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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 Klocwork static analysis tools. We'd like to offer our thanks to both …

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  • Python 3.4.0 Release Candidate 1 Release

    Python 3.4.0 Release Candidate 1 Release Python 3.4.0 release candidate 1 Note: Python 3.4.0rc1 has been superseded by Python 3.4.9. Python 3.4.0 release candidate 1 was released on February 10th, 2014. This is a preview release of the next major release of Python, Python 3.4, and is not suitable for production environments. Major new features of the 3.4 series, compared to 3.3 Python 3.4 includes a range of improvements of the 3.x series, including hundreds of small improvements and bug fix...

  • Python 3.4.0 Release Candidate 2 Release

    Python 3.4.0 Release Candidate 2 Release Python 3.4.0 release candidate 2 Note: Python 3.4.0rc2 has been superseded by Python 3.4.9. Python 3.4.0 release candidate 2 was released on February 23th, 2014. This is a preview release of the next major release of Python, Python 3.4, and is not suitable for production environments. Major new features of the 3.4 series, compared to 3.3 Python 3.4 includes a range of improvements of the 3.x series, including hundreds of small improvements and bug fix...

  • Python 2.4.3 Release

    Python 2.4.3 Release Python 2.4.3 Python 2.4.3 has been replaced by a newer bugfix release of Python. Please see the releases page to select a more recent release. Important: This release is vulnerable to the problem described in security advisory PSF-2006-001 "Buffer overrun in repr() of unicode strings in wide unicode builds (UCS-4)". This fix is included in Python 2.4.4 We are pleased to announce the release of Python 2.4.3 (final), a bugfix release of Python 2.4, on March 29,...

  • Python Success Stories

    ...Python turned out to be more qualified for the job than initially expected i.e. Python turned out to be a true problem solver. At present most of the original Python code is still untouched or replaced by new Python code. The Python Successes Speed of development For us, development in Python has been proven to be much more efficient. Our developers generally finish Python based projects much quicker than comparable projects in other languages like C, C++, C# or Java. Apart from the latter, P...

  • Python Success Stories

    ...Python and Zope, a web application server written in Python, were chosen for the work. devIS had been using Zope since 1999 and already had a large staff of developers that were skilled in the ways of Zope, including the owner and developer of ZopeLabs. At this time devIS was still developing its web applications using Zope's management interface, DTML (dynamic template markup language) tags, and short Python scripts to create dynamic sites. But Zope's management interface was not a good environ...

  • Python Success Stories

    ...Python's interpreted nature was also a benefit: Code ideas can easily be tested in the Python interactive shell, and lack of a compilation phase makes for a shorter edit/test cycle. All of these factors combine to make Python a terrific alternative to C++ and Java as a general purpose programming language. ForecastWatch.com was made possible because of the ease of programming complex tasks in Python, and the rapid development that Python allows. About the Author Eric Floehr specializes in larg...

  • Release – Python 3.14.0rc1

    Version: None

    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 …

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  • PSF Sponsorship Prospectus

    ...Python. In 2019, the CPython sprint received $25,000 in support from the PSF and in 2020, $6,000 USD for an online sprint. The PSF is also financially supporting CPython through a complete migration to GitHub and, in 2019, allocated $19,000 USD to assist CPython with Python 2 sunset communications. The PSF hosts the annual Python Language Summit at PyCon US. The Summit is a small gathering of Python language implementers (both core developers of CPython and alternative Pythons), third-pa...

  • Notes

    ...Python 2.1.1 (final) ? The following bugs were fixed: [ #441664 ] Python crash on del of a slice of a mmap [ #438050 ] configure doesn't look for poll.h in sys [ #437487 ] 2.1 build on Solaris fails if CC is set [ #441527 ] unixccompiler preprocessor broken What's New in Python 2.1.1c1 ? Python 2.1.1 comes with the new, GPL-compatible PSF licence. Several insecurities in dict comparison as well as a scoping bug, that could lead to the Python interpreter crashing were fixed. Python should ...

  • Job - Senior Python Engineer

    Location: Toronto, ON Canada

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  • Donation Drive

    ...python.org website and the Python Package Index (PyPI) that hosts thousands of third-party modules for Python. The PSF was just awarded $170,000 grant from Mozilla 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 Awar...

  • Computer Programming for Everybody

    ...Python Conference, San Jose, Ca., Oct. 1997, pp. 11-20. [Hugunin2] Jim Hugunin. JPython Update. Invited talk, 7th International Python Conference. Houston, Tex., Nov. 1998. PowerPoint slides: http://www.jpython.org/jpython-talk-1.ppt [Jackson] Daniel Jackson and Allison Waingold. Lightweight Extraction of Object Models from Bytecode. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Engineering, Los Angeles, Ca., May 1999. [JPython] http://www.jpython.org/ [Know...

  • Mailing lists

    ...python.org archive of python-list comp.lang.python in non-English There are some non-English language versions of this newsgroup. The links provided here are to the Google Groups archive for each: de.comp.lang.python (German), it.comp.lang.python (Italian), pl.comp.lang.python (Polish), fr.comp.lang.python (French), and cz.comp.lang.python (Czech). comp.lang.python.announce newgroup and python-announce mailing list comp.lang.python.announce is a low-volume moderated forum for Python-related...

  • Release – Python 3.14.0b4

    Version: None

    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 …

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  • Release – Python 3.14.0rc2

    Version: None

    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 …

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  • Release – Python 3.14.0rc3

    Version: None

    Released: Sept. 18, 2025

    It's 🪄 finally 🪄 the final 3.14 release candidate! Note: It's another magic release. We fixed another bug that required bumping the magic number stored in Python bytecode (.pyc) files. This means file .pyc files created for rc2 cannot be used for rc3, and they'll be recompiled. …

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  • Release – Python 3.14.0b1

    Version: None

    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 …

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  • Frank Willison Memorial Award

    ...Pythonistas and the Python language in so many ways. Jessica McKellar (2015) Jessica McKellar has served in many distinguished roles within the Python community: Director, Python Software Foundation; PyCon Diversity Outreach Chair; core organizer of Boston Python, one of Python’s largest user groups; frequent keynote speaker and tutorial presenter; board member of OpenHatch; Boston Python Workshop organizer and evangelist; PSF Fellow; mentor for Outreachy program; core contributor to OpenHatch...

  • 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 …

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