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  • 2007 PSF Members' Meeting Minutes

    2007 PSF Members' Meeting Minutes The Python Software Foundation Minutes of the 2007 Members' Meeting February 23, 2007 The Python Software Foundation (the "PSF") held its annual members' meeting on February 23, 2007 at 19:00 CST (01:00 UTC) in the Marriott Quorum Hotel in Dallas/Addison, Texas, USA (PyCon TX 2007). The agenda is available here. Stephan Deibel presided over the meeting. David Goodger prepared these minutes. Contents 1   Attendance 2 &...

  • What's new in Python 2.3

    What's new in Python 2.3 What's new in Python 2.3 Here are the (subjective) highlights of what's new in Python 2.3. Faster According to a couple of simple benchmark, Python 2.3 is about 20-30% faster than Python 2.2.3. Some of this speed-up was obtained by removing the SET_LINENO opcodes, which means that the difference is less impressive when comparing "python -O"; the rest was various careful tune-ups. New Tools A brand new version of IDLE (from the IDLEfork project at S...

  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting, December 13, 2005

    Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting, December 13, 2005 The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors December 13, 2005 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat beginning at 18:04 UTC, 13 December 2005. Stephan Deibel presided at the meeting. 1   Attendance The following members of the Board of Directors were present at the ...

  • 2011-04-18 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    2011-04-18 PSF Board Meeting Minutes The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors April 18, 2011 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat beginning at 16:00 UTC, 18 April 2011. 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 &qu...

  • PSF Board Resolutions

    PSF Board Resolutions The Python Software Foundation Resolutions of the Board of Directors Vote counts are of the form "4-2-1" (4 in favor — 2 opposed — 1 abstention) RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation approve the minutes at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/psf-important@python.org/thread/WURXJ7SFDWVQHNOTGDH2RYPUF3TRSV4D/ as representing a true and accurate record of the November 12, 2025 meeting. Approved; 7-0-1, 2025-12-10 RESOLVED, that the Python Software...

  • What's New In Python 3.0

    What's New In Python 3.0 (editors: check NEWS.help for information about editing NEWS using ReST.) What's New in Python 3.0 final Release date: 03-Dec-2008 Core and Builtins Issue #3996: On Windows, the PyOS_CheckStack function would cause the interpreter to abort ("Fatal Python error: Could not reset the stack!") instead of throwing a MemoryError. Issue #3689: The list reversed iterator now supports __length_hint__ instead of __len__. Behavior now matches other reversed ite...

  • Python Software Foundation Board Meeting Minutes 2006-03-13

    Python Software Foundation Board Meeting Minutes 2006-03-13 The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors March 13, 2006 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat beginning at 18:00 UTC, 13 March 2006. Stephan Deibel presided at the meeting. 1   Attendance The following members of the Board of Directors were present at the meeting: Stephan Deibel, David ...

  • 2007-06-11 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    2007-06-11 PSF Board Meeting Minutes The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors June 11, 2007 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat beginning at 17:07 UTC, 11 June 2007. Stephan Deibel presided at the meeting. David Goodger prepared these minutes. Contents 1   Attendance 2   Minutes of Past Meetings 3   Status of Pa...

  • 2013-08-16 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    2013-08-16 PSF Board Meeting Minutes The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors August 16, 2013 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 August 16 2013. Van Lindberg presided over the meeting. Ewa Jodlowska prepared the minutes. All votes are reported in the form "Y-N-A" (in favor-Y‚...

  • 2009-05-11 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    2009-05-11 PSF Board Meeting Minutes The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors May 11, 2009 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat beginning at 16:01 UTC, 11 May 2009. Steve Holden presided at the meeting. Pat Campbell and David Goodger prepared these minutes. All votes are reported in the form "Y-N-A" (in favor – opposed – abstentions; e.g. "5-1-...

  • 2013-12-06 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    2013-12-06 PSF Board Meeting Minutes The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors December 06, 2013 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 CET/ 12:00 EST, on December 06, 2013. 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 3.11.0a1

    Version: None

    Released: Oct. 5, 2021

    This is an early developer preview of Python 3.11 Major new features of the 3.11 series, compared to 3.10 Python 3.11 is still in development. This release, 3.11.0a1 is the first of seven planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the …

  • Release – Python 3.11.0a4

    Version: None

    Released: Jan. 14, 2022

    This is an early developer preview of Python 3.11 Major new features of the 3.11 series, compared to 3.10 Python 3.11 is still in development. This release, 3.11.0a4 is the fourth of seven planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the …

  • Release – Python 3.8.19

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    Released: March 19, 2024

    This is a security release of Python 3.8 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.8.19, a security bugfix release for the legacy 3.8 series. Python 3.12 is now the latest feature release series of Python 3. Get the latest release of 3.12.x here. Security content …

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  • Release – Python 3.9.19

    Version: None

    Released: March 19, 2024

    This is a security release of Python 3.9 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.9.19, a security bugfix release for the legacy 3.9 series. Python 3.12 is now the latest feature release series of Python 3. Get the latest release of 3.12.x here. Security content …

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  • Release – Python 3.9.25

    Version: None

    Released: Oct. 31, 2025

    This is a security release of Python 3.9 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.9.25, a security bugfix release for the legacy 3.9 series. Python 3.14 is now the latest feature release series of Python 3. Get the latest release of 3.14.x here. Security content …

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  • Python 2.1

    Python 2.1 Python 2.1 - final release Note: This is no longer the most current Python release. See Python 2.1.3 for a patch release and the download page for more recent releases. The final version Python 2.1was released on April 17, 2001. See our (gulp :-) press release. What's New? What's New in Python 2.1 by Andrew Kuchling describes the most visible changes since Python 2.0. Full release notes with detailed lists of what was new in each alpha, beta or candidate ...

  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (January 14, 2003)

    Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (January 14, 2003) The Python Software Foundation Minutes of Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors January 14, 2003. A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation (the "PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat at 13:08 EST. Guido van Rossum, president of the Foundation and chairman of the Board, presided at the meeting. 1. Attendance The following members of the Board of Directors were present...

  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (March 25, 2005)

    Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (March 25, 2005) The Python Software Foundation Minutes of Special Meeting of the Board of Directors March 25, 2005 A special meeting of the Python Software Foundation (the "PSF") Board of Directors was held at George Washington University on March 25 at noon. Stephan Deibel presided. Jeremy Hylton recorded the minutes. 1. Attendance A quorum was present. All board members and treasurer Neal Norwitz attended the meeti...

  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (May 10, 2005)

    Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (May 10, 2005) The Python Software Foundation Minutes of Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors May 10, 2005 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation (the "PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat at 17:00 GMT. Stephan Deibel presided at the meeting. 1. Attendance The following members of the Board of Directors were present at the meeting: David Ascher, Stephan Deibel, Tim Peters, Andrew K...

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