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  • Release – Python 3.7.0b2

    Version: None

    Released: Feb. 28, 2018

    This is a beta preview of Python 3.7 Python 3.7 is still in development. This release, 3.7.0b2, is the second of four planned beta release previews. Among the major new features in Python 3.7 are: PEP 538, Coercing the legacy C locale to a UTF-8 …

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  • Release – Python 3.6.5

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    Released: March 28, 2018

    Note: The release you are looking at is Python 3.6.5, a bugfix release for the legacy 3.6 series which has now reached end-of-life and is no longer supported. See the downloads page for currently supported versions of Python. The final source-only security fix release for 3.6 was 3.6.15 and …

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  • Release – Python 3.6.6

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    Released: June 27, 2018

    Note: The release you are looking at is Python 3.6.6, a bugfix release for the legacy 3.6 series which has now reached end-of-life and is no longer supported. See the downloads page for currently supported versions of Python. The final source-only security fix release for 3.6 was 3.6.15 and …

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  • Release – Python 3.6.7

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    Released: Oct. 20, 2018

    Note: The release you are looking at is Python 3.6.7, a bugfix release for the legacy 3.6 series which has now reached end-of-life and is no longer supported. See the downloads page for currently supported versions of Python. The final source-only security fix release for 3.6 was 3.6.15 and …

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  • Release – Python 3.6.8rc1

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    Released: Dec. 11, 2018

    Python 3.6.8rc1 is a release candidate preview of the eighth and last maintenance release of Python 3.6. The Python 3.6 series contains many new features and optimizations. Note Python 3.7 is now released and is the latest feature release of Python 3. Get the latest release of …

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  • Release – Python 3.6.8

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    Released: Dec. 24, 2018

    Note: The release you are looking at is Python 3.6.8, the final bugfix release for the legacy 3.6 series which has now reached end-of-life and is no longer supported. See the downloads page for currently supported versions of Python. The final source-only security fix release for 3.6 was 3.6.15 …

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  • Python Software Foundation: Press Release 29-Jul-2003

    ...package meta data, extended date/time processing, a logging module, and improved support for several operating systems, including Mac OS X. "The combination of the open source Unix-based core of Mac OS X running on PowerBook G4 high-performance portables has attracted a large number of developers using open source scripting languages like Python," said Bud Tribble, Apple's vice president of Software Technology. "Python 2.3 provides greatly improved support for existing Mac OS X users, a...

  • Python Success Stories

    ...package. Zope and Python, unlike Java, also provided the licensing needed for complete freedom in distributing code on LiveCD, in RPM packages, and so forth. In some applications needed in ERP, such as in Point-of-Sales (POS), an autonomous client/server GUI application provides better results than a pure Web-based solution. For these cases, the ERP5 project team selected PyQt, which supports the rapid development of multi-platform client/server applications with native look and feel. Autonomous...

  • Release – Python 3.13.0b2

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    Released: June 5, 2024

    This is a beta preview of Python 3.13 Python 3.13 is still in development. This release, 3.13.0b2, is the second of four beta release previews of 3.13. Beta release previews are intended to give the wider community the opportunity to test new features and bug fixes and to …

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  • Python Success Stories

    ...packaged with the Apache HTTP server and PostgreSQL database. The Timesheet distribution for Windows ships with an optional Microsoft Desktop Engine (MSDE) database and integrates with Microsoft IIS. Timesheet can be configured to use a variety of third-party databases. Results The Timesheet project has succeeded spectacularly, generating millions in revenue and allowing Journyx to grow every year, even under the current economic conditions. Journyx, like many of our customers, uses Timesheet ...

  • Python Success Stories

    ...package. No other language we have used has been this devoid of quirks, even those we have used much less intensively and across fewer language revisions. Conclusion Without Python, we could not have sustained the Wing IDE development effort long enough to produce what is now a successful software product. Python has been more productive, robust, and portable than any other technology we have tried. Through our experiences providing technical support for the IDE, we know that we are not alone ...

  • 2010-11-15 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...package installation tools. The main idea is to make all PyPI static content available via Amazon Cloudfront, a content delivery network maintained by Amazon." MAL hopes to get his project started by December 2010. He would also like to start recruiting for volunteers to help implement the startup facets of the project. 5.6   PyCon US Website D. Napoleone, PyCon US Website Project, reports that the call for proposals, tutorials, and posters was very successful: "The ca...

  • Release – Python 3.12.6

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    Released: Sept. 6, 2024

    This is the sixth maintenance release of Python 3.12 Python 3.12 is the newest major release of the Python programming language, and it contains many new features and optimizations. 3.12.6 is the latest maintenance release, containing about 90 bugfixes, build improvements and documentation changes since 3.12.5. This is an …

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  • Release – Python 3.14.3

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    Released: Feb. 3, 2026

    This is third maintenance release of Python 3.14 Python 3.14.3 is the third maintenance release of 3.14, containing around 299 bugfixes, build improvements and documentation changes since 3.14.2. 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

    ...packages that are integrated into the product include: Basistech's JMA, KMA, and Rosette, DataDirect's ODBC Connect, XLT from InXight, KeyView document filters from Verity, and Adobe Acrobat libraries. Results Python was facilitated in a cost competitive environment. Today, more than 2,500 worldwide customers have deployed Verity Ultraseek that uses the Python language. The source code, not including third party technology, is approximately 80,000 lines of Python, and less than 150,000 lines o...

  • SIG for development of Python/C++ integration

    ...package to be able to report error conditions via arbitrary exception types. Boost.Python currently provides support for translating only a limited selection of exception types to Python. Goal: Implementation of a feature which allows arbitrary new exception types to be registered and automatically translated. Default Argument Support C++ functions with default argument values can currently be exposed to Python, but the defaults are lost. Goal: Implementati...

  • Support Python in 2023!

    Support Python in 2023! It's our annual year-end PSF fundraiser and membership drive. There are two ways to join in: Donate to the PSF! Every dollar makes a difference. (Does every dollar also make a puppy’s tail wag? We make no promises, but maybe you should try, just in case?) DONATE TODAY Become a Supporting member! When you sign up as a Supporting Member of the PSF, you become a part of the PSF and help us sustain what we do with your annual support. You can sign up as ...

  • Notes

    ...package will now apply codec name aliases first before starting to try the import of the codec module. This simplifies overriding built-in codecs with external packages, e.g. the included CJK codecs with the JapaneseCodecs package, by adjusting the aliases dictionary in encodings.aliases accordingly. base64 now supports RFC 3548 Base16, Base32, and Base64 encoding and decoding standards. urllib2 now supports processors. A processor is a handler that implements an xxx_request or xxx_response met...

  • Python Success Stories

    ...packages from source and configure the packaging system. The IceBridge console running under Mac OS X Zoom in Speed, Scalability and Stability One of our concerns was the speed of our system. Python proved to be "fast enough" for our uses as the most processor-intensive stuff is already written in C (GUI toolkit, GUID generators, numeric manipulations, etc.). We only had to write, in Python, our custom RPC protocol, because XML-RPC (and it's Python implementation) proved to be too...

  • Release – Python 3.14.1

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    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 …

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