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  • 2010-05-10 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...Class as Honorary Associate Member (HAM)- Bylaws Change Motion from M.A. Lemburg: RESOLVED, that the Board of Directors implement the creation of a new membership class, called "honorary associate members", as requested and approved by the members at the 2010 first annual PSF members meeting, by updating the bylaws as follows: Section 3.10, first paragraph, is updated to include the honorary associate members as non-voting member class: Section 3.10. Voting. Each nominated member sha...

  • 2011-02-28 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    2011-02-28 PSF Board Meeting Minutes The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors February 28, 2011 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat beginning at 16:00 UTC, 28 February 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&quo...

  • 2010-11-15 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    2010-11-15 PSF Board Meeting Minutes The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors November 15, 2010 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat beginning at 16:00 UTC, 15 November 2010. David Mertz 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" mea...

  • PSF Membership Types & FAQ

    ...classes of membership that include voting rights for those who contribute time, work, and money to the foundation. What membership classes are there? There are four classes of members: Basic Members, Supporting Members, Contributing Members and Fellows. Basic Members Basic members are individuals or entities who are part of the Python language community and who have decided to declare their support for Python and agree to the community Code of Conduct. There is no cost to be a Basic Member. ...

  • Release – Python 3.6.0b1

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    Released: Sept. 12, 2016

    Python 3.6.0b1 Python 3.6.0b1 was released on 2016-09-12. Major new features of the 3.6 series, compared to 3.5 Python 3.6 is still in development; 3.6.0b1 is the first of four planned beta releases. Among the new major new features in Python 3.6 are: …

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  • Release – Python 3.6.0b2

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    Released: Oct. 10, 2016

    Python 3.6.0b2 Python 3.6.0b2 was released on 2016-10-10. Major new features of the 3.6 series, compared to 3.5 Python 3.6 is still in development; 3.6.0b2 is the second of four planned beta releases. Among the new major new features in Python 3.6 are: …

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  • Release – Python 3.6.0b3

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    Released: Oct. 31, 2016

    Python 3.6.0b3 Python 3.6.0b3 was released on 2016-10-31. Major new features of the 3.6 series, compared to 3.5 Python 3.6 is still in development; 3.6.0b3 is the third of four planned beta releases. Among the new major new features in Python 3.6 are: …

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  • Release – Python 3.6.0b4

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    Released: Nov. 21, 2016

    Python 3.6.0b4 Python 3.6.0b4 was released on 2016-11-21. Major new features of the 3.6 series, compared to 3.5 Python 3.6 is still in development; 3.6.0b4 is the final planned beta release. Among the new major new features in Python 3.6 are: PEP …

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  • Release – Python 3.5.0rc3

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    Released: Sept. 8, 2015

    Python 3.5.0rc3 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.0rc3 was released on September 7th, 2015. Major new features of the 3.5 series, compared to 3.4 Among the new major new features …

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  • Release – Python 3.5.0rc4

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    Released: Sept. 9, 2015

    Python 3.5.0rc4 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.0rc4 was released on September 9th, 2015. Major new features of the 3.5 series, compared to 3.4 Among the new major new features …

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  • Release – Python 3.5.1rc1

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    Released: Nov. 23, 2015

    Python 3.5.1rc1 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.1rc1 was released on November 22th, 2015. Major new features of the 3.5 series, compared to 3.4 Among the new major new features …

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  • Release – Python 3.5.1

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    Released: Dec. 7, 2015

    Python 3.5.1 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.1 was released on December 6th, 2015. Major new features of the 3.5 series, compared to 3.4 Among the new major new features …

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  • Release – Python 3.5.2rc1

    Version: None

    Released: June 13, 2016

    Python 3.5.2rc1 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.2rc1 was released on June 12th, 2016. Major new features of the 3.5 series, compared to 3.4 Among the new major new features …

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  • 2009-09-14 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    2009-09-14 PSF Board Meeting Minutes The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors September 14, 2009 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat beginning at 16:00 UTC, 14 September 2009. 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" ...

  • What's New In Python 3.0

    ...class() by 50-70%, so as to match Python 2.5 speed despite the __instancecheck__ / __subclasscheck__ mechanism. In the process, fix a bug where isinstance() and issubclass(), when given a tuple of classes as second argument, were looking up __instancecheck__ / __subclasscheck__ on the tuple rather than on each type object. Issue #3663: Py_None was decref'd when printing SyntaxErrors. Issue #3651: Fix various memory leaks when using the buffer interface, or when the "s#" code of PyArg_P...

  • Absentee Ballot - 2008-03-14 PSF Members' Meeting

    Absentee Ballot - 2008-03-14 PSF Members' Meeting This form was finalized on February 15, 2008. We recommend that you designate a proxy to vote on your behalf at the meeting PSF members who have indicated their willingness to act as proxy are listed in the meeting agenda. The text source of this form can be found here (suitable for emailing). As a member of the Python Software Foundation (PSF), I hereby cast this absentee ballot for elections and resolutions under consideration at the P...

  • 2009-07-13 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...Class 15   Association-Management Software Use 16   Progress Report 16.1   Financial Report 16.2   Contributor Agreement Analysis 17   Adjournment 1   Attendance The following members of the Board of Directors were present at the meeting: Brett Cannon, David Goodger, Raymond Hettinger [left meeting at 16:22], Steve Holden, Andrew Kuchling, Martin von Löwis, David Mertz, Tim Peters, Jeff Rush, and James...

  • Release – Python 2.6.9

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    Released: Oct. 29, 2013

    With the 2.6.9 release, and five years after its first release, the Python 2.6 series is now officially retired. All official maintenance for Python 2.6, including security patches, has ended. For ongoing maintenance releases, please see the Python 2.7 series. The NEWS file lists every change in each alpha, …

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  • Release – Python 3.7.0b5

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    Released: May 30, 2018

    This is a beta preview of Python 3.7 Python 3.7 is still in development. This release, 3.7.0b5, is now the final planned beta release preview. Originally, 3.7.0b4 was intended to be the final beta but, due to some unexpected compatibility issues discovered during beta testing of third-party packages, …

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  • Python For Beginners

    Python For Beginners Welcome! Are you completely new to programming? If not then we presume you will be looking for information about why and how to get started with Python. Fortunately an experienced programmer in any programming language (whatever it may be) can pick up Python very quickly. It's also easy for beginners to use and learn, so jump in! Installing Installing Python is generally easy, and nowadays many Linux and UNIX distributions include a recent Python. Even some Windows comput...

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