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  • Release – Python 2.6.9

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    Released: Oct. 29, 2013

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  • PSF Distinguished Service Awards

    PSF Distinguished Service Awards Contents Introduction 2024 2022 2021 2018 2017 2015 2014 2012 Introduction Building on the ideals of the Foundation's Community Service Award, the Distinguished Service Award is an offer of recognition for sustained exemplary contributions to the Python community. The Foundation's highest award is given for actions which carry significant impact that shapes the Python world, whether through contributions of code, efforts in community action, or otherwise. ...

  • Release – Python 3.1.3

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    Released: Nov. 27, 2010

    Note: It is recommended that you use the latest bug fix release of the 3.1 series, 3.1.4. Python 3.1.3 was released on November 27th, 2010. 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 2.6.3

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    Released: Oct. 2, 2009

    Python 2.6.3 was released on October 2, 2009. Python 2.6 is now in bugfix-only mode; no new features are being added. Somewhere near 100 bugs have been fixed since the release of Python 2.6.2. The NEWS file lists every change in each alpha, beta, and release candidate …

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  • Unifying types and classes in Python 2.2

    Unifying types and classes in Python 2.2 Unifying types and classes in Python 2.2 Python Version: 2.2 (For a newer version of this tutorial, see Python 2.2.3) Guido van Rossum This paper is an incomplete draft. I am soliciting feedback. If you find any problems, please write me at guido@python.org. Table of Contents Introduction Subclassing built-in types Built-in types as factory functions Introspecting instances of built-in types Static methods and class met...

  • As a member of the Python Software Foundation (PSF), I hereby cast this absentee ballot for elections and resolutions under consideration at the PSF member meeting to be held at the Dallas/Addison Marriott Quorum By The Galleria hotel on February 23, 2007 from 6:40-8:40 pm. Election of Nominated Members The following people have been nominated for membership in the PSF. To be elected, a nominee must receive more "Yes" votes than "No" votes. Please vote to accept as a new ...

  • 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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  • Python 2.6.4 Release

    Python 2.6.4 Release Python 2.6.4 Python 2.6.4 has been replaced by a newer bugfix release of Python. Please download Python 2.6.6 instead. 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 in each alpha, beta, and release candidate of Python 2.6. What's New in P...

  • Python 2.6.5 Release

    Python 2.6.5 Release Python 2.6.5 release Python 2.6.5 has been replaced by a newer bugfix release of Python. Please download Python 2.6.6 instead. Python 2.6.5 was a maintenance release for Python 2.6.4, fixing dozens of issues in the core, builtin modules, libraries, and documentation. Python 2.6.5 final was released on March 19, 2010. Python 2.6 is now in bugfix-only mode; no new features are being added. The NEWS file lists every change in each alpha, beta, and release candidate of Pyth...

  • Python 2.4.1 - Linux RPMs

    Python 2.4.1 - Linux RPMs Linux RPMs for Python 2.4.1c2 Except where noted, these RPMs are made available by Sean Reifschneider (jafo-rpms@tummy.com). Having Problems? If you are having problems, please see the RPM Frequently Asked Questions section at the end of this document for possible solutions. RPMs For Other Platforms For platforms in which binaries aren't available here, you can easily build binary RPMs directly from the Python SRPM. Simply download one of the .src.rpm files ...

  • comp.lang.python.announce Posting Guidelines

    comp.lang.python.announce Posting Guidelines comp.lang.python.announce comp.lang.python.announce The comp.lang.python.announce newsgroup (or c.l.py.a for short) has been created in early 1998 as a companion newsgroup for comp.lang.python focused on Python-related announcements. The newsgroup charter is as follows: comp.lang.python.announce is a moderated, low-volume newsgroup for announcements regarding the Python programming language, including: new releases of the core distribution and con...

  • Bugs in Python 2.4.2

    Bugs in Python 2.4.2 The Windows installer 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 Windows installer will not add correct IDLE and PyDoc entries when the Pytho...

  • Python 2.6.3 Release

    Python 2.6.3 Release Python 2.6.3 Python 2.6.3 has been replaced by a newer bugfix release of Python. Please download Python 2.6.6 instead. Python 2.6.3 was released on October 2, 2009. Python 2.6 is now in bugfix-only mode; no new features are being added. Somewhere near 100 bugs have been fixed since the release of Python 2.6.2. The NEWS file lists every change in each alpha, beta, and release candidate of Python 2.6. What's New in Python 2.6. Report bugs at http://bugs.python.org. Rea...

  • Absentee Ballot - 2009-03-27 PSF Members' Meeting

    Absentee Ballot - 2009-03-27 PSF Members' Meeting This form was finalized on March 17, 2009. We recommend that you designate a proxy to vote on your behalf at the meeting PSF members who have indicated their willingness to act as proxy are listed in the meeting agenda. The text source of this form can be found here (suitable for emailing). As a member of the Python Software Foundation (PSF), I hereby cast this absentee ballot for elections and resolutions under consideration at the PSF ...

  • Python For Beginners

    Python For Beginners Welcome! Are you completely new to programming? If not then we presume you will be looking for information about why and how to get started with Python. Fortunately an experienced programmer in any programming language (whatever it may be) can pick up Python very quickly. It's also easy for beginners to use and learn, so jump in! Installing Installing Python is generally easy, and nowadays many Linux and UNIX distributions include a recent Python. Even some Windows comput...

  • Python for Mac OS X

    Python for Mac OS X Python for Mac OS X Python comes pre-installed on Mac OS X so it is easy to start using. However, to take advantage of the latest versions of Python, you will need to download and install newer versions alongside the system ones. The easiest way to do that is to install one of the binary installers for OS X from the Python Download page. Installers are available for the latest Python 3 and Python 2 releases that will work on all Macs that run Mac OS X 10.5 and later. Py...

  • Conferences and Workshops

    Conferences and Workshops Conference Listings There are quite a number of Python conferences happening all year around and in many parts of the world. Many of them are taking place yearly or even more frequent: Python Conferences List on the Python Wiki -- this is the main and most complete list of conferences around the world Subsets of this list are also available on other sites: pycon.org -- lists a subset of mostly national Python conferences PyData -- listings of Python conferences sp...

  • Python 2.7.0 Release

    Python 2.7.0 Release Python 2.7.0 Note: A bugfix release, 2.7.16, is currently available. Its use is recommended. Python 2.7.0 was released on July 3rd, 2010. Python 2.7 is scheduled to be the last major version in the 2.x series before it moves into an extended maintenance period. This release contains many of the features that were first released in Python 3.1. Improvements in this release include: An ordered dictionary type New unittest features including test skipping, new assert metho...

  • Python 2.4.1 - Release Notes

    ...a] = whatever to work as expected, without raising TypeError just because the sequence is heterogeneous, or the dict has mixed-type keys. [This seems like a good idea to implement for all mixed-type comparisons that don't want to allow falling back to address comparison.] The constructors building a datetime from a timestamp could raise ValueError if the platform C localtime()/gmtime() inserted "leap seconds". Leap seconds are ignored now. On such platforms, it's possible to have t...

  • Python 3.1.4 Release

    Python 3.1.4 Release Python 3.1.4 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 maintenance releases, please see the Python 3.2 series. Improvements in the the 3.1 series release include: An ordered dictionary type Various optimizations to the int type New uni...

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