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  • Release – Python 3.9.11

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    Released: March 16, 2022

    This is the eleventh maintenance release of Python 3.9 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.9.11, 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. Security content …

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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"...

  • Comparing Python to Other Languages

    ...Python programs are typically 3-5 times shorter than equivalent Java programs. This difference can be attributed to Python's built-in high-level data types and its dynamic typing. For example, a Python programmer wastes no time declaring the types of arguments or variables, and Python's powerful polymorphic list and dictionary types, for which rich syntactic support is built straight into the language, find a use in almost every Python program. Because of the run-time typing, Python's ru...

  • Python 2.7.1 Release

    ...33655e3fab785e49a7278d2fb 14058131 Python-2.7.1.tgz aa27bc25725137ba155910bd8e5ddc4f 11722546 Python-2.7.1.tar.bz2 c7a750e85e632294c9b527ee8358d805 16065602 python-2.7.1-pdb.zip ef24194913837f2f542883fd52f3af99 17196098 python-2.7.1.amd64-pdb.zip c4eb466b9d01fde770097a559445e33b 16333824 python-2.7.1.amd64.msi a69ce1b2d870be29befd1cefb4615d82 16003072 python-2.7.1.msi aa399c743796a519148d08b77fab0fe7 21429186 python-2.7.1-macosx10.3.dmg 723b12ec324fafb7b4a12f102c744ae7 18529455 p...

  • Release – Python 3.14.0rc2

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    Released: Aug. 14, 2025

    It's the final 🪄 penultimate 🪄 3.14 release candidate! Note: rc2 was originally planned for 2025-08-26, but we fixed a bug that required bumping the magic number stored in Python bytecode (.pyc) files. This means .pyc files created for rc1 cannot be used for rc2, and they'll …

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  • 2012-10-17 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...python.org/mailman/private/psf-board/2012-October/019479.html PyCon Chair Report: http://mail.python.org/mailman/private/psf-board/2012-October/019478.html PSF Event Coordinator Report: http://mail.python.org/mailman/private/psf-board/2012-October/019460.html Administrator Report: http://mail.python.org/mailman/private/psf-board/2012-October/019459.html Marketing Material Report: http://mail.python.org/mailman/private/psf-board/2012-October/019506.html Community Relations Report: http://mail.pyt...

  • 2011-09-19 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...Python User Group RESOLVED, that the PSF provide permission to the China Python User Group to use the PyCon name in support of their efforts to organize a PyCon China conference. Approved, 10-0-0. 9   Grant Proposal to Port WebOB to Python 3 RESOLVED, that the PSF provide grant funding of $3000 to Chris McDonough to port WebOB to Python 3 which is set to begin on 10/01/2011 and finish on 10/31/2011. And, payment for his work shall be received on or before 11/30/2011. Approved,...

  • Release – Python 3.8.2rc1

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    Released: Feb. 10, 2020

    This is the release candidate of Python 3.8.2, the second maintenance release of Python 3.8 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.8.2rc1, 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 …

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  • Release – Python 3.8.0a1

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    Released: Feb. 3, 2019

    This is an early developer preview of Python 3.8 Major new features of the 3.8 series, compared to 3.7 Python 3.8 is still in development. This releasee, 3.8.0a1 is the first of four planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the current …

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  • Release – Python 3.8.0a4

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    Released: May 6, 2019

    This is an early developer preview of Python 3.8 Major new features of the 3.8 series, compared to 3.7 Python 3.8 is still in development. This release, 3.8.0a4 is the last of four planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the current …

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  • Release – Python 3.7.0b1

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    Released: Jan. 31, 2018

    This is a beta preview of Python 3.7 Python 3.7 is still in development. This release, 3.7.0b1, is the first 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 3.6.8rc1

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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 3.9.0a3

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    Released: Jan. 24, 2020

    This is an early developer preview of Python 3.9 Python 3.9 is still in development. This release, 3.9.0a3 is the third of six planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the current state of new features and bug fixes and to test the …

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  • Release – Python 3.8.3

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    Released: May 13, 2020

    This is the third maintenance release of Python 3.8 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.8.3, 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. Major new …

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  • Release – Python 3.8.4rc1

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    Released: June 30, 2020

    This is the release candidate of the fourth maintenance release of Python 3.8 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.8.4rc1, 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 …

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  • Release – Python 3.8.6

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    Released: Sept. 24, 2020

    This is the sixth maintenance release of Python 3.8 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.8.6, 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. Major new …

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  • Release – Python 3.8.8

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    Released: Feb. 19, 2021

    This is the eight maintenance release of Python 3.8 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.8.8, 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. 3.8.8 introduces …

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  • PSF Board Resolutions

    ...3a397c30fa7c03526a413e28a3bcbd02462...24a5abbde0b938492f6dcdaa5781388b9932fa72, to be voted on by the membership during the next election. Approved 13-0-0, April 14, 2021 RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation board approve the bylaw implementation of 'Section 5.5.2 Term Limits for Directors' as proposed here https://github.com/VanL/psf-bylaws/compare/9666a3a397c30fa7c03526a413e28a3bcbd02462...da8924850047d112e270435baef4a71b69789add, to be voted on by the membership during the next elec...

  • Release – Python 3.9.1rc1

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    Released: Nov. 26, 2020

    This is the release candidate of the first maintenance release of Python 3.9 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.9.1rc1, the release candidate of 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 …

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  • 2012-09-12 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...3,500. Approved, 10-0-0. 12   Kenneth Gonsalves Memorial Sponsorship RESOLVED, that the PSF sponsors the Kenneth Gonsalves Memorial setup by the IPSS (Indian Python Software Society) with an amount of USD 3,500. Approved, 10-0-0. 13   Other Business 13.1   Travel Grant Request The PSF Board has agreed to not provide a Grant Proposal for/by Shah Samarth P. 14   Adjournment Van Lindberg adjourned the meeting at 19:00 CEST/ 13:00...

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