Notice: While JavaScript is not essential for this website, your interaction with the content will be limited. Please turn JavaScript on for the full experience.

Search Python.org

Results

  • Release – Python 3.12.6

    Version: None

    Released: Sept. 6, 2024

    This is the sixth maintenance release of Python 3.12 Python 3.12 is the newest major release of the Python programming language, and it contains many new features and optimizations. 3.12.6 is the latest maintenance release, containing about 90 bugfixes, build improvements and documentation changes since 3.12.5. This is an expedited …

    View Release Notes

  • Python Success Stories

    Python Success Stories Introduction AFNIC is the registry of the French .fr top-level internet domain. For many years, registration rules in .fr were very strict. On May 11th, 2004, the rules changed to a more liberal model, allowing many registrations that were not possible before. As a consequence of this change, the registry was faced with receiving a potentially unmanageable burst of requests. This is a problem known as a "landrush" faced by every DNS registry which changes its ...

  • Python 2.7.2 Release

    Python 2.7.2 Release Python 2.7.2 Note: A newer bugfix release, 2.7.3, is currently available. Its use is recommended over Python 2.7.2. Python 2.7.2 was released on June 11th, 2011. 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. The 2.7 series contains many of the features that were first released in Python 3.1. Improvements in this release include: An ordered dictionary type New unittest features inc...

  • Agenda of 2009 PSF Members' Meeting, 27 March 2009

    Agenda of 2009 PSF Members' Meeting, 27 March 2009 The Python Software Foundation Agenda of the 2009 Members' Meeting March 27, 2009 This agenda was finalized on March 17, 2009. The annual PSF Members' Meeting will be held at PyCon 2009 on March 27, 2009 at 12:10 CDT (17:10 UTC) at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare hotel in Chicago (Rosemont), Illinois, USA. Voting If you cannot attend the meeting you can vote by designating a proxy or by absentee ballot. A proxy designation is preferred; ...

  • Python Software Foundation Board Meeting Minutes 2006-08-14

    Python Software Foundation Board Meeting Minutes 2006-08-14 The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors August 14, 2006 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat beginning at 17:00 UTC, 14 August 2006. Stephan Deibel presided at the meeting. David Goodger prepared these minutes. Contents 1   Attendance 2   Minutes of Past Meetings 3&nb...

  • Python Success Stories

    Python Success Stories Introduction This article shows how I integrated Python, COM, DocBook, OpenJade, and Word together to create a documentation tool for BEACON, a visual programming environment. This documentation tool was used for code reviews in the software development methodology at my company, and led to significant (>$1M) in cost savings. Before starting this project, I had no prior experience using SGML, XML, or other document markup languages. It was only when I was perilously ...

  • Release – Python 2.7.3

    Version: None

    Released: April 9, 2012

    Note: A newer bugfix release, 2.7.4, is currently available. Its use is recommended over previous versions of 2.7. Python 2.7.3 was released on April 9, 2012. 2.7.3 includes fixes for several reported security issues in 2.7.2: issue 13703 (oCERT-2011-003, hash collision denial of service), issue 14234 (CVE-2012-0876, hash table …

    View Release Notes

  • Python 2.7.3 Release

    Python 2.7.3 Release Python 2.7.3 Note: A newer bugfix release, 2.7.4, is currently available. Its use is recommended over previous versions of 2.7. Python 2.7.3 was released on April 9, 2012. 2.7.3 includes fixes for several reported security issues in 2.7.2: issue 13703 (oCERT-2011-003, hash collision denial of service), issue 14234 (CVE-2012-0876, hash table collisions CPU usage DoS in the expat library), issue 14001 (CVE-2012-0845, SimpleXMLRPCServer denial of service), and issue 13885 (...

  • Support the PSF with a Donation or by becoming a Supporting Member!

    Support the PSF with a Donation or by becoming a Supporting Member! Donate What does the Python Software Foundation do? The Python Software Foundation: Awards grants and provides resources for furthering the development and adoption of Python. Organizes and hosts the annual PyCon US conference. 2019 brought together 3,393 attendees from 55 countries, a new record for PyCon US! Our sponsors’ support enabled us to award $137,200 USD to ...

  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of the 1st Meeting of Board of Directors

    Python Software Foundation: Minutes of the 1st Meeting of Board of Directors The Python Software Foundation Minutes of the 1st Meeting of Board of Directors The Board of Directors of the Python Software Foundation (the "Corporation") held its first meeting on March 5, 2001 at the Hilton Long Beach in Long Beach, Calif. The directors attending were: Paul Everitt Greg Stein No directors were absent. On motion and by unanimous vote, Greg Stein was elected temporary Chairperson ...

  • Release – Python 3.3.0

    Version: None

    Released: Sept. 29, 2012

    Python 3.3 includes a range of improvements of the 3.x series, as well as easier porting between 2.x and 3.x. Major new features in the 3.3 release series are: PEP 380, syntax for delegating to a subgenerator (yield from) PEP 393, flexible string representation (doing away …

    View Release Notes

  • Release – Python 3.2.1

    Version: None

    Released: July 9, 2011

    Note: A newer security-fix release, 3.2.6, is currently available. Its use is recommended. Python 3.2.1 was released on July 10th, 2011. Python 3.2 is a continuation of the efforts to improve and stabilize the Python 3.x line. Since the final release of Python 2.7, the 2.x line will only …

    View Release Notes

  • Release – Python 3.2.2

    Version: None

    Released: Sept. 3, 2011

    Note: A newer security-fix release, 3.2.6, is currently available. Its use is recommended. Python 3.2.2 was released on September 4th, 2011. It mainly fixes a regression in the urllib.request module that prevented opening many HTTP resources correctly with Python 3.2.1. Python 3.2 is a continuation of the efforts to …

    View Release Notes

  • Release – Python 3.2.3

    Version: None

    Released: April 10, 2012

    Note: A newer security-fix release, 3.2.6, is currently available. Its use is recommended. Python 3.2.3 was released on April 10, 2012. It includes fixes for several reported security issues: issue 13703 (CVE-2012-1150, hash collision denial of service), issue 14234 (CVE-2012-0876, Expat hash collision denial of service), issue 14001 (CVE-2012-0845, …

    View Release Notes

  • Release – Python 3.2.0

    Version: None

    Released: Feb. 20, 2011

    Note: A newer security-fix release, 3.2.6, is currently available. Its use is recommended. Python 3.2 was released on February 20th, 2011. Python 3.2 is a continuation of the efforts to improve and stabilize the Python 3.x line. Since the final release of Python 2.7, the 2.x line will only …

    View Release Notes

  • Release – Python 3.12.0a2

    Version: None

    Released: Nov. 15, 2022

    This is an early developer preview of Python 3.12. Major new features of the 3.12 series, compared to 3.11 Python 3.12 is still in development. This release, 3.12.0a2 is the second of seven planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the current state …

  • Job - Senior Full Stack Engineer

    Location: London United Kingdom

    Telecommuting: Yes

    We’re looking for a Senior Full Stack Engineer to join our Member Experience squad — a collaborative, cross-functional team dedicated to improving the experience for Lyst members (users who create an account). You’ll get to work across user personalisation, our stock and price alerts, as well as the optimisation and …

  • Python Success Stories

    Python Success Stories Introduction ForecastWatch.com, a service of Intellovations, is in the business of rating the accuracy of weather reports from companies such as Accuweather, MyForecast.com, and The Weather Channel. Over 36,000 weather forecasts are collected every day for over 800 U.S. cities, and later compared with actual climatological data. These comparisons are used by meteorologists to improve their weather forecasts, and to compare their forecasts with others. They are also used...

  • Python Success Stories

    Python Success Stories Introduction My son Nat is autistic. He likes to look at pictures of familiar places, things, and people. We bought a digital camera so we could take as many pictures of as many ordinary things as we wanted, without having to worry about the cost and bother of film and development. Nat's tastes are difficult to predict, so we might take pictures of a subject certain to please him, only to find that he has no interest in them at all. We wanted to be able to cast a wi...

  • Download Python for other platforms

    Download Python for other platforms Python has been ported to a number of specialized and/or older platforms, listed below in alphabetical order. Note that these ports often lag well behind the latest Python release. Python for AIX AIX binary packages for Python are available from IBM AIX Toolbox in RPM format. They can be installed using dnf package manager. Visit the Get Started page for more details. Python for HP-UX You can purchase ActivePython (commercial and community versions, in...

Python language documentation

If you didn't find what you need, try your search in the Python language documentation.