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  • Release – Python 3.2.2

    Version: None

    Released: Sept. 3, 2011

    Note: A newer security-fix release, 3.2.6, is currently available. Its use is recommended. Python 3.2.2 was released on September 4th, 2011. It mainly fixes a regression in the urllib.request module that prevented opening many HTTP resources correctly with Python 3.2.1. Python 3.2 is a continuation of the efforts to …

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  • Release – Python 2.4.4

    Version: None

    Released: Oct. 18, 2006

    Python 2.4 is now in bugfix-only mode; no new features are being added. At least 80 bugs have been squished since Python 2.4.3, including a number of bugs and potential bugs found by with the Coverity and …

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  • Python Success Stories

    ...open to other technologies, Python continues to enable them to quickly provide solutions in the demanding domain of semiconductor manufacturing. About the Author Michael Muller is a software consultant who has been designing and programming network software systems for over 12 years. In addition to Python, he has extensive experience in C/C++, Perl, bash, Rexx, and Java. He has worked for UPS, MCI, Verizon (when they were Nynex), IBM, and Philips. Michael is one of the founding members of Endu...

  • Python 2.4.4 Release

    ...open source projects - see their websites if you're interested. See the detailed release notes for more details. Python 2.5 is the latest release of Python. This release of the older 2.4 code is to provide bug fixes for people who are still using Python 2.4. This is the last planned release in the Python 2.4 series - future maintenance releases of Python will be in the 2.5 series, starting of course with 2.5.1. This is a final release, and is suitable for production use. There was one change sin...

  • Python 2.5 Release

    ...open the .dmg file to install. All others should download either python-2.5.tgz or python-2.5.tar.bz2, the source archive. The tar.bz2 is considerably smaller, so get that one if your system has the appropriate tools to deal with it. Unpack it with tar -zxvf Python-2.5.tgz (or bzcat Python-2.5.tar.bz2 | tar -xf -). Change to the Python-2.5 directory and run the "./configure", "make", "make install" commands to compile and install Python. Since this is a new versi...

  • Python 3.2.2 Release

    ...opening many HTTP resources correctly with Python 3.2.1. Python 3.2 is a continuation of the efforts to improve and stabilize the Python 3.x line. Since the final release of Python 2.7, the 2.x line will only receive bugfixes, and new features are developed for 3.x only. Since PEP 3003, the Moratorium on Language Changes, is in effect, there are no changes in Python's syntax and only few changes to built-in types in Python 3.2. Development efforts concentrated on the standard library and suppo...

  • 2010 PSF Members' Meeting Minutes (informal)

    ...open slots on the board versus the number of new board candidates for 2010. 6   Guido van Rossum's Proposal "My proposal would be to actively work to having a paid contractor do all the webmaster, sysadmin, postmaster work -- instead of relying on volunteers and also pay for webhosting so that we don't have to worry about, for example, if the hard-drive failed, who is going to donate a new one and how fast can they FedEx it. And, maybe the switch to mercurial is also an opp...

  • Donation Drive

    ...Open Source Program to improve the sustainability of PyPI. The Community Service Awards for 2017 were given to 6 individuals who have contributed to the scientific Python community, iPython, JuPyter, pandas, twisted, and Python 3, in addition to those who organized and chaired Python events. The 2017 Distinguished Service Award (the Foundation's highest award) was given to Tim Peters. The CSA is given for actions which carry significant impact that shapes the Python world, whether throug...

  • PyCon Registration Form

    ...Open Source Project </td><td> <xxx-input name=PyCon_AFTERNOON type=radio value=PM6> FULL: Testing Tools in Python </td></tr> <tr><td> <input name=PyCon_MORNING type=radio value=AM7> Zope Component Architecture and zc.buildout </td><td> <xxx-input name=PyCon_AFTERNOON type=radio value=PM7> CANCELLED: Internet Programming with Python </td></tr> <tr><td> <input name=PyCon_MORNING type=radio value=NONE check...

  • PyCon Registration Form

    ...Open Source Project </td><td> <xxx-input name=PyCon_AFTERNOON type=radio value=PM6> FULL: Testing Tools in Python </td></tr> <tr><td> <input name=PyCon_MORNING type=radio value=AM7> Zope Component Architecture and zc.buildout </td><td> <xxx-input name=PyCon_AFTERNOON type=radio value=PM7> CANCELLED: Internet Programming with Python </td></tr> <tr><td> <input name=PyCon_MORNING type=radio value=NONE check...

  • 2008-05-12 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...Open Source community for help running all of our development on inexpensive Dell laptops with RedHat Linux, Apache, MySql, PHP and Python software. Challenged to produce a system quickly and at a low cost we turned to Python to develop and test features and functionality for our website. Our programming team was already familiar with it and explained that Python had a reputation for being powerful while getting the job done quickly. They suggested we develop our first models using Python and ...

  • 2012-01-16 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...Open Source Labs. Approved, 8-0-0. 11   PSF Donation to OSU/OSL RESOLVED, that the PSF make a donation to the Oregon State University Foundation for the Oregon State University Open Source Labs in the amount of $3000. Approved, 7-1-0 12   Other Business 12.1   T-Shirts Funded to 5th Graders M.A. Lemburg agreed to coordinate the funding of t-shirts in the amount of $250 to David Coopersmith's 5th grade class at North Ridge Elementary in Moreno Va...

  • PSF Community Service Awards

    ...Open Source contributions of all forms. Q2 2025 Community Service Award was given to Sarah Kuchinsky for contributions to the international Python community through continued leadership of the PyCon US tutorials, and in regional PyCon organizing. April 2025 Q1 2025 Community Service Award was given to Jay Miller for his service to the global Python community in improving the community’s diversity, inclusion, and equity through founding and sustaining Black Python Devs. Q1 2025 Community Serv...

  • Mailing Lists

    ...open (not moderated) newsgroup for general discussions and questions about Python. You can also access it as a mailing list through python-list. Pretty much anything Python-related is fair game for discussion, and the group is even fairly tolerant of off-topic digressions; there have been entertaining discussions of topics such as floating point, good software design, and other programming languages such as Lisp and Forth. Most discussion on comp.lang.python is about developing with Python, not...

  • 2008-06-16 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...open to proposals. S. Deibel reported that the earmarking idea that came up on PSF-members was due to one person asking about tax deductibility. "Catherine said not to worry about it." K. Kaiser noted that we don't want to have restricted funds without an excellent reason. "It really complicates the accounting and the IRS 990." 8   SciPy Support S. Deibel noted that we have a concrete proposal for the SciPy conference, requesting $10K to sponsor 10 students ...

  • 2009-01-12 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...open January 21 (I need to discuss with KBK later). Hotel reservations can be made now, via links on the site. We're getting the new server set up. A/V recording: There is currently a debate between volunteer-based and professional recording. Based on our track record (not good with last year's volunteer-based), I lean toward professional, but it will cost. $25K is budgeted (which would be enough for volunteer or semi-pro, i.e. paying amateurs), but full professional recording will run $40K ...

  • Notes

    ...Open Source Initiative's entry for the Python Software Foundation License: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/PythonSoftFoundation.php says "Python 2.1.1" all over it, wondering whether it applies only to Python 2.1.1. The official name of the new license is the Python Software Foundation License Version 2. Core and builtins Bug #1055820 Cyclic garbage collection was not protecting against that calling a live weakref to a piece of cyclic trash could resurrect an insane mutation of...

  • Python Success Stories

    ...Open Standards Email Enovad Used Python to Deliver its Armadillo Commercial Anti-Spam Software Python On Guard Why Python? Embedded Systems Carmanah Lights the Way with Python D-Link Australia Uses Python to Control Firmware Updates Python as Technology Enabler for TTTech's Development Software Python On Guard Functional Testing Carmanah Lights the Way with Python Game Development A Custom Image Viewing Game for an Autistic Child Groupware Botonomy Uses Python to Create Proje...

  • Release – Python 3.14.0b2

    Version: None

    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 …

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  • Python Success Stories

    ...OpenSSL. We wrote our own python wrapper, called it PyOpenSSL and released it under the GNU Lesser General Public License. We also use an asynchronous architecture based on Twisted to achieve high scalability and responsiveness. Brett Cannon's `strptime()` module, scheduled for inclusion in the language for Python 2.3, made BSD style date-handling work portably across architectures. Existing applications based on CAPS, developed in-house, include a help-desk case-handling system and a bug-tracki...

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