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• Built-in Package Support in Python 1.5

  ...what happens when the user writes from Sound.Effects import *? Ideally, one would hope that this somehow goes out to the filesystem, finds which submodules are present in the package, and imports them all. Unfortunately, this operation does not work very well on Mac and Windows platforms, where the filesystem does not always have accurate information about the case of a filename! On these platforms, there is no guaranteed way to know whether a file ECHO.PY should be imported as a modul...

• 2007-12-10 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

  ...what the contributor form is all about. So GHOP participants must license their contributions under one of the acceptable licenses (Academic Free License v. 2.1, Apache License, Version 2.0), and we have to ask the contributors for signed contributor agreements. S. Holden: We should suggest that the students consult a responsible adult if they have any hesitation about signing a legal document. On a related issue, B. Cannon asked, What is the status on who has or has not signed a contrib ...

• EDU-SIG: Python in Education

  ...what happens as the computer executes each line of a program's source code. Using this tool, a teacher or student can write a Python program in the Web browser and visualize what the computer is doing step-by-step as it executes the program. The Interactive Python website has live python books that provide learners the ability to run python code in the browser and see visualizations of their running programs. Python for Fun is a collection of small python programs aim at intermediate programmer...

• Release – Python 2.7.1

  Version: None

  Released: Nov. 27, 2010

  Note: A newer bugfix release, 2.7.2, is currently available. Its use is recommended. Python 2.7.1 was released on November 27th, 2010. The Python 2.7 series is scheduled to be the last major version in the 2.x series before 2.x moves into an extended maintenance period. This …

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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 3.7.0b2

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  Released: Feb. 28, 2018

  This is a beta preview of Python 3.7 Python 3.7 is still in development. This release, 3.7.0b2, is the second 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 3.6.5

  Version: None

  Released: March 28, 2018

  Note: The release you are looking at is Python 3.6.5, a bugfix release for the legacy 3.6 series which has now reached end-of-life and is no longer supported. See the downloads page for currently supported versions of Python. The final source-only security fix release for 3.6 was 3.6.15 and …

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• Release – Python 3.6.6

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  Released: June 27, 2018

  Note: The release you are looking at is Python 3.6.6, a bugfix release for the legacy 3.6 series which has now reached end-of-life and is no longer supported. See the downloads page for currently supported versions of Python. The final source-only security fix release for 3.6 was 3.6.15 and …

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• Release – Python 3.6.7

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  Released: Oct. 20, 2018

  Note: The release you are looking at is Python 3.6.7, a bugfix release for the legacy 3.6 series which has now reached end-of-life and is no longer supported. See the downloads page for currently supported versions of Python. The final source-only security fix release for 3.6 was 3.6.15 and …

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• Release – Python 3.6.8rc1

  Version: None

  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 3.6.8

  Version: None

  Released: Dec. 24, 2018

  Note: The release you are looking at is Python 3.6.8, the final bugfix release for the legacy 3.6 series which has now reached end-of-life and is no longer supported. See the downloads page for currently supported versions of Python. The final source-only security fix release for 3.6 was 3.6.15 …

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• Release – Python 3.7.2

  Version: None

  Released: Dec. 24, 2018

  Note: The release you are looking at is a bugfix release for the legacy 3.7 series which has now reached end-of-life and is no longer supported. See the downloads page for currently supported versions of Python. The final source-only security fix release for 3.7 was 3.7.17. Among the …

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• Release – Python 3.7.6rc1

  Version: None

  Released: Dec. 11, 2019

  Note Python 3.8 is now the latest feature release series of Python 3. Get the latest release of 3.8.x here. We plan to continue to provide bugfix releases for 3.7.x until mid 2020 and security fixes until mid 2023. Python 3.7.6rc1 is the release candidate preview …

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• Release – Python 3.8.2rc2

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  Released: Feb. 17, 2020

  This is the second release candidate of Python 3.8.2, the second maintenance release of Python 3.8 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.8.2rc2, 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 …

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• Release – Python 3.9.0b2

  Version: None

  Released: June 9, 2020

  WARNING: this release has a known regression See BPO-40924 for details. Use Python 3.9.0b3 or newer instead, please. This is a beta preview of Python 3.9 Python 3.9 is still in development. This release, 3.9.0b2, is the second of four planned beta release previews. Beta release previews …

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• Release – Python 3.9.1rc1

  Version: None

  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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• Release – Python 3.13.0b3

  Version: None

  Released: June 27, 2024

  This is a beta preview of Python 3.13 Python 3.13 is still in development. This release, 3.13.0b3, is the third of four beta release previews of 3.13. Beta release previews are intended to give the wider community the opportunity to test new features and bug fixes and to …

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• Release – Python 3.13.5

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  Released: June 11, 2025

  This is the fifth maintenance release of Python 3.13 Python 3.13 is the newest major release of the Python programming language, and it contains many new features and optimizations compared to Python 3.12. 3.13.5 is the fifth maintenance release of 3.13. 3.13.5 is an expedited release to fix …

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• Release – Python 3.13.7

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  Released: Aug. 14, 2025

  This is the seventh maintenance release of Python 3.13 Python 3.13 is the newest major release of the Python programming language, and it contains many new features and optimizations compared to Python 3.12. 3.13.7 is the seventh maintenance release of 3.13. 3.13.7 is an expedited release to fix …

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• Release – Python 3.13.9

  Version: None

  Released: Oct. 14, 2025

  This is the ninth maintenance release of Python 3.13 Note: This is Python 3.13.9, a maintenance release for Python 3.13. Python 3.14 is now the latest feature release series of Python 3. Get the latest release of 3.14.x here. 3.13.9 is an expedited release containing a fix …

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