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  • Release – Python 3.8.0b2

    Version: None

    Released: July 4, 2019

    This is a beta preview of Python 3.8 Python 3.8 is still in development. This release, 3.8.0b2 is the second of four planned beta release previews. Beta release previews are intended to give the wider community the opportunity to test new features and bug fixes and to prepare their …

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  • Release – Python 3.8.0b3

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    Released: July 29, 2019

    This is a beta preview of Python 3.8 Python 3.8 is still in development. This release, 3.8.0b3 is the third of four planned beta release previews. Beta release previews are intended to give the wider community the opportunity to test new features and bug fixes and to prepare their …

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  • Release – Python 3.9.0b4

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    Released: July 3, 2020

    This is a beta preview of Python 3.9 Python 3.9 is still in development. This release, 3.9.0b4, is the fourth of five planned beta release previews. Beta release previews are intended to give the wider community the opportunity to test new features and bug fixes and to prepare their …

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  • Release – Python 3.9.0b5

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    Released: July 20, 2020

    This is a beta preview of Python 3.9 Python 3.9 is still in development. This release, 3.9.0b5, is the last of five planned beta release previews. Beta release previews are intended to give the wider community the opportunity to test new features and bug fixes and to prepare their …

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  • Release – Python 3.9.2rc1

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    Released: Feb. 16, 2021

    This is the release candidate of the second maintenance release of Python 3.9 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.9.2rc1, a release candidate of 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 …

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  • Release – Python 3.9.3

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    Released: April 2, 2021

    This is the third maintenance release of Python 3.9 NOTE: The release you're looking at has been recalled due to unintentional breakage of ABI compatibility with C extensions built in Python 3.9.0 - 3.9.2. Details in bpo-43710. Please use Python 3.9.4 or newer instead. Python …

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  • Release – Python 3.9.4

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    Released: April 4, 2021

    This is the fourth maintenance release of Python 3.9 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.9.4, 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. Python 3.9.4 …

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  • Release – Python 3.9.8

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    Released: Nov. 5, 2021

    This is the eighth maintenance release of Python 3.9 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.9.8, 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. There's been …

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  • Release – Python 3.9.9

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    Released: Nov. 15, 2021

    This is the ninth maintenance release of Python 3.9 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.9.9, an expedited 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. 3.9.9 …

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  • Python 2.3

    Python 2.3 Python 2.3 Note: See Python 2.3.5 for a patch release release which supersedes earlier releases of 2.3. Important: This release is vulnerable to the problem described in security advisory PSF-2006-001 "Buffer overrun in repr() of unicode strings in wide unicode builds (UCS-4)". This fix is included in Python 2.4.4 and Python 2.5. If you need to remain with Python 2.3, there's a patch available from the security advisory page. Important: 2.3....

  • Python 2.3.1

    Python 2.3.1 Python 2.3.1 Note: See Python 2.3.5 for a patch release release which supersedes earlier releases of 2.3. Important: This release is vulnerable to the problem described in security advisory PSF-2006-001 "Buffer overrun in repr() of unicode strings in wide unicode builds (UCS-4)". This fix is included in Python 2.4.4 and Python 2.5. If you need to remain with Python 2.3, there's a patch available from the security advisory page. Important: 2....

  • Agenda of 2007 PSF Members' Meeting, 23 February 2007

    ...lists, and to the PSF blog. We had a good response, with 4 new candidates stepping forward, in addition to the 8 incumbents. We have a total of 12 candidates for Director this year, but currently the Board is limited to 8 Directors. As Tim Peters put it, "the bigger the board, the more gets done." This motion aims to increase the limit on the number of Directors going forward. We learned in the past that it's better to expand the Board than to miss out on offers of help. This does ...

  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (March 11, 2003)

    Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (March 11, 2003) The Python Software Foundation Minutes of Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors March 11, 2003 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation (the "PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat at 7 p.m. EST. Guido van Rossum, president of the Foundation and chairman of the Board, presided at the meeting. 1. Attendance The following members of the Board of Directors were present at ...

  • Highlights: Python 2.4

    ...lists. (PEP 289) reversed() - a new builtin that takes a sequence and returns an iterator that loops over the elements of the sequence in reverse order (PEP 322) new sort() keyword arguments - sort() now accepts keyword arguments cmp, key and reverse sorted() - a new builtin sorted() acts like an in-place list.sort() but can be used in expressions, as it returns a copy of the sequence, sorted. string methods - strings gained an rsplit() method, and the string methods ljust(), rjust() and center...

  • 2011-10-17 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...lists (c.l.py, c.l.py.announce, etc.). No progress. Doug also reported on new activities for the month. The list of activities included the following: PyCon PL Grant by Paulo Nuin http://pyfound.blogspot.com/2011/09/psf-grants-pycon-pl-2011.html WebOb Port Grant by Mike Driscoll http://pyfound.blogspot.com/2011/09/psf-provides-grant-to-port-webob.html Van Lindberg Community Service Award announcement by Paulo Nuin http://pyfound.blogspot.com/2011/09/van-lindberg-receives-psf-community.html ...

  • 2009-12-14 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    2009-12-14 PSF Board Meeting Minutes The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors December 14, 2009 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat beginning at 17:00 UTC, 9 November 2009. Steve Holden presided at the meeting. Pat Campbell prepared the minutes. All votes are reported in the form "Y-N-A" (in favor — opposed — abstentions; e.g. "5-1-2" mea...

  • Release – Python install manager 25.0

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    Released: Oct. 8, 2025

    The Python install manager for Windows is our tool for installing and managing runtimes. The traditional executable installer will stop being released with Python 3.16 As well as the files below, the Python install manager can be installed using the Microsoft Store app. For most users, this is …

  • Release – Python install manager 25.1

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    Released: Dec. 2, 2025

    The Python install manager for Windows is our tool for installing and managing runtimes. The traditional executable installer will stop being released with Python 3.16 As well as the files below, the Python install manager can be installed using the Microsoft Store app. For most users, this is …

  • Release – Python install manager 25.2

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    Released: Dec. 5, 2025

    The Python install manager for Windows is our tool for installing and managing runtimes. The traditional executable installer will stop being released with Python 3.16 As well as the files below, the Python install manager can be installed using the Microsoft Store app. For most users, this is …

  • Release – Python install manager 26.0

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    Released: Feb. 23, 2026

    The Python install manager for Windows is our tool for installing and managing runtimes. The traditional executable installer will stop being released with Python 3.16 As well as the files below, the Python install manager can be installed using the Microsoft Store app. For most users, this is …

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