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  • Metaclasses in Python 1.5

    ...what do Don and Jim do in order to use Don's hook? Write an extension that defines at least two new Python object types. The first would be the type for ``class-like'' objects usable as a base class, to trigger Don's hook. This type must be made callable. That's why we need a second type. Whether an object is callable depends on its type. So whether a type object is callable depends on its type, which is a meta-type. (In core Python there is only one meta-type, the type ``type'' (ty...

  • Python Humor

    ...What's changed in the last year has been my estimate of some > of the secondary gains due to what I think is the reasonable (but > arguable) belief that Java: > (1) will largely replace C++ [& C] as an application programming > language. > (2) will provide a higher level of portability than is now common > with C + standard posix libraries. *If* I were an AI program, I would both dispute and embrace both sides of both claims until we all got so lost in the maze of ...

  • Release – Python 3.7.7

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    Released: March 10, 2020

    Note: The release you are looking at is a bugfix release for the legacy 3.7 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 3.7 was 3.7.17. The Python 3.7 …

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  • Release – Python 3.7.14

    Version: None

    Released: Sept. 6, 2022

    Note: The release you are looking at is a security bugfix release for the legacy 3.7 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 3.7 was 3.7.17. Please see …

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  • Python Software Foundation GitHub Organization

    ...What is offered Repositories may be transferred to the @psf organization under the following criteria: The repository is relevant to the Python ecosystem at large and has broad interest among the community, or is of critical nature to a Python Software Foundation maintained project such as PyPI. The project has an existing team of at least three maintainers The code is licensed under an OSI-approved license The project agrees to operate under the Python Community Code of Conduct Once transferr...

  • Pi-thon 2022 PSF Spring Fundraiser

    ...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-ness. Your donation allows the PSF to continue to host PyCon US and provide scholarships, tutorials, sprints, and more; to send grants to Python events and projects around the world; to support great Python projects and events like PyLadies and PyCascades; to host and maintain PyPI.o...

  • Release – Python 3.1.4

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    Released: June 11, 2011

    Note: It is recommended that you use the latest bug fix release of the 3.1 series, 3.1.5. Python 3.1.4 was released on June 11th, 2011. The Python 3.1 version series is a continuation of the work started by Python 3.0, the new backwards-incompatible series of Python. For ongoing …

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  • Release – Python 2.3.5

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    Released: Feb. 8, 2005

    Python 2.3.5 (final) on Feb 8th, 2005. This is a bug-fix release for Python 2.3. There have been around 50 bugs fixed since 2.3.4 - in the Python interpreter, the standard library and also in the build process - see the release notes for details. Important: This release is vulnerable …

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  • Python Documentation Index

    ...What Is Python? Executive Summary A short (two paragraphs) high-level presentation of Python's virtues. Comparing Python to Other Languages Activist ammo or flame fodder? (Note: I received lots of feedback when I posted this to comp.lang.python. Unfortunately the feedback was diverted to a separate mailbox that I didn't know I had -- when I finally found it, I was a bit overwhelmed and so far have not yet found the time to update the article.) Proposed Improvements to Module Cleanup A revise...

  • Python 2.3.5

    ...What's New? A detailed list of the changes since 2.3.4 is in the release notes, also available as the file Misc/NEWS in the source distribution. See the highlights of the Python 2.3 release. As noted, the 2.3.5 release is a bugfix release of 2.3.4, itself a bugfix release of 2.3. The Windows installer now includes the documentation in searchable htmlhelp format, rather than individual HTML files. You can still download the individual HTML files. Andrew Kuchling's What's Ne...

  • Python 3.1.4 Release

    ...What's New in 3.1? What's new in Python 3000? Python 3.1.4 Change Log Online Documentation Conversion tool for Python 2.x code: 2to3 Report bugs at http://bugs.python.org. Help fund Python and its community by donating to the Python Software Foundation. Download This is a production release. Please report any bugs you may encounter to http://bugs.python.org. We currently support these formats for download: Gzipped source tar ball (3.1.4) (sig) Bzipped source tar ball (3.1.4) (sig) XZ source...

  • Community Stories

    ...what awaits for the Python Language and its community :) Pablo Galindo Salgado, Python Core Developer Community trainings A huge turning point in my career was a Python workshop. I programmed a bit as a kid, and took a single CS class in college, and tried to poke along doing some self-study so I could get better. And then I attended a Boston Python Workshop for Women And Their Friends http://bostonpythonworkshop.com/, led by Jessica McKellar. We worked through well-designed exercises and I g...

  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting, February 14, 2006

    ...what is needed; Tim Parkin won't be there and he wasn't sure who else has the knowledge. Originally from December 2005, Section 6, PSF Member Meeting: M. von Löwis volunteered to ensure that the necessary steps are taken for the member meeting. Status: in progress. M. von Löwis reports that he created the various forms, and posted an email invitation. 3.3   Carried Forward The following are action items carried forward from the January 2006 meeting, as highlighted in the min...

  • Python 2.4.1 - Release Notes

    ...What's New in Python 2.4.1 final? Release date: 30-MAR-2005 Core and builtins Move exception finalisation later in the shutdown process - this fixes the crash seen in bug #1165761 Tests SF patch 1167316: doctest.py fails self-test if run directly. Build SF patch 1171767: Darwin 8's headers are anal about POSIX compliance, and linking has changed (prebinding is now deprecated, and libcc_dynamic no longer exists). This configure patch makes things right. What's New in Python 2.4.1c2?...

  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting, January 10, 2006

    ...what fraction was done and what the payment should be. Brian had suggested that Frank Wierzbicki get the remaining money, since he is doing the remaining work. M. von Löwis asked if the board would agree to a procedure where Frank gets a separate contract. There was agreement in general, but discussion ensued regarding the amount of the split, and how it was to be worded. RESOLVED, that the total amount previously authorized by the Board to be paid to Brian Zimmer as part of his Jython grant...

  • Computer Programming for Everybody

    ...what assurances are there that a future update to the application by the vendor will be compatible with these changes? How does the user himself keep track of just what changes they've made to an application? What happens when a future version of the product adds a feature, previously missing, that the user has added (in a different form)? Our tools will help users keep track of changes they've made, through successive revisions, and help users merge their changes back when the primary ap...

  • Release – Python 2.6.7

    Version: None

    Released: June 3, 2011

    Python 2.6 is now in security-fix-only mode; no new features are being added, …

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  • Release – Python 3.7.7rc1

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    Released: March 4, 2020

    Note Python 3.8 is now the latest feature release series of Python 3. Get the latest release of 3.8.x here. We plan to continue to provide bugfix releases for 3.7.x until mid 2020 and security fixes until mid 2023. Python 3.7.7rc1 is the release candidate preview of the seventh …

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  • Release – Python 3.7.8

    Version: None

    Released: June 27, 2020

    Note: The release you are looking at is a bugfix release for the legacy 3.7 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 3.7 was 3.7.17. Please see the …

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  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (July 16, 2002)

    ...what issues on which we'd like a lawyer's opinion. 5. Public support committee Hylton notes that we can now accept donations because we have filed Form 1023 with the IRS. 6. IRC members meeting The board discussed whether it would be legal and practical to hold member meetings using IRC. The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) uses IRC for member meetings, and the PSF bylaws are modelled after the ASF bylaws. Hylton suggested that the PSF get a lawyer's opinion of the legality of IRC meetings...

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