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  • 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    Python 3.4.0 Release Candidate 2 Release Python 3.4.0 release candidate 2 Note: Python 3.4.0rc2 has been superseded by Python 3.4.9.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...

  • Donation Drive

    Donation Drive ThePSF, Python Software Foundation, Python, PSF Support the PSF to further the development and adoption of Python .crm-contribute-widget { font-size:12px; font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans; padding:6px; -moz-border-radius: 4px; -webkit-border-radius: 4px; -khtml-border-radius: 4px; border-radius: 4px; border:1px solid #96C0E7; width:200px; } .crm-contribute-...

  • PSF Sponsorship Prospectus

    PSF Sponsorship Prospectus sponsorship sponsor prospectus PSF Sponsorship Program Your contributions matter and they make an IMPACT. Below are some of the ways the PSF uses its funding to support the Python community: Python Community Infrastructure The PSF supports the Python Package Index (PyPI), mail.python.org, wiki.python.org, and us.pycon.org. In addition to the costs of the community web services we provide, we need staff to expand our services programs and keep them running 24/...

  • 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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  • 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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  • Mailing lists

    Mailing lists Python mailing lists and newsgroups Here's an overview of the mail and news resources for python. For a complete listing of python.org's public mailing lists you can view them on Mailman 3. To request a new list, send e-mail to postmaster @ python.org; please check first to make sure a similar list does not already exist. Mailing lists for users speaking languages other than English are listed in the non-English python resources guide, which includes mailing lists, translate...

  • 2012-11-21 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    2012-11-21 PSF Board Meeting Minutes The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors November 21, 2012 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors was held over Group Conference Call via phone and Internet Relay Chat beginning at 18:00 CEST/ 12:00 EDT, on November 21 2012. Van Lindberg presided over the meeting. Ewa Jodlowska prepared the minutes. All votes are reported in the form "Y-N-A" (in favo...

  • 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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  • Frank Willison Memorial Award

    ...generators and continuations. You can learn more about Stackless from the project's history page and this IBM developerWorks interview with Christian by David Mertz. Christian also co-founded PyPy, an implementation of Python in Python, with Armin Rigo and Holger Krekel. Christian worked on PyPy full time for a period, using EU funding. Later, he worked on the JIT compiler Psyco with Raymond Hettinger to create Psyco V2. Most recently, he has been employed by CCP Games to work on combining Stack...

  • Release – Python 3.12.0a6

    Version: None

    Released: March 8, 2023

    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, 3.12.0a6 is the sixth of seven planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test …

  • Python Success Stories

    Python Success Stories Introduction This is a story about how Python's elegant design can make the language useful in an unexpected way. Carmanah Technologies Inc. (http://www.carmanah.com/) was conceived in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The founder, David Green, was sailing his boat from Fiji, bound for Victoria, British Columbia. He was running low on battery power for his navigation lights, and had an insight. The eventual result of that mid-ocean idea was the world's first self-conta...

  • Python Software Foundation Members Meeting Minutes 2006-02-24

    Python Software Foundation Members Meeting Minutes 2006-02-24 The Python Software Foundation Minutes of the 2006 Members Meeting February 24, 2006 The members of the Python Software Foundation (the "PSF") held its annual meeting on February 24, 2006 at 17:10 CST (23:10 UTC) in the Marriott Quorum Hotel in Dallas/Addison, Texas, USA (PyCon TX 2006). Stephan Deibel presided over the meeting. David Goodger prepared these minutes. Contents 1   Attendance 2 &nbs...

  • 2010-06-21 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    2010-06-21 PSF Board Meeting Minutes The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors June 21, 2010 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat beginning at 16:03 UTC, 21 June 2010. Steve Holden presided at the meeting. Pat Campbell prepared the minutes. All votes are reported in the form "Y-N-A" (in favor — opposed — abstentions; e.g. "5-1-2" means "...

  • Donation Drive

    Donation Drive ThePSF, Python Software Foundation, Python, PSF Invest in our Foundation and better the Python community! Thanks to everyone who helped us exceed our goal of $20,000.00 USD by May 12th! .crm-contribute-widget { font-size:12px; font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans; padding:6px; -moz-border-radius: 4px; -webkit-border-radius: 4px; -khtml-border-radius: 4px; border-radius: 4px; bor...

  • Python 2.0

    Python 2.0 Python 2.0 Note: This is no longer the most current Python release. See Python 2.0.1 for a patch release and the download page for more recent releases. The final version of Python 2.0 was released on October 16, 2000. Download What's new (overview) What's new (details) Post-release news For critical patches, a Python 2.0 specific FAQ, and other issues that have come up since the release, please go to the new Python 2.0 info area, a set of user-editabl...

  • Release – Python 3.12.0

    Version: None

    Released: Oct. 2, 2023

    This is the stable release of Python 3.12.0 Python 3.12.0 is the newest major release of the Python programming language, and it contains many new features and optimizations. Major new features of the 3.12 series, compared to 3.11 New features More flexible f-string parsing, …

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  • Python 1.6

    ...generator in Python. The function math.rint() is removed. In Python.h, "#define _GNU_SOURCE 1" was added. Version 0.9.1 of Greg Ward's distutils is included (instead of version 0.9). A new version of SRE is included. It is more stable, and more compatible with the old RE module. Non-matching ranges are indicated by -1, not None. (The documentation said None, but the PRE implementation used -1; changing to None would break existing code.) The winreg module has been renamed t...

  • 2010-10-18 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    2010-10-18 PSF Board Meeting Minutes The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors October 18, 2010 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat beginning at 16:00 UTC, 18 October 2010. Steve Holden presided at the meeting. Pat Campbell prepared the minutes. All votes are reported in the form "Y-N-A" (in favor ? opposed ? abstentions; e.g. "5-1-2" mean...

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