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  • Python 2.7.0 Release

    ...module Automatic numbering of fields in the str.format() method Float repr improvements backported from 3.x Tile support for Tkinter A backport of the memoryview object from 3.x Set literals Set and dictionary comprehensions Dictionary views New syntax for nested with statements The sysconfig module See these resources for further information: What's new in 2.7? Change log for this release. Online Documentation Report bugs at http://bugs.python.org. Help fund Python and its community. Downl...

  • Python Software Foundation: Press Release 27-Dec-2004

    ...modules May be compiled to Java byte code for use in any JVM String and regular expression processing Extensive XML and web services support HTTP, FTP, SMTP, POP, IMAP, NNTP, telnet, and other IP protocols HTML, MIME, base64, binhex, uuencode, and other internet data handling GUI development and multimedia services Unit testing, profiling, and documentation generation Available third party modules for database access, scientific computation, visualization, 3D modeling, image p...

  • Release – Python 2.4.0

    Version: None

    Released: Nov. 30, 2004

    We are pleased to announce the release of Python 2.4, final on November 30, 2004. This is a final, stable release, and we can recommend that Python users upgrade to this version. Important: This release is vulnerable to the problem described in …

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  • Release – Python 3.14.0b3

    Version: None

    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 2.4

    ...modules, function decorators, generator expressions, a number of new modules (including subprocess, decimal and cookielib) and a host of bug fixes and other improvements. See the (subjective) highlights or the detailed release notes for more, or consult Andrew Kuchling's What's New In Python for a detailed view of some of the new features of Python 2.4. Please see the separate bugs page for known issues and the bug reporting procedure. Download the release Starting with the Python 2.4 releases...

  • Release – Python 3.10.17

    Version: None

    Released: April 8, 2025

    This is a security release of Python 3.10 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.10.17, a security bugfix release for the legacy 3.10 series. Python 3.13 is now the latest feature release series of Python 3. Get the latest release of 3.13.x here. Security content in this …

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  • Release – Python 3.11.12

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    Released: April 8, 2025

    This is a security release of Python 3.11 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.11.12, a security bugfix release for the legacy 3.11 series. Python 3.13 is now the latest feature release series of Python 3. Get the latest release of 3.13.x here. Security content in this …

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  • Release – Python 3.12.0a2

    Version: None

    Released: Nov. 15, 2022

    This is an early developer preview of Python 3.12. Major new features of the 3.12 series, compared to 3.11 Python 3.12 is still in development. This release, 3.12.0a2 is the second of seven planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the current state …

  • 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

    ...modules. These proved invaluable and were easy to use. The threading library turned out to be very important in scaling ForecastWatch.com's coverage to over 800 cities. Grabbing web pages is a very I/O bound process, and requesting a single page at a time for roughly 5000 web pages a day would have been prohibitively time-consuming. Using Python's threading library, the web page retrieval loop simply calls thread.start_new() for each request, passing in the necessary class instance method that r...

  • Release – Python 3.5.4rc1

    Version: None

    Released: July 25, 2017

    Python 3.5.4rc1 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.4rc1 was released on July 25th, 2017. Python 3.5.4 will be the last "bugfixes" release of 3.5. After 3.5.4 final is released, 3.5 will enter "security fixes only" mode, and …

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  • Release – Python 3.5.4

    Version: None

    Released: Aug. 8, 2017

    Python 3.5.4 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.4 was released on August 8th, 2017. Python 3.5.4 is the last "bugfix" release of 3.5. The Python 3.5 branch has now entered "security fixes only" mode; going forward, the …

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  • Release – Python 3.5.5rc1

    Version: None

    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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  • Release – Python 3.5.5

    Version: None

    Released: Feb. 5, 2018

    Python 3.5.5 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.5 was released on February 4th, 2018. Python 3.5 has now entered "security fixes only" mode, and as such the only improvements between Python 3.5.4 and Python 3.5.5 are security …

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  • Release – Python 3.6.5rc1

    Version: None

    Released: March 13, 2018

    Python 3.6.5rc1 is a release candidate preview of the fifth maintenance release of Python 3.6. The Python 3.6 series contains many new features and optimizations. Among the new major new features in Python 3.6 are: PEP 468, Preserving Keyword Argument Order PEP 487, Simpler customization of class creation …

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  • Release – Python 3.7.0rc1

    Version: None

    Released: June 11, 2018

    This is the release candidate of Python 3.7.0 This release, 3.7.0rc1, is the final planned release preview. Assuming no critical problems are found prior to 2018-06-27, the scheduled release date for 3.7.0, no code changes are planned between this release candidate and the final release. Among the major …

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  • Release – Python 3.6.6rc1

    Version: None

    Released: June 12, 2018

    Python 3.6.6rc1 is a release candidate preview of the sixth maintenance release of Python 3.6. The Python 3.6 series contains many new features and optimizations. Among the new major new features in Python 3.6 are: PEP 468, Preserving Keyword Argument Order PEP 487, Simpler customization of class creation …

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  • Release – Python 3.7.0

    Version: None

    Released: June 27, 2018

    Note: The release you are looking at is Python 3.7.0, the initial feature release for the legacy 3.7 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 3.7 was 3.7.17 …

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  • Release – Python 3.5.6rc1

    Version: None

    Released: July 20, 2018

    Python 3.5.6rc1 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.6rc1 was released on July 19th, 2018. Python 3.5 has now entered "security fixes only" mode, and as such the only changes since Python 3.5.4 are security fixes. Also, Python …

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  • Release – Python 3.5.6

    Version: None

    Released: Aug. 2, 2018

    Python 3.5.6 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.6 was released on August 2nd, 2018. Python 3.5 has now entered "security fixes only" mode, and as such the only changes since Python 3.5.4 are security fixes. Also, Python …

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