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  • Python Success Stories

    Python Success Stories Introduction This story is about applying Python in the automated CD/DVD disc packaging industry. In the wholesale market, CD/DVD discs are sold in units of 10, 20 or 50 in one shrink-wrapped bulk package. Counting out stacks of discs for these packages is labor-intensive and requires several steps to accomplish: picking up an estimated number of discs from a large stack, verifying the correctness of the number of discs using a disc counter, adding or removing discs t...

  • Known bugs in Python 2.2.1

    Known bugs in Python 2.2.1 <h2>Known bugs in Python 2.2.1</h2> <p>This page now exists only to clarify incompatibilities between Python version 2.2[.x] and versions before 2.2. <h3>Incompatibilities between Python 2.1[.x] and Python 2.2[.x]</h3> <p>The following visible differences between Python 2.2 and previous versions are intentional. <ul> <p><li>Not everything is listed here; for the full list see the <a href="http://cvs.source...

  • Incompatibilities between Python 2.1[.x] and 2.2[.x]

    Incompatibilities between Python 2.1[.x] and 2.2[.x] <h3>Incompatibilities between Python 2.1[.x] and Python 2.2[.x]</h3> <p>The following visible differences between Python 2.2 and previous versions are intentional. <ul> <p><li>Not listed here are various deprecated modules and features that may issue warnings: the warnings shouldn't affect the correct execution of your program, and they can be disabled with a command line option or programmatically; see th...

  • PSF Membership Types & FAQ

    PSF Membership Types & FAQ 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 the international community of Python programmers. —from the Mission Statement page What does it mean to be a member of the PSF? What membership classes are there? Who is allowed to vote? Why am I a Basic Member even though I’m a Supporting/Contributing/Fellow Member? How does a person become a PS...

  • July 2010 PSF Members' Meeting Minutes (draft)

    ...getting the payment system ready and then putting the marketing information up on the website. Discuss setting up a PSF partner network This idea was regarded as better short-term alternative to the European PSF branch. The board will prepare a set of requirements a partner organization would have to fulfill and then invite organizations to the network. Gathering networking information from the meeting attendees This was not discussed. We'll likely setup a wiki page for that information. ...

  • Python Software Foundation Board Meeting Minutes 2006-09-18

    Python Software Foundation Board Meeting Minutes 2006-09-18 The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors September 18, 2006 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat beginning at 17:29 UTC, 18 September 2006. Stephan Deibel presided at the meeting. David Goodger prepared these minutes. Contents 1   Attendance 2   Minutes of Past Meeting...

  • 2009-12-21 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    2009-12-21 PSF Board Meeting Minutes The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors December 21, 2009 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat beginning at 17:15 UTC, 21 December 2009 (continued from the meeting of December 14, 2009). Steve Holden presided at the meeting. Pat Campbell prepared the minutes. All votes are reported in the form "Y-N-A" (in favor ...

  • 2009-02-09 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    2009-02-09 PSF Board Meeting Minutes The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors February 9, 2009 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat beginning at 17:00 UTC, 9 February 2009. Steve Holden presided at the meeting. David Goodger prepared these minutes. Contents 1   Attendance 2   Minutes of Past Meetings 3   Votes Ta...

  • Notes

    ...getting a newsgroup description. Bug #993394. Fix a possible red herring of KeyError in 'threading' being raised during interpreter shutdown from a registered function with atexit when dummy_threading is being used. Bug #857297/Patch #916874. Fix an error when extracting a hard link from a tarfile. Patch #846659. Fix an error in tarfile.py when using GNU longname/longlink creation. The obsolete FCNTL.py has been deleted. The builtin fcntl module has been available (on platforms that supp...

  • Release – Python 3.14.0b2

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    Released: May 26, 2025

    Here's the second 3.14 beta. https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3140b2/ This is a beta preview of Python 3.14 Python 3.14 is still in development. This release, 3.14.0b2, is the first of four planned beta releases. Beta release previews are intended to give the wider community the opportunity to test new …

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  • Python Success Stories

    Python Success Stories Introduction Gusto.com began as an online travel site under the domain name EZTrip.com which catered to the traveler looking to make online flight, hotel and car reservations. As our customer base grew we started seeing a need to allow our customers to report on their journeys in the form of travel reviews, blogs, sharing photos and other post trip needs. While we've continued to develop and improve our online booking engines and related systems that communicate with...

  • Python Success Stories

    Python Success Stories Introduction To be the industry leader in Managed Hosting, you have to be fast and flexible. By using Python to implement our enterprise data systems, Rackspace can quickly and effectively change its internal systems to keep up with shifts in the industry and in our own business processes. We do this through a central customer information system called "CORE," which is used both for Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)....

  • Incompatibilities between Python 2.1[.x] and 2.2[.x]

    Incompatibilities between Python 2.1[.x] and 2.2[.x] <h3>Incompatibilties between Python 2.2.2 and Python 2.2.3</h3> <p>The following visible differences between Python 2.2.2 and Python 2.2.3 are intentional. <ul> <p><li>It is no longer possible to use object.__setattr__ to circumvent the restrictions on setting attributes of type objects. <p><li>list.extend() works with any iterable. <p><li>In pdb, you can no longer enable breakpo...

  • As a member of the Python Software Foundation (PSF), I hereby cast this absentee ballot for elections and resolutions under consideration at the PSF member meeting to be held at the Dallas/Addison Marriott Quorum By The Galleria hotel on February 23, 2007 from 6:40-8:40 pm. Election of Nominated Members The following people have been nominated for membership in the PSF. To be elected, a nominee must receive more "Yes" votes than "No" votes. Please vote to accept as a new ...

  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting, November 8, 2005

    Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting, November 8, 2005 The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors November 8, 2005 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat beginning at 18:08 UTC, 8 November 2005. Stephan Deibel presided at the meeting. 1   Attendance The following members of the Board of Directors were present at the mee...

  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting, February 14, 2006

    Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting, February 14, 2006 The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors February 14, 2006 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat beginning at 18:00 UTC, 14 February 2006. Stephan Deibel presided at the meeting. 1   Attendance The following members of the Board of Directors were present at the ...

  • Frank Willison Memorial Award

    Frank Willison Memorial Award Contributions can encompass so much more than code. A successful software community requires time, dedication, communication, and education as well as elegant code. With the Frank Willison Memorial Award, we hoped to acknowledge all of those things. —Tim O'Reilly The Frank Willison Memorial Award for Contributions to the Python Community is given annually to a person judged to have made an outstanding contribution to the Python community. The award was ...

  • Linux RPMs for Python 2.2.1

    Linux RPMs for Python 2.2.1 <h1>Linux RPMs for Python 2.2.1</h1> <!-- <p><font color="red">These are for the <b>2.2</b> release. Sorry.</font> --> <p>Except where noted, these RPMs are made available by Sean Reifschneider (<a href="mailto:jafo-rpms@tummy.com">jafo-rpms@tummy.com</a>). <h3>Having Problems?</h3> If you are having problems, please see the <a href="#FAQ">RPM Fr...

  • 2009-04-13 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    2009-04-13 PSF Board Meeting Minutes The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors April 13, 2009 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat beginning at 16:02 UTC, 13 April 2009. Steve Holden presided at the meeting. David Goodger prepared these minutes. Contents 1   Attendance 2   Minutes of Past Meetings 3   Votes Taken ...

  • Absentee ballot for February 24, 2006 member meeting in Dallas, TX

    Absentee ballot for February 24, 2006 member meeting in Dallas, TX <h2>Absentee ballot for February 24, 2006 member meeting in Dallas, TX</h2> <p>As a member of the Python Software Foundation (PSF), I hereby cast this absentee ballot for resolutions under consideration at the PSF member meeting to be held in Dallas at the Addison Marriott Quorum By The Galleria on February 24, 2006 from 5:10-19:00 pm. <!--START TEXT COMMON WITH BALLOT, current with agenda 8851--> <h3...

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