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  • Sunsetting Python 2

    ...Python 2 so we can help Python users by improving Python faster. We released Python 2.0 in 2000. We realized a few years later that we needed to make big changes to improve Python. So in 2006, we started Python 3.0. Many people did not upgrade, and we did not want to hurt them. So, for many years, we have kept improving and publishing both Python 2 and Python 3. But this makes it hard to improve Python. There are improvements Python 2 can't handle. And we have less time to work on making Python ...

  • FSF response to the Python 2.1 license

    ...Python 2.1 license FSF response to the Python 2.1 license Today, I received the following email from Eben Moglen, the Free Software Foundation's attorney. (See also a postscript.) Subject: Re: Python 1.6.1 and GPL compatibility From: Eben Moglen <moglen@columbia.edu> To: Guido van Rossum <guido@digicool.com> Cc: "Bradley M. Kuhn" <bkuhn@gnu.org>, rms@gnu.org Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 07:44:11 -0400 (EDT) On Wednesday, 18 April 2001, Guido van Rossum wrote: Please ge...

  • Job - Open-Source Developer (Data Science Libraries)

    Location: London or New York USA or UK

    Telecommuting: Yes

    My Client is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for a team that builds internal tools to empower their developers, ensuring they have everything needed to succeed. Their code is critical to their business and as they are moving towards a more open source way of working as opposed to building …

  • Python Software Foundation: Press Release 3-Oct-2003

    Python Software Foundation: Press Release 3-Oct-2003 October 3, 2003 Press Release SOURCE: Python Software Foundation PYTHON SOFTWARE FOUNDATION (PSF) ANNOUNCES PYTHON VERSION 2.3.2 Second maintenance release for the latest Python FREDERICKSBURG, Va., October 3, 2003 -- The Python Software Foundation (PSF) announces the release of version 2.3.2 of the Python programming language. This minor release fixes several build and packaging problems found in version 2.3.1, which introduced ...

  • Catalog Requirements

    ...Python code, but that's a bad idea; security is hard, and few people will bother to generate keys that are only useful only for distributing Python modules. Related requirement: the Distutils sdist and bdist_* commands should have a --sign switch to sign the generated .tgz, .rpm, or whatever file. Requirements from #4 None Requirements from #5 Not covered by this page. This includes checking for updated versions, tracking dependencies between Python packages, and between...

  • Python 2.0

    ...code objects; it returns a pointer to the default encoded string data instead of to the raw UTF-16. Py_BuildValue accepts B format (for bgen-generated code). Internals On Unix, fix code for finding Python installation directory so that it works when argv[0] is a relative path. Added a true tnicode_internal_encode() function and fixed the unicode_internal_decode function() to support Unicode objects directly rather than by generating a copy of the object. ...

  • Python 1.6.1

    ...python.net/crew/amk/python/writing/new-python/. There are lots of new modules and lots of bugs have been fixed. A list of all new modules is included below. Probably the most pervasive change is the addition of Unicode support. We've added a new fundamental datatype, the Unicode string, a new build-in function unicode(), an numerous C APIs to deal with Unicode and encodings. See the file Misc/unicode.txt for details, or http://starship.python.net/crew/lemburg/unicode-proposal.txt. Two other bi...

  • Release – Python 3.9.0b2

    Version: None

    Released: June 9, 2020

    WARNING: this release has a known regression See BPO-40924 for details. Use Python 3.9.0b3 or newer instead, please. This is a beta preview of Python 3.9 Python 3.9 is still in development. This release, 3.9.0b2, is the second of four planned beta release previews. Beta release previews are intended to …

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  • [PYTHON MATRIX-SIG] FAQ

    ...Python at: http://starship.python.net/~da/Python/Numeric/ There's a paper soon to be published in Computers and Physics writtenby Dubois, Hinsen and Hugunin at: ftp://ftp-icf.llnl.gov/pub/basis/numerical_python.ps There's my talk from the 3rd python workshop at: http://www.python.org/workshops/1995-12/papers/hugunin.html 4) What modules are available that use Numerical python? (Note: I know that this needs pointers, I just don't have the time toput them together today) Tom...

  • Python Humor

    Python Humor Here is a spurious collection of semi to totally unserious stuff, mostly postings found wafting gently in the comp.lang.python newsgroup (a.k.a. the python-list mailing list). See also Andrew Kuchling's collection of Python quotations, containing in a condensed form some sterling examples of the wit and wisdom encountered in the Python world. Contents The Zen of Python Fundamental... Cute Wabbit Shooting Yourself in the Foot Legal Issues Python vs Tcl vs Perl5 Python Object Orie...

  • Release – Python 3.14.0a6

    Version: None

    Released: March 14, 2025

    Here comes the penultimate alpha. This is an early developer preview of Python 3.14 Major new features of the 3.14 series, compared to 3.13 Python 3.14 is still in development. This release, 3.14.0a6, is the sixth of seven planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to …

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  • Release – Python 3.10.3

    Version: None

    Released: March 16, 2022

    This is the third maintenance release of Python 3.10 Python 3.10.3 is the newest major release of the Python programming language, and it contains many new features and optimizations. Major new features of the 3.10 series, compared to 3.9 Among the new major new features and changes so far: PEP …

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  • What's New In Python 3.0

    ...python interpreter, some environment variables would grow without limit. Issue #3643: Added a few more checks to _testcapi to prevent segfaults by exploitation of poor argument checking. bsddb code updated to version 4.7.3pre2. This code is the same than Python 2.6 one, since the intention is to keep an unified 2.x/3.x codebase. The Python code is automatically translated using "2to3". Please, do not update this code in Python 3.0 by hand. Update the 2.6 one and then do "2to3"...

  • 2008-01-14 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...Code. See Google Summer of Code Report, below. Status: done. Originally from November 2007, Section 5, New Sponsor Application: S. Deibel will ask the prospective sponsor member for further information. See HitFlip Sponsor Application, below. Status: done. Originally from November 2007, Section 7, PSF Article for The Python Papers: S. Deibel will post his PSF article on python.org, but well after it is published in The Python Papers. The article had been published, but it's too early to post i...

  • Release – Python 3.9.12

    Version: None

    Released: March 23, 2022

    This is the twelfth maintenance release of Python 3.9 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.9.12, a bugfix release for the legacy 3.9 series. Python 3.11 is now the latest feature release series of Python 3. Get the latest release of 3.11.x here. This is a special …

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  • 2007-10-08 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...Python to highlight it on their business card -- as far as the perception among companiest that there are or aren't enough Python programmers out there. Holden: Personally I think we should instead have an approved "I use Python" motif, which incorporates the logo in an approved design. Cannon: I basically don't want the guy to look like he represents the PSF or himself as a developer of Python instead of a developer in Python. I am fine with it, but I don't mind giving his pr...

  • Release – Python 3.9.7

    Version: None

    Released: Aug. 30, 2021

    This is the seventh maintenance release of Python 3.9 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.9.7, a bugfix release for the legacy 3.9 series. Python 3.11 is now the latest feature release series of Python 3. Get the latest release of 3.11.x here. There's been 187 commits …

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  • python.org email policy

    python.org email policy Use of @python.org email addresses represents the Python Software Foundation. The PSF maintains an email policy to help users understand the expectations for usage of their @python.org address. @python.org emails can be assigned to the following: Python Software Foundation staff Python Software Foundation board members and officers Python core developers Python community mailing lists and fiscal sponsorees Significant contributors to Python infrastructure a...

  • Release – Python 3.10.4

    Version: None

    Released: March 24, 2022

    This is the fourth maintenance release of Python 3.10 Python 3.10.4 is the newest major release of the Python programming language, and it contains many new features and optimizations. This is a special release that fixes a regression introduced by BPO 46968 which caused Python to no longer build on …

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  • Release – Python 3.10.0a5

    Version: None

    Released: Feb. 2, 2021

    This is an early developer preview of Python 3.10 Major new features of the 3.10 series, compared to 3.9 Python 3.10 is still in development. This release, 3.10.0a5 is the fifth of seven planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the current state of …

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