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  • Organizations Cooperating with the Python Software Foundation

    ...Python Software Foundation The Python Software Foundation cooperates with the following organizations, who share the PSF's interest in Python and free software: ZEUUX Python African Tour

  • Release – Python 3.15.0a1

    Version: None

    Released: Oct. 14, 2025

    This is an early developer preview of Python 3.15 Major new features of the 3.15 series, compared to 3.14 Python 3.15 is still in development. This release, 3.15.0a1 is the first of seven planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the current state of …

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  • Release – Python 2.3.7

    Version: None

    Released: March 11, 2008

    Python 2.3 is now well and truly in bugfix-only mode; no new features are being added, and only security critical bugs have been fixed. This release addresses a number of cases interpreter …

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  • Release – Python 3.15.0a2

    Version: None

    Released: Nov. 19, 2025

    This is an early developer preview of Python 3.15 Major new features of the 3.15 series, compared to 3.14 Python 3.15 is still in development. This release, 3.15.0a2, is the second of seven planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the current state of …

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  • Python Software Foundation: Articles of Incorporation

    ...Python," components of which are currently held by multiple parties; (b) educating and training members of the general public in the application of Python; (c) offering Python to members of the general public through the use of open source code licensing; and (d) developing Python more extensively through scientific research conducted by the Corporation. The Corporation shall have all powers now or hereafter granted by law, and in addition thereto shall have all powers lawfully ...

  • Release – Python 3.9.0b4

    Version: None

    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 projects …

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  • Release – Python 3.9.0b5

    Version: None

    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 projects …

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  • Python Success Stories

    ...code developed on Windows would work equally well on Mono, and all development would need to actively avoid API that would be missing on Mono. The differences in stability and feature set of the IDEs on Windows and Linux was also an issue. As a result, we looked at other options, including Python. At the time of our investigation, Python had reached version 2.5, and a what we felt was a credible level of maturity. While not a "main-stream" choice, Python was attractive because of its c...

  • Python Success Stories

    ...Python: Automatically calculate image sizes? The Python Imaging Library does this with ease. Parse XML files? There are several XML parsers available in Python. Load and store XML to and from databases? The Python DB-API is standardized and modules exist for MySQL, Postgres, Interbase, Oracle, ODBC, Sybase, and others. Fetch XML from the web? Python's urlparse and urllib standard libraries were made for that. Handle Unicode? Python 2.0 fully supports Unicode out of the box. Implementing th...

  • Release – Python 3.10.0b1

    Version: None

    Released: May 3, 2021

    This is a beta preview of Python 3.10 Python 3.10 is still in development. 3.10.0b1 is the first 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 projects to support …

  • Python Success Stories

    ...code, to run on a standard PC. There are quite a few languages available for this task, but the advantages of Python are many. Python is quite easily learned by people from various programming backgrounds, such as Java, C or Visual Basic. After becoming familiar with Python, development proceeds very quickly -- perhaps faster than with any other language. At the same time, Python lends itself to the creation of highly readable, compact and well structured code. Python's particular mix of feat...

  • 2013-04-12 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...Python Software Foundation grant $5,000 to OpenHatch (primarily to Asheesh Laroia) for reaching out to, consulting with, encouraging communication among, and collecting data from Python User Groups, with oversight and milestones to be overssen by the Outreach and Education Committee Approved, 10-0-0. 9   Grant for Code Speed Web Codebase Rewrite RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation grant $10,000 to Information Logistics and Maciej Fijałkowski to rewrite the current cod...

  • Job - Privacy Engineer, Data Privacy Lab

    Location: Berkeley, CA United States

    CEGA seeks a talented Privacy Engineer to support the Center’s new Data Privacy Lab, which explores how privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) can enable data sharing, research, and innovation in LMICs. Through a series of real-world collaborations with partner organizations, the Lab will develop and deploy PETs in LMIC settings, using these …

  • Release – Python 3.10.0b2

    Version: None

    Released: May 31, 2021

    This is a beta preview of Python 3.10 Python 3.10 is still in development. 3.10.0b2 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 projects to support …

  • Release – Python 3.10.0b4

    Version: None

    Released: July 10, 2021

    This is a beta preview of Python 3.10 Python 3.10 is still in development. 3.10.0b4 is the fourth and last of the 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 projects to …

  • About the Python Software Foundation

    ...PYTHON LANGUAGE, ITS CONTRIBUTORS, AND USERS CAN THRIVE. We distribute Python, free of charge and available to all, for ever. We are the stewards of Python intellectual property—We establish PSF licenses, hold intellectual property rights to most Python releases, and protect Python-related trademarks. We put resources behind and help coordinate and improvements to the Python codebase and new Python releases. Community CONNECTION, DIVERSITY, SUPPORT, AND GROWTH FOR ALL WITHIN THE PYTHON COMMUNI...

  • Release – Python 3.9.0a5

    Version: None

    Released: March 23, 2020

    This is an early developer preview of Python 3.9 Python 3.9 is still in development. This release, 3.9.0a5 is the fifth of six planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the current state of new features and bug fixes and to test the release …

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  • Audio/Video Instructional Materials for Python

    ...Code Python team, with authentic perspectives on the Python ecosystem and how VS Code fits in it. Inactive Podcast Repositories Test and Code Practical automated testing for software engineers using Python. Python Community News A look at the news around and impacting the Python Community. Podcast.__init__ A podcast about Python and the people who make it great. Radio Free Python A podcast of Python news and interviews by Larry Hastings. From Python import podcast From Python Import Podcas...

  • Python 2.4.5 Release

    ...code: python-2.4.5.tgz bzip2-compressed source code: python-2.4.5.tar.bz2, the source archive. The bzip2-compressed version is considerably smaller, so get that one if your system has the appropriate tools to deal with it. Unpack the archive with tar -zxvf Python-2.4.5.tgz (or bzcat Python-2.4.5.tar.bz2 | tar -xf -). Change to the Python-2.4.5 directory and run the "./configure", "make", "make install" commands to compile and install Python. The source archive is a...

  • Release – Python 2.4.5

    Version: None

    Released: March 11, 2008

    Python 2.4 is now in security-fix-only mode. No new features are being added, and bugs are not fixed anymore unless they affect the stability and security of the interpreter, or of Python …

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