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  • PSF Membership Types & FAQ

    ...all that this person does, [Nominated Person] is an example of what we aspire to be in the Python community. What does the PSF do? The majority of the PSF's work is focused on empowering and supporting people within the Python community. The PSF has active grant programs that support sprints, conferences, meetups, user groups, and Python development efforts all over the world. In addition, the PSF underwrites and runs PyCon US, the primary Python community conference. The PSF serves as a prim...

  • Release – Python 2.3.0

    Version: None

    Released: July 29, 2003

    This is a patch release which supersedes earlier releases of 2.3. 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 …

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  • Release – Python 2.6.0

    Version: None

    Released: Oct. 2, 2008

    Python 2.6 (final) was released on October 1st, 2008. There are a huge number of new features, modules, improvements and bug fixes. For information on what's changed, see: Andrew Kuchling's guide to What's New in Python 2.6. NEWS file contains a …

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  • Release – Python 3.0.0

    Version: None

    Released: Dec. 3, 2008

    Python 3.0 final was released on December 3rd, 2008. Python 3.0 (a.k.a. "Python 3000" or "Py3k") is a new version of the language that is incompatible with the 2.x …

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  • Release – Python 2.0.1

    Version: None

    Released: June 22, 2001

    We're releasing Python 2.0.1 - the final bugfix release for Python 2.0. Why would we come with a bugfix release now (June 2001), when Python 2.0 was released in October 2000 and Python 2.1 has been released for months (April 2001)? Two very good …

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  • Release – Python 2.2.3

    Version: None

    Released: May 30, 2003

    We are pleased to announce the release of Python 2.2.3 (final), on May 30, 2003. This is a bug-fix release for Python 2.2 and supersedes the previous bugfix release, Python 2.2.2. Note: there's a security fix for SimpleXMLRPCServer.py. Download the release Windows users should download the Windows installer, …

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  • Release – Python 3.8.0b4

    Version: None

    Released: Aug. 29, 2019

    This is a beta preview of Python 3.8 Python 3.8 is still in development. This release, 3.8.0b4 is the last of four planned beta release previews. Beta release previews are intended to give the wider community the opportunity to test new features and bug fixes and to prepare their projects …

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  • Release – Python 3.8.0

    Version: None

    Released: Oct. 14, 2019

    This is the stable release of Python 3.8.0 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.8.0, an outdated release. 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 the 3.8 series, compared to 3.7 …

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  • Release – Python 3.10.0

    Version: None

    Released: Oct. 4, 2021

    This is the stable release of Python 3.10.0 Python 3.10.0 is the newest major release of the Python programming language, and it contains many new features and optimizations. Major new features of the 3.10 series, compared to 3.9 Among the new major new features and changes so far: PEP 623 …

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  • Release – Python 3.9.10

    Version: None

    Released: Jan. 14, 2022

    This is the ninth maintenance release of Python 3.9 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.9.10, 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. Major new features of …

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  • Python Success Stories

    ...ally Simple Syndication (RSS), a popular standard for syndicating web-based news. RSS packages news articles as XML documents to facilitate their transfer from site to site. DevNet acts as a web-based RSS aggregator by fetching RSS feeds from selected websites every 2 hours and updating its database with any new items published since the last fetch from each site. Users can select feeds of interest from the collection of all feeds and organize these on a customized page called My Feeds. These ar...

  • Python 2.0.1 Release

    ...aller, from one of the download locations below, run it, and follow the friendly instructions on the screen to complete the installation. (Python-2.0.1-Debug.zip is a set of DLLs for Windows developers compiled in debug mode; it contains nothing of value for regular Python users.) Windows users may also be interested in Mark Hammond's win32all, a collection of Windows-specific extensions including COM support and Pythonwin, an IDE built using Windows components. All others should download Pyth...

  • Linux RPMs for Python 2.2

    ...All you need to do to build a binary package tailored to your system is run <pre> rpm --rebuild &lt;packagename&gt;.src.rpm</pre> Note: this does not actually install &lt;packagename&gt;. The end products (.rpm files as indicated by the "Wrote:" stdout lines) must be subsequently installed with rpm -U or the equivalent. <h4>For Red Hat 6.2 Users</h4> <p>There have been folks having problems with building on a variety of 6.2 platforms, l...

  • Python 2.2.3

    ...ally appear in unstable). Macintosh users can find binaries and source on Jack Jansen's MacPython page. (MacOS X users who have a C compiler can also build from the source tarball below.) All others should download Python-2.2.3.tgz, the source archive. Unpack it with "tar -zxvf Python-2.2.3.tgz". Change to the Python-2.2.3 directory and run the "./configure", "make", "make install" commands to compile and install Python. What's New? This being a bug-fi...

  • Python 2.6 Release

    ...all (2.6) (sig) Bzipped source tar ball (2.6) (sig) Windows x86 MSI Installer (2.6) (sig) Windows X86-64 MSI Installer (2.6) [1] (sig) Mac Installer disk image (2.6) (sig) MD5 checksums and sizes of the released files: 837476958702cb386c657b5dba61cdc5 10957859 Python-2.6.tar.bz2 d16d29a77db2cd3af882a591f431a403 13023860 Python-2.6.tgz fe34764ad0027d01176eb1b321dd20c5 14503936 python-2.6.amd64.msi 6c62c123d248a48dccbaa4d3edc12680 14173184 python-2.6.msi 29a1a22f8d9fd8a4501b30d97fbee61c...

  • Python 2.6.9 Release

    ...all (2.6.9) (sig) XZ compressed source tar ball (2.6.9) (sig) MD5 checksums and sizes of the released files: 933a811f11e3db3d73ae492f6c3a7a76 Python-2.6.9.tar.xz bddbd64bf6f5344fc55bbe49a72fe4f3 Python-2.6.9.tgz The signatures for the source tarballs above were generated with GnuPG using release manager Barry Warsaw's public key which has a key id of A74B06BF. Notes Users of Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) may be affected by issue 18458, experiencing crashes when using the interactive interpre...

  • Python 3.0 Release

    ...all (3.0) (sig) Bzipped source tar ball (3.0) (sig) Windows x86 MSI Installer (3.0) (sig) Windows X86-64 MSI Installer (3.0) [1] (sig) MD5 checksums and sizes of the released files: ac1d8aa55bd6d04232cd96abfa445ac4 11191348 Python-3.0.tgz 28021e4c542323b7544aace274a03bed 9474659 Python-3.0.tar.bz2 054131fb1dcaf0bc20b23711d1028099 13421056 python-3.0.amd64.msi 2b85194a040b34088b64a48fa907c0af 13168640 python-3.0.msi Documentation Online Documentation is updated twice a day What's ...

  • PSF-2005-001 - SimpleXMLRPCServer.py allows unrestricted traversal

    ...allows unrestricted traversal <h2>PSF-2005-001 - SimpleXMLRPCServer.py allows unrestricted traversal</h2> <hr> <h3>Python Security Advisory</h3> <pre><b> Advisory ID: <a href="/files/news/security/PSF-2005-001/PSF-2005-001.txt">PSF-2005-001</a> Issue Date: February 3, 2005 Product: Python Versions: 2.2 all versions, 2.3 prior to 2.3.5, 2.4 CVE Names: CAN-2005-0089 </b></pre> <hr> <p>Python is...

  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (April 13, 2004)

    ...all continue under current membership and leadership, and that the committee's activities shall now be constrained to all aspects of fund raising for the PSF, including but not limited to (1) creation of fund raising messages, ads, and materials, (2) soliciting of donations from private and company contributors, and (3) management of fund raising infrastructure. The motion passed by a 5-0-0 vote. 7. Miscellaneous There was no progress on the contributor forms, reported Von Löwis. L...

  • Linux RPMs for Python 2.3.5

    ...all these packages. <hr /> <li />Q) I'm trying to build the RPMS, but I get: <pre>RPM build errors: File not found by glob: /var/tmp/python2.3-2.3.5-root/usr/lib/python2.3/lib-dynload/_tkinter.so*</pre> <li />A) You need to have the Tk development package installed. This package is usually called "tk-devel", and can be obtained from the same place that you normally find packages for your system. You may also need to install the "tcl-devel" p...

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