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  • Release – Python 2.7.5

    Version: None

    Released: May 12, 2013

    Note: A newer bugfix release, 2.7.6, is currently available. Its use is recommended over previous versions of 2.7. Python 2.7.5 was released on May 15, 2013. This is a 2.7 series bugfix release. It contains several regression fixes to 2.7.4. Modules with regressions fixed include zipfile, gzip, …

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  • Release – Python 2.7.7rc1

    Version: None

    Released: May 17, 2014

    Note: Python 2.7.7 has been superseded by Python 2.7.8 Python 2.7.7 was released on May 31, 2014. This is a regularly scheduled 2.7 series bugfix and includes numerous bugfixes over 2.7.6. Download This is a production release. Please report any bugs you encounter. We currently support these formats for download: …

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  • Release – Python 2.7.7

    Version: None

    Released: June 1, 2014

    Note: Python 2.7.7 has been superseded by Python 2.7.8 Python 2.7.7 was released on May 31, 2014. This is a regularly scheduled 2.7 series bugfix and includes numerous bugfixes over 2.7.6. Download This is a production release. Please report any bugs you encounter. We currently support these formats for download: …

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  • Release – Python 3.14.1

    Version: None

    Released: Dec. 2, 2025

    This is the first maintenance release of Python 3.14 Python 3.14.1 is the first maintenance release of 3.14, containing around 558 bugfixes, build improvements and documentation changes since 3.14.0. Major new features of the 3.14 series, compared to 3.13 Some of the major new features and changes in Python 3.14 …

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  • Glue It All Together With Python

    Glue It All Together With Python Glue It All Together With Python Guido van Rossum CNRI 1895 Preston White Drive Reston, VA 20191 Email: guido@cnri.reston.va.us, guido@python.org Position paper for the OMG-DARPA-MCC Workshop on Compositional Software Architecture in Monterey, California, January 6-8, 1998. Introduction Python is an advanced scripting language that is being used successfully to glue together large software components. It spans multiple platforms, mid...

  • Python 2.7.5 Release

    Python 2.7.5 Release Python 2.7.5 Note: A newer bugfix release, 2.7.6, is currently available. Its use is recommended over previous versions of 2.7. Python 2.7.5 was released on May 15, 2013. This is a 2.7 series bugfix release. It contains several regression fixes to 2.7.4. Modules with regressions fixed include zipfile, gzip, and logging. The Python 2.7.4 binaries and source tarballs included a data file for testing purposes that triggered some virus scanners. This issue is resolved in the...

  • Python 2.7.7 Release

    Python 2.7.7 Release Note: Python 2.7.7 has been superseded by Python 2.7.8 Python 2.7.7 was released on May 31, 2014. This is a regularly scheduled 2.7 series bugfix and includes numerous bugfixes over 2.7.6. Download This is a production release. Please report any bugs you encounter. We currently support these formats for download: Windows x86 MSI Installer (2.7.7) Windows x86 MSI program database (2.7.7) Windows X86-64 MSI Installer (2.7.7) [1] Windows X86-64 MSI program database (2.7.7)...

  • Parade of the PEPs

    ...numbers, there are plenty of implementations in pure Python available (including Demo/classes/Rat.py). PEP 240 - Adding a Rational Literal to Python - Zadka Given my comments on 239, I propose to reject this. PEP 242 - Numeric Kinds - Dubois Nobody except the author seems to be interested in pursueing this. Personally, I think the idea is not particularly Pythonic -- the trend is towards fewer numeric types, nor more (see PEP 237). I believe the author has said that it woul...

  • 2009-09-14 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...numbers in square brackets (like "[0]") refer to the action item ID on the wiki. 4.1   Carried Forward The following are action items carried forward from the 13 July 2009 meeting, as highlighted in the minutes (Section 4, Status of Past Action Items). Numbers in [brackets] represent the item ID in the PSF private wiki. [11] Originally from June 2006, Section 6, PSF Records: The Board agreed to assemble the existing records in one place, have them scanned, and enter t...

  • 2010-02-08 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...numbers in square brackets (like "[0]") refer to the action item ID on the wiki. 4.1   Carried Forward The following are action items carried forward from the 14 December & 21 December 2009 meeting, as highlighted in the minutes (Section 4, Status of Past Action Items). Numbers in [brackets] represent the item ID in the PSF private wiki. [11] Originally from June 2006, Section 6, PSF Records: The Board agreed to assemble the existing records in one place, have the...

  • Notes

    ...numbers Patch #909007: Enable a bunch of safe bug workarounds in OpenSSL, for the sake of compatibility with various broken SSL implementations. Patch #945642: Fix non-blocking SSL sockets, which blocked on reads/writes. Bug #1083110: zlib.decompress.flush() would segfault if called immediately after creating the object, without any intervening .decompress() calls. Library copy.py fixed to first lookup __copy__ from the instance being copied, rather than only looking at the type - this was b...

  • Linux RPMs for Python 2.3.2

    Linux RPMs for Python 2.3.2 <h1>Linux RPMs for Python 2.3.2</h1> <p>Except where noted, these RPMs are made available by Sean Reifschneider (<a href="mailto:jafo-rpms@tummy.com">jafo-rpms@tummy.com</a>). <h3>Having Problems?</h3> If you are having problems, please see the <a href="#FAQ">RPM Frequently Asked Questions</a> section at the end of this document for possible solutions. <h3>RPMs For Other Platform...

  • What's new in Python 2.3

    ...numbers. "sum(seq, start)" is faster and easier to understand than "reduce(operator.add, seq, start)". (New in 2.3b1.) enumerate() - an iterator taking a sequence returning tuples of (index, item). This solves the old "for i in range(len(seq))" problem more elegantly. (PEP 279) basestring - an abstract string type which is the base class for str (8-bit strings) and unicode. Primarily used to simplify tests for string-ness to isinstance(x, basestring). bool, True...

  • Release – Python 2.7.3

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    Released: April 9, 2012

    Note: A newer bugfix release, 2.7.4, is currently available. Its use is recommended over previous versions of 2.7. Python 2.7.3 was released on April 9, 2012. 2.7.3 includes fixes for several reported security issues in 2.7.2: issue 13703 (oCERT-2011-003, hash collision denial of service), issue 14234 (CVE-2012-0876, hash table …

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  • Release – Python 2.4.1

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    Released: March 30, 2005

    We are pleased to announce the release of Python 2.4.1 (final) on March 30, 2005. 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 …

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  • Release – Python 2.4.2

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    Released: Sept. 27, 2005

    We are pleased to announce the release of Python 2.4.2 (final), a bugfix release, on September 28, 2005. 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 …

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  • Release – Python 2.7.8

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    Released: July 2, 2014

    Python 2.7.8 was released on July 1, 2014. This release includes regression and security fixes over 2.7.7 including: The openssl version bundled in the Windows installer has been updated. A regression in the mimetypes module on Windows has been fixed. A possible overflow in the buffer type has been fixed. …

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  • Release – Python 3.14.0

    Version: None

    Released: Oct. 7, 2025

    This is the stable release of Python 3.14.0 Python 3.14.0 is the newest major release of the Python programming language, and it contains many new features and optimisations compared to Python 3.13. Major new features of the 3.14 series, compared to 3.13 Some of the major new features and changes …

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  • Python Success Stories

    Python Success Stories Introduction Development InfoStructure (devIS) is a small consulting firm in Arlington, Virginia that is well known for its work in the eGovernment sector. This includes development of small, medium, and large-scale systems. devIS EZ Reusable Objects (EZRO) is a content management system which can be used for many different kinds of websites, including traditional information presentation sites such as http://www.devis.com/, portals like http://www.milspouse.org/, train...

  • Python 2.4.1

    Python 2.4.1 Python 2.4.1 Python 2.4.1 has been replaced by a newer bugfix release. Please see the releases page to select a more recent release. We are pleased to announce the release of Python 2.4.1 (final) on March 30, 2005. 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 Note: there's a security fix for SimpleXMLR...

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