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  • Release – Python 3.8.7

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    Released: Dec. 21, 2020

    This is the seventh maintenance release of Python 3.8 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.8.7, a bugfix release for the legacy 3.8 series. Python 3.11 is now the latest feature release series of Python 3. Get the latest release of 3.11.x here. macOS 11 …

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  • Python 2.6.2 Release

    ....2) (sig) Bzipped source tar ball (2.6.2) (sig) Windows x86 MSI Installer (2.6.2) (sig) Windows X86-64 MSI Installer (2.6.2) [1] (sig) Mac Installer disk image (2.6.2) (sig) Updated Windows help file (sig) MD5 checksums and sizes of the released files: 60e64fe55eb4e23abdd4d77fdad08c3d 13281177 Python-2.6.2.tgz 245db9f1e0f09ab7e0faaa0cf7301011 11156901 Python-2.6.2.tar.bz2 d570f2f5cacad0d3338e2da2d105ab57 14868480 python-2.6.2.amd64.msi 4bca00171aa614b4886b889290c4fed9 14536192 python...

  • Python 2.7.0 Release

    Python 2.7.0 Release Python 2.7.0 Note: A bugfix release, 2.7.16, is currently available. Its use is recommended. Python 2.7.0 was released on July 3rd, 2010. Python 2.7 is scheduled to be the last major version in the 2.x series before it moves into an extended maintenance period. This release contains many of the features that were first released in Python 3.1. Improvements in this release include: An ordered dictionary type New unittest features including test skipping, new assert metho...

  • EDU-SIG: Python in Education

    EDU-SIG: Python in Education EDU-SIG: Python in Education More and more, Python is making inroads at all levels in education. Python offers an interactive environment in which to explore procedural, functional and object oriented approaches to problem solving. Its high level data structures and clear syntax make it an ideal first language, while the large number of existing libraries make it suitable to tackle almost any programming tasks. Edu-sig, through its mailing list, provides an infor...

  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (February 11, 2003)

    Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (February 11, 2003) The Python Software Foundation Minutes of Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors February 11, 2003. A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation (the "PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat at 1 p.m. 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 pres...

  • Python 2.4.1 - Release Notes

    ....2 through 2.2.2 and 2.3a1, and in Python 2.4 it will once again have that value, but according to PEP 237 it really needs to be 1 now. This will be backported to Python 2.2.3 a well. (SF #660455) int(s, base) sometimes sign-folds hex and oct constants; it only does this when base is 0 and s.strip() starts with a '0'. When the sign is actually folded, as in int("0xffffffff", 0) on a 32-bit machine, which returns -1, a FutureWarning is now issued; in Python 2.4, this will return 4294...

  • Debugging Reference Count Problems

    ....2.1 of the Python/C API manual again, and then carefully read the descriptions of the functions you're calling. (I know, the manual is not complete; but it isn't *that* incomplete, and if you're finding a function that's not in the manual, reading its source usually gives a clue.) So says I (beginning to talk to self), why not print the environment in which the functions are being run to see what's going on... no sooner said than done. And the error disappeared! Take the printin...

  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Feb. 2002 Member Meeting

    Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Feb. 2002 Member Meeting <center> <H3>The Python Software Foundation Minutes of the Feb. 2002 Member Meeting </H3> </center> <p>The members of the Python Software Foundation (the "Corporation") held its second annual meeting on Feb. 6, 2002 at the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center in Alexandria, Virginia. Jeremy Hylton, secretary and treasurer, presided over the meeting. <p>The following members attended the meet...

  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (April 8, 2003)

    Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (April 8, 2003) The Python Software Foundation Minutes of Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors April 8, 2003 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation (the "PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat at 17:05 GMT. 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 at the...

  • Release – Python install manager 25.1 beta 2

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    Released: Nov. 14, 2025

    The Python install manager for Windows is our tool for installing and managing runtimes. The traditional executable installer will stop being released with Python 3.16 This is a beta release of the next update. Provide feedback at python/pymanager on GitHub. You should uninstall your existing Python install manager before …

  • Release – Python install manager 26.0 beta 2

    Version: None

    Released: Feb. 6, 2026

    The Python install manager for Windows is our tool for installing and managing runtimes. The traditional executable installer will stop being released with Python 3.16 This is a beta release of the next update. Provide feedback at python/pymanager on GitHub. You should uninstall your existing Python install manager before …

  • 2008-03-14 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    2008-03-14 PSF Board Meeting Minutes The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Special Meeting of the Board of Directors March 14, 2008 A special meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors was held at PyCon 2008 in Rosemont/Chicago at 18:30 CDT (23:30 UTC), 14 March 2008. David Goodger prepared these minutes. Contents 1   Attendance 2   Election of Officers 3   Motion to Dissolve the Conference Committee ...

  • Python 3.3.5 release

    ....2 Python 3.3 includes a range of improvements of the 3.x series, as well as easier porting between 2.x and 3.x. PEP 380, syntax for delegating to a subgenerator (yield from) PEP 393, flexible string representation (doing away with the distinction between "wide" and "narrow" Unicode builds) A C implementation of the "decimal" module, with up to 120x speedup for decimal-heavy applications The import system (__import__) is based on importlib by default The new "...

  • Release – Python 3.3.5rc1

    Version: None

    Released: Feb. 23, 2014

    Python 3.3.5 includes fixes for these important issues: a 3.3.4 regression in zipimport (see http://bugs.python.org/issue20621) a 3.3.4 regression executing scripts with a coding declared and Windows newlines (see http://bugs.python.org/issue20731) potential DOS using compression codecs in bytes.decode() (see http://bugs.python.org/issue19619 and http://bugs.python.org/issue20404) …

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  • Release – Python 3.3.5rc2

    Version: None

    Released: March 2, 2014

    Python 3.3.5 includes fixes for these important issues: a 3.3.4 regression in zipimport (see http://bugs.python.org/issue20621) a 3.3.4 regression executing scripts with a coding declared and Windows newlines (see http://bugs.python.org/issue20731) potential DOS using compression codecs in bytes.decode() (see http://bugs.python.org/issue19619 and http://bugs.python.org/issue20404) …

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  • Release – Python 3.3.5

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    Released: March 9, 2014

    Python 3.3.5 includes fixes for these important issues: a 3.3.4 regression in zipimport (see http://bugs.python.org/issue20621) a 3.3.4 regression executing scripts with a coding declared and Windows newlines (see http://bugs.python.org/issue20731) potential DOS using compression codecs in bytes.decode() (see http://bugs.python.org/issue19619 and http://bugs.python.org/issue20404) …

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  • Release – Python 3.0.1

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    Released: Feb. 13, 2009

    Python 3.0.1 was released on February 13, 2009. It was a bugfix release of Python 3.0. This is the first bugfix release of Python 3.0. Python 3.0 is now in bugfix-only mode; no new features are being added. Dozens of bugs that were reported since the release …

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  • Release – Python 3.3.5rc1

    Version: None

    Released: Feb. 23, 2014

    Python 3.3.5 includes fixes for these important issues: a 3.3.4 regression in zipimport (see http://bugs.python.org/issue20621) a 3.3.4 regression executing scripts with a coding declared and Windows newlines (see http://bugs.python.org/issue20731) potential DOS using compression codecs in bytes.decode() (see http://bugs.python.org/issue19619 and http://bugs.python.org/issue20404) …

  • Release – Python 3.3.7rc1

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    Released: Sept. 6, 2017

    This is a security-fix source-only release. The last binary release was 3.3.5. This is the release candidate of Python 3.3.7. Python 3.3.0 was released on 2012-09-29 and has been in security-fix-only mode since 2014-03-08. Per Python Development policy, all support for the 3.3 series of releases ends on …

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  • Release – Python 3.3.7

    Version: None

    Released: Sept. 19, 2017

    Python 3.3.x has reached end-of-life. This is its final release. It is a security-fix source-only release. Python 3.3.0 was released on 2012-09-29 and has been in security-fix-only mode since 2014-03-08. Per Python Development policy, all support for the 3.3 series of releases ended on 2017-09-29, five years after …

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