes a range of improvements of the 3.x series, as well as easier porting between 2.x and 3.x. PEP 380, syntax for delegating to a subgenerator (yield from …

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