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  • Python Distutils-SIG: Documentation

    Python Distutils-SIG: Documentation Python Distutils-SIG: Documentation User Documents Two documents have been written to cover the Distutils, and are part of Python's standard documentation set: Installing Python Modules This is for end-users, system administrators, and Python programmers who need to install third-party modules to their existing Python installation. It focusses on using the Distutils, b...

  • 2022 PSF Annual Report

    ...Python Software Foundation 2022 Annual Impact Report 2022 was a year of continued changes, challenges, and growth for the PSF. We welcomed Deb Nicholson as our new Executive Director, and we brought on other new team members and new roles. We joyfully gathered back together for the first PyCon US in-person since 2019. We created new membership options growing our pool of active and engaged members, and we gave out $215K in Grants in 2022, a 45% increase over 2021. We were delighted to welco...

  • Release – Python 3.5.1rc1

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    Released: Nov. 23, 2015

    Python 3.5.1rc1 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.1rc1 was released on November 22th, 2015. Major new features of the 3.5 series, compared to 3.4 Among the new major new features and changes in the 3.5 release series …

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  • Release – Python 3.5.1

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    Released: Dec. 7, 2015

    Python 3.5.1 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.1 was released on December 6th, 2015. Major new features of the 3.5 series, compared to 3.4 Among the new major new features and changes in the 3.5 release series …

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  • Release – Python 3.5.2rc1

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    Released: June 13, 2016

    Python 3.5.2rc1 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.2rc1 was released on June 12th, 2016. Major new features of the 3.5 series, compared to 3.4 Among the new major new features and changes in the 3.5 release series …

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  • Release – Python 3.14.0rc1

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    Released: July 22, 2025

    It's the first 3.14 release candidate! https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3140rc1/ This is the first release candidate of Python 3.14 This release, 3.14.0rc1, is the penultimate release preview. Entering the release candidate phase, only reviewed code changes which are clear bug fixes are allowed between this release candidate and the final release. The …

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  • Python Success Stories

    ...Python-scripted HTML. Some of the modules, such as the search spider, GUI, and HTTP server, were written in Python. For performance reasons, others, such as the query engine, indexer, and HTML parser, use the Python/C API to incorporate functionality written in C. The C-based search engine core was also wrapped as a Python extension module. Some C++ is used in the interfaces to key third party technologies. Python's flexibility in this regard gave us a wide degree of flexibility in integration. ...

  • 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 3.9.3 is an …

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  • 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 state of new features and …

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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 state of new features and …

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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 state of new features and …

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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 state of new features and …

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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 3.5.0

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    Released: Sept. 13, 2015

    Python 3.5.0 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.0 was released on September 13th, 2015. Major new features of the 3.5 series, compared to 3.4 Among the new major new features and changes in the 3.5 release series …

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  • Release – Python 3.5.2

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    Released: June 27, 2016

    Python 3.5.2 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.2 was released on June 26th, 2016. Major new features of the 3.5 series, compared to 3.4 Among the new major new features and changes in the 3.5 release series …

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  • Release – Python 3.5.3rc1

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    Released: Jan. 3, 2017

    Python 3.5.3 release candidate 1 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.3 release candidate 1 was released on January 2nd, 2017. Major new features of the 3.5 series, compared to 3.4 Among the new major new features and …

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  • Release – Python 3.5.3

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    Released: Jan. 17, 2017

    Python 3.5.3 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.3 was released on January 17th, 2017. Major new features of the 3.5 series, compared to 3.4 Among the new major new features and changes in the 3.5 release series …

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  • Release – Python 3.14.0b4

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    Released: July 8, 2025

    It's the final 3.14 beta! https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3140b4/ This is a beta preview of Python 3.14 Python 3.14 is still in development. This release, 3.14.0b4, is the last of four planned beta releases. Beta release previews are intended to give the wider community the opportunity to test new features and bug fixes …

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  • Python Copyright

    Python Copyright Python Copyright Historical note: This page describes the Python license used for Python versions up to and including Python 1.6a2. CNRI released Python 1.6b1 and the final Python 1.6 release under a different license, which is open source compliant, but not compatible with the GPL (the only incompatibility being the inclusion of a choice-of-law clause). More recent PSF releases, in particular 2.0.1, 2.1.1, and all releases since then, are GPL-compatible. Most P...

  • Release – Python 3.5.5rc1

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    Released: Jan. 23, 2018

    Python 3.5.5rc1 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.5rc1 was released on January 23rd, 2018. Python 3.5 has now entered "security fixes only" mode, and as such the only improvements between Python 3.5.4 and Python 3.5.5rc1 are security …

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