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  • Privacy Policy

    ...what data we collect, how we collect it, and what we do with it so that you may decide whether or not to provide information to us. By visiting PSF websites or are otherwise providing your personal information to us via any other means, you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this Policy. Unless specified otherwise, the term “visitor” includes both PSF members and nonmembers, whether you upload information to our websites, download information, or are merely visitin...

  • Release – Python 2.2.2

    Version: None

    Released: Oct. 14, 2002

    Important: This release is vulnerable to the problem described in security advisory PSF-2006-001 "Buffer overrun in repr() of unicode strings in wide unicode builds (UCS-4)". This fix is included in Python 2.4.4 and Python 2.5. If you need to remain with Python 2.2, there's a patch available from the …

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  • [PYTHON MATRIX-SIG] FAQ

    ...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 Schwaller's delaunaymodule and trimodule Tom's and my opengl, glu, and glut modules Paul DuBois' URNGmodule Doug Heisterkamp's interface to the LAPACK libraries at: ftp://ftp.cs.unl.edu/pub/drh/python/pylapack.0.02.tar.gz 5) What are the future plans? First goal is a general release to the python community. Before th...

  • Python 2.2.2

    ...What's New in Python 2.2 by Andrew Kuchling describes the most visible changes since Python 2.1. Guido gave a talk on what's new in 2.2 at the ZPUG-DC meeting on September 26, 2001; here are his powerpoint slides. Charming Python: Iterators and simple generators by David Mertz on IBM developerWorks. Documentation The documentation has been updated too: Browse HTML on-line Download using HTTP. Files, MD5 checksums and sizes 9914cd4fc203008decf9ca7fb5aa...

  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (April 12, 2005)

    ...what it is supposed to do. Hylton said it was there to make decisions, instead of the conference chair, but that Steve Holden did not like to operate that way. Deibel asked Kuchling whether he wanted a committee, Ascher said that this isn't a question that the conference chair should decide. Kuchling said that he would be happy with committee, for discussion that cannot be resolved in a larger group. von Löwis said he would prefer if the board made the decisions that the conference chair cannot...

  • Changes to PSF Bylaws for the March 2009 Members' Meeting

    ...what most sponsors do/want, and to be more realistic about what happens to companies across buy-outs, reorganizations, and as people come and go. Automatically convert non-active members to emeritus status, and easily allow conversion back to active nominated status. This is so we don't have to do a lot of membership management work, and so we don't run into a state where we cannot reach quorum. Clarify "record date" stuff which was very convoluted as far as defining who was entitled ...

  • Release – Python 2.3.7

    Version: None

    Released: March 11, 2008

    Python 2.3 is now well and truly in bugfix-only mode; no new features are being added, and only security critical bugs have been fixed. This release addresses a number of cases interpreter …

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  • Release – Python 2.4.6

    Version: None

    Released: Dec. 19, 2008

    This release includes just a small number of fixes, primarily preventing crashes of the interpreter in certain boundary cases. This is the last planned release in the Python 2.4 series. We have …

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  • Release – Python 3.8.6

    Version: None

    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 features of …

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  • Release – Python 3.9.0

    Version: None

    Released: Oct. 5, 2020

    This is the stable release of Python 3.9.0 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.9.0, a legacy release. Python 3.11 is now the latest feature release series of Python 3. Get the latest release of 3.11.x here. Installer news This is the first version of Python to …

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  • Python 2.4.6 Release

    ...What's New? See the highlights of the Python 2.4 release. Andrew Kuchling's What's New in Python 2.4 describes the most visible changes since Python 2.3 in more detail. A detailed list of the changes in 2.4.6 can be found in the release notes, or the Misc/NEWS file in the source distribution. For the full list of changes, you can poke around in Subversion. Documentation The documentation has also been updated: Browse HTML on-line Download using HTTP. Documentation is available in Windows He...

  • Python Software Foundation FAQ

    ...What is the Python Software Foundation? Who are on the PSF board? Who are the officers? How do I reach the PSF? How do I join the PSF? How can I follow PSF activities? How can I provide feedback? What is the Python Software Foundation? From the PSF Mission Statement: The mission of the Python Software Foundation is to promote, protect, and advance the Python programming language, and to support and facilitate the growth of a diverse and international community of Python programmers. The Py...

  • Release – Python 2.2.1

    Version: None

    Released: April 10, 2002

    Important: This release is vulnerable to the problem described in security advisory PSF-2006-001 "Buffer overrun in repr() of unicode strings in wide unicode builds (UCS-4)". This fix is included in Python 2.4.4 and Python 2.5. If you need to remain with Python 2.2, there's a patch available from the …

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  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (August 13, 2002)

    ...what precisely Affero is requesting; Thomas explains that people put Affero links in their signatures, to indicate what organizations should be funded, and that Affero requests that Python can be one of the funded organizations. Marc-Andre says he can agree with that. Thomas says he won't mind being one of the funds, but would not like to promote Affero. Guido explains that Affero wants us (the PSF) to put Affero's links into our mailing lists, and says this is a no-go for him. David and Thomas...

  • Notes

    ...what it takes to compile SSL support for Windows, a bug in httplib.py prevented SSL from working correctly. That bug has been fixed, but note that SSL support on Windows is still not enabled in this release. What's New in Python 2.1.2 (final)? Changes in metadata: Fixed the version numbers in the LICENSE, and the copyright date in numerous places. Fixed the instructions (in Doc/lib/libposix.tex) for building with Large Filesystem Support (LFS). Added GetArgv() docs in Mac UI chapter. Some f...

  • Release – Python 2.5.5

    Version: None

    Released: Jan. 31, 2010

    This is a source-only release that only includes security fixes. The last full bug-fix release of Python 2.5 was Python 2.5.4. User are encouraged to upgrade to the latest release of Python 2.7 (which is 2.7.2 …

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  • Python 2.2.1

    ...What's New? This being a bug-fix release, there have been no exciting new features implemented since 2.2 -- just heaps of fixes. For a partial list of these fixes, please see the release notes, or the Misc/NEWS file in the source distribution. For the full list of changes, you can poke around CVS. Other sources of information on 2.2 Unifying types and classes in Python 2.2 by Guido van Rossum -- a tutorial on the material covered by PEPs 252 and 253. What's New in Pytho...

  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (August 10, 2004)

    ...what the initial expenses would be, and at what time they would be due. Steve answered a 10% deposit would be required, roughly $2,500. Stephan then moved that it is RESOLVED that the conference committee is authorized to spend $3000 for room reservations for PyCon 2005. The motion passed unanimously (6/0/0). 7. Other business Tim nagged Jeremy about 1023 progress. Jeremy volunteered to scan the documents sometime during this week. Martin asked how the grant committee should deal with t...

  • Release – Python 2.4.5

    Version: None

    Released: March 11, 2008

    Python 2.4 is now in security-fix-only mode. No new features are being added, and bugs are not fixed anymore unless they affect the stability and security of the interpreter, or of Python …

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  • Release – Python 2.3.6

    Version: None

    Released: Nov. 1, 2006

    Python 2.3 is now well and truly in bugfix-only mode; no new features are being added, and only security critical bugs have been fixed. There are 3 bugs fixed in this release - a problem with the …

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