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  • Release – Python 3.6.7

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    Released: Oct. 20, 2018

    Note: The release you are looking at is Python 3.6.7, a bugfix release for the legacy 3.6 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 3.6 was 3.6.15 and …

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  • Release – Python 3.6.8rc1

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    Released: Dec. 11, 2018

    Python 3.6.8rc1 is a release candidate preview of the eighth and last maintenance release of Python 3.6. The Python 3.6 series contains many new features and optimizations. Note Python 3.7 is now released and is the latest feature release of Python 3. Get the latest release of …

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  • Release – Python 3.6.8

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    Released: Dec. 24, 2018

    Note: The release you are looking at is Python 3.6.8, the final bugfix release for the legacy 3.6 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 3.6 was 3.6.15 …

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  • Release – Python 3.9.0b2

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    Released: June 9, 2020

    WARNING: this release has a known regression See BPO-40924 for details. Use Python 3.9.0b3 or newer instead, please. This is a beta preview of Python 3.9 Python 3.9 is still in development. This release, 3.9.0b2, is the second of four planned beta release previews. Beta release previews …

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  • Release – Python 3.9.1rc1

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    Released: Nov. 26, 2020

    This is the release candidate of the first maintenance release of Python 3.9 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.9.1rc1, the 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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  • Python Success Stories

    Python Success Stories The University of St Andrews, founded in 1411, is Scotland's oldest university Zoom in Introduction The IT Services department at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, develops and maintains software systems used in a variety of capacities throughout the university. I had several years of experience working with Perl when I took my first serious look at Python back in 1999. Our team's projects were becoming bigger and more complex, and it was obvious that we needed t...

  • Other Documentation Tools

    ...Library The Literate Programming Web Ring (list) These resources don't appear to have been updated recently, and I know there are newer systems that have become available. If you have information about an up-to-date reference resource, please let me know!

  • Parade of the PEPs

    ...library (and the demos and tools) use new-style classes. And that's not even going to happen in Python 2.3. Also, that may break user code that subclasses a particular standard class, e.g. if a user defines a subclass that depends on coercions, which aren't supported by new-style classes. PEP 256 - Docstring Processing System Framework - Goodger PEP 257 - Docstring Conventions - Goodger, van Rossum PEP 258 - DPS Generic Implementation Details - Goodger I'll discuss these together...

  • Release – Python 3.10.12

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    Released: June 6, 2023

    This is a security release of Python 3.10 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.10.12, a security bugfix release for the legacy 3.10 series. Python 3.11 is now the latest feature release series of Python 3. Get the latest release of 3.11.x here. Security content …

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  • Legal Statements

    Legal Statements Trademarks Python and PyCon are trademarks or registered trademarks of the Python Software Foundation. All other trademarks mentioned on this website are the property of their respective owners. Copyright Except where otherwise specified, the contents of this website are copyright © 1990-2014, Python Software Foundation, 9450 SW Gemini Dr., ECM# 90772, Beaverton, OR 97008, USA. All rights reserved. Licenses Python, its standard libraries, and Jython, are distributed under the...

  • Linux RPMs for Python 2.1.2

    ...library or other dependancy problems with most of the RPMs you pick up? The cure, in my experience is to pick up an SRPM (Source RPM). All you need to do to build a binary package tailored to your system is run <pre> rpm --rebuild &lt;packagename>.src.rpm</pre> Note: this does not actually install &lt;packagename&gt;. The end products (.rpm files as indicated by the "Wrote:" stdout lines) must be subsequently installed with rpm -U or the equivalent.

  • Release – Python 3.5.10rc1

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    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 …

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  • Release – Python 3.5.10

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    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 …

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  • Python 2.0

    ...library_version attribute, introduced in an earlier beta, was removed because it can not be supported with early versions of the C readline library, which provides no way to determine the version at compile-time. The binascii module is now enabled on Win64. tokenize.py no longer suffers "recursion depth" errors when parsing programs with very long string literals. Internals Fixed several buffer overflow vulnerabilities in calculate_path(), which is called when ...

  • Python Success Stories

    ...library. Our initial analysis of the language had not revealed to us just how rich it was, and we were delighted to discover that third party Python bindings already existed for many convenient library packages written in other languages. Perhaps the greatest pleasant surprise of all was the Python user community itself, which is rich in knowledgeable and helpful people who go out of their way to answer questions about Python and its use at all levels of expertise. The level of technical support...

  • Release – Python 3.6.0a1

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    Released: May 17, 2016

    Python 3.6.0a1 Python 3.6.0a1 was released on 2016-05-17. Major new features of the 3.6 series, compared to 3.5 Python 3.6 is still in development; 3.6.0a1 is the first of four planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the current …

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  • Release – Python 3.6.0a2

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    Released: June 13, 2016

    Python 3.6.0a2 Python 3.6.0a2 was released on 2016-06-13. Major new features of the 3.6 series, compared to 3.5 Python 3.6 is still in development; 3.6.0a2 is the second of four planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the current …

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  • Release – Python 3.6.0a3

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    Released: July 12, 2016

    Python 3.6.0a3 Python 3.6.0a3 was released on 2016-07-12. Major new features of the 3.6 series, compared to 3.5 Python 3.6 is still in development; 3.6.0a3 is the third of four planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the current …

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  • Release – Python 3.6.0a4

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    Released: Aug. 15, 2016

    Python 3.6.0a4 Python 3.6.0a4 was released on 2016-08-15. Major new features of the 3.6 series, compared to 3.5 Python 3.6 is still in development; 3.6.0a4 is the last of four planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the current …

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  • Release – Python 3.8.17

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    Released: June 6, 2023

    This is a security release of Python 3.8 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.8.17, a security bugfix release for the legacy 3.8 series. Python 3.11 is now the latest feature release series of Python 3. Get the latest release of 3.11.x here. Security content …

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