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Python Success Stories Introduction This article shows how I integrated Python, COM, DocBook, OpenJade, and Word together to create a documentation tool for BEACON, a visual programming environment. This documentation tool was used for code reviews in the software development methodology at my company, and led to significant (>$1M) in cost savings. Before starting this project, I had no prior experience using SGML, XML, or other document markup languages. It was only when I was perilously ...
2012-06-18 & 2012-06-25 PSF Board Meeting Minutes The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors June 18, 2012 & June 25, 2012 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors was held over Group Video Calling via Skype and Internet Relay Chat beginning at 16:00 UTC, 18 June 2012 (Part 1) and resumed on 25 June 2012 (Part 2) & again was held over Group Video Calling via Skype and Internet Relay Cha...
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Python Success Stories Introduction Wing IDE is a commercial integrated development environment for the Python programming language. Wing provides developers with a full-featured source editor, debugger, code browser, and many other tools specifically designed for use with Python. Wing works with all forms of Python, whether running as a stand-alone app, under a web server, or in a custom embedded scripting environment. Several GUI layers (wxPython, PyQt, PyGTK, and Tkinter) are supported, as...
2013-02-06 PSF Board Meeting Minutes The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors February 6, 2012 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors was held over Group Conference Call via phone and Internet Relay Chat beginning at 18:04 CEST/ 12:04 EDT, on February 6 2012. Van Lindberg presided over the meeting. Ewa Jodlowska prepared the minutes. All votes are reported in the form "Y-N-A" (in favor-...
2011-08-15 PSF Board Meeting Minutes The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors August 15, 2011 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat beginning at 16:00 UTC, 15 August 2011. In Steve Holden's absence, David Mertz presided at the meeting. Pat Campbell prepared the minutes. All votes are reported in the form "Y-N-A" (in favor — opposed — abstentions...
Python News Python 3.6.0 beta 1 is now available! Python 3.6.0b1 is the first of four planned beta releases of Python 3.6, the next major release of Python, and marks the end of the feature development phase for 3.6. Published: Sept. 13, 2016 Python 3.6.0 beta 1 is now available! If you want to present a talk or poster at PyCon US 2016 in Portland, Oregon, US, check out our info page. Published: Fri, 11 December 2015, 11:00 +010...
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Released: June 17, 2025
It's 3.14 beta 3! https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3140b3/ This is a beta preview of Python 3.14 Python 3.14 is still in development. This release, 3.14.0b3, is the third of four planned beta releases. Beta release previews are intended to give the wider community the opportunity to test new features and bug fixes and …
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Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (September 13, 2005) The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors September 13, 2005 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation (the "PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat at 17:00 UTC, September 13, 2005. Stephan Deibel presided at the meeting. 1 Attendance The following members of the Board of Directors were present from the...
2011-06-27 PSF Board Meeting Minutes The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors June 27, 2011 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat beginning at 16:00 UTC, 27 June 2011. 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" means...
2012-04-30 PSF Board Meeting Minutes The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors April 30, 2012 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat beginning at 16:00 UTC, 30 April 2012. 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. "...
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 …
2011-03-21 PSF Board Meeting Minutes The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors March 21, 2011 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat beginning at 16:00 UTC, 21 March 2011. Steve Holden presided at the meeting. Pat Campbell prepared the minutes. All votes are reported in the form "Y-N-A" (in favor â opposed â abstentions; e.g. "5-1-2" mea...
2011-04-18 PSF Board Meeting Minutes The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors April 18, 2011 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat beginning at 16:00 UTC, 18 April 2011. 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" means &qu...
Released: May 7, 2025
Only one day late, welcome to the first beta! This is a beta preview of Python 3.14 Python 3.14 is still in development. This release, 3.14.0b1, is the first of four planned beta releases. Beta release previews are intended to give the wider community the opportunity to test new features …
Released: Aug. 14, 2025
It's the final 🪄 penultimate 🪄 3.14 release candidate! Note: rc2 was originally planned for 2025-08-26, but we fixed a bug that required bumping the magic number stored in Python bytecode (.pyc) files. This means .pyc files created for rc1 cannot be used for rc2, and they'll be …
Parade of the PEPs Parade of the PEPs To start off Developer's Day at the Python10 conference I gave a keynote ending in what I dubbed "the parade of the PEPs". It was a brief overview of all open PEPs, where I gave my highly personal and subjective opinion for each PEP. Later, I realized that this might have been of interest to other developers. I didn't take notes at the conference, so below is a different set of comments that I created from scratch during a single two-hour sitt...
PSF Officers & Board Members Officers & Directors by Year 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Earlier Officers & Directors by Name Officers By Title Officers & Directors by Year See also Duties & Responsibilities of Directors 2024-2025 Officers President/Chair: Dawn Wages Vice Chair Elect: Chris Neugebauer Vice Chair: Tania Allard Executive Director: Deb Nicholson Secretary: Deb Nicholson Assistant Secretaries: Olivia Sauls Treasurer: Georgi Ker PyCo...
Released: May 26, 2025
Here's the second 3.14 beta. https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3140b2/ This is a beta preview of Python 3.14 Python 3.14 is still in development. This release, 3.14.0b2, is the first of four planned beta releases. Beta release previews are intended to give the wider community the opportunity to test new features and bug fixes …
Donation Drive ThePSF, Python Software Foundation, Python, PSF Invest in our Foundation and better the Python community! Thanks to everyone who helped us exceed our goal of $20,000.00 USD by May 12th! .crm-contribute-widget { font-size:12px; font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans; padding:6px; -moz-border-radius: 4px; -webkit-border-radius: 4px; -khtml-border-radius: 4px; border-radius: 4px; bor...
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