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  • Release – Python 3.5.10

    Version: None

    Released: Sept. 5, 2020

    Python 3.5.10 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10 is the final release of 3.5. Python 3.5.10 was released on September 5th, 2020. Python 3.5.10 is the final release in the Python 3.5 series. As of this release, the 3.5 branch has been retired, no further …

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  • 2009 PSF Members' Meeting Minutes

    2009 PSF Members' Meeting Minutes The Python Software Foundation Minutes of the 2009 Members' Meeting March 27, 2009 The Python Software Foundation (the "PSF") held its annual members' meeting on March 27, 2009 at 12:10 CDT (17:10 UTC) at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare hotel in Rosemont, Illinois, USA (PyCon 2009 Chicago). The agenda is available here. Steve Holden presided over the meeting. David Goodger prepared these minutes. Contents 1   Attendance 2 &nb...

  • Python for Windows

    Python for Windows Python for Microsoft Windows (XP and later releases) Python releases include an excellent Windows installer. See the individual releases for details. You may also wish to download pywin32, Mark Hammond's add-on that includes the Win32 API, COM support, and Pythonwin extensions. It's available from the pywin32 project on SourceForge. Alternative Packages for Windows. ActiveState ActivePython (commercial and community versions, including scientific computing modules). Ac...

  • Python Software Foundation Board Meeting Minutes 2006-03-13

    Python Software Foundation Board Meeting Minutes 2006-03-13 The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors March 13, 2006 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat beginning at 18:00 UTC, 13 March 2006. Stephan Deibel presided at the meeting. 1   Attendance The following members of the Board of Directors were present at the meeting: Stephan Deibel, David ...

  • Known bugs in Python 2.2

    ...classic classes and new-style classes</h3> <p>The following differences between classic and new-style classes may require attention when you are converting a classic class to a new-style class. Since previous versions of Python don't support new-style classes, these can't be considered to be real bugs, but since we've tried very hard to make the behavior of new-style classes backwards compatible, it's important to note these differences. (There are of course many more differences th...

  • Release – Python 3.7.0a2

    Version: None

    Released: Oct. 17, 2017

    This is an early developer preview of Python 3.7 Major new features of the 3.7 series, compared to 3.6 Python 3.7 is still in development. This releasee, 3.7.0a2, is the second of four planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the …

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  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting, January 10, 2006

    Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting, January 10, 2006 The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors January 10, 2006 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat beginning at 18:00 UTC, 10 January 2006. Stephan Deibel presided at the meeting. 1   Attendance The following members of the Board of Directors were present at the mee...

  • Release – Python 3.6.11rc1

    Version: None

    Released: June 17, 2020

    Note Python 3.8 is now released and is the latest feature release of Python 3. Get the latest release of 3.8.x here. Python 3.6.11rc1 is the release candidate preview of the next security fix release of Python 3.6. Python 3.6.8 was the final bugfix release for …

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  • Bugs in Python 2.3

    Bugs in Python 2.3 IDLE now executes code in a separate process. To communicate between the main process and executing processes, IDLE opens a socket to 127.0.0.1 (the local machine). Some firewalls running on Windows machines interfere with this and can cause either silent failures or erroneous popup windows from the firewall. This problem only occurs if you run a firewall on the same machine as IDLE. IDLE fails to start on Windows if installed to a directory with a space (e.g. C:\Program...

  • Python Software Foundation Board Meeting Minutes 2006-02-25

    Python Software Foundation Board Meeting Minutes 2006-02-25 The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Special Meeting of the Board of Directors February 25, 2006 A special meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors was held at PyCon in Dallas at 12:15 CST (18:15 UTC), 25 February 2006. Stephan Deibel presided at the meeting. 1   Attendance The following members of the Board of Directors were present at the meeting: Stephan Deibel, Mart...

  • Python Success Stories

    ...class library that allows new developers to come up to speed quickly when working on new GDS data access tasks. Text, Text, Text Text processing is where Python really shines for us. Almost all the data handled at Gusto.com is text-based. From screen scraping GDS data to data mining vendors' websites, Python tools munge text day in and day out, and have yet to run into any problems with the language or it's performance. For these tasks, Python is fast. One of the tools currently being worked o...

  • Python Software Foundation: Python Conference Committee Report (December 2003)

    Python Software Foundation: Python Conference Committee Report (December 2003) <center> <h3>The Python Software Foundation <br>Python Conference Committee Report </h3> </center> <p>December 2003 <p>David Ascher reports that he and Steve Holden had a phone call, and Ascher, Holden, Jeremy Hylton, Neal Norwitz, and Itamar Shtull-Trauring met on IRC. <h3>Deadlines</h3> <ul> System Message: ERROR/3 (<string>, line 15) Unexpected in...

  • Release – Python 3.6.0a1

    Version: None

    Released: May 17, 2016

    Python 3.6.0a1 Python 3.6.0a1 was released on 2016-05-17. Major new features of the 3.6 series, compared to 3.5 Python 3.6 is still in development; 3.6.0a1 is the first of four planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the current …

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  • Release – Python 3.6.0a2

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    Released: June 13, 2016

    Python 3.6.0a2 Python 3.6.0a2 was released on 2016-06-13. Major new features of the 3.6 series, compared to 3.5 Python 3.6 is still in development; 3.6.0a2 is the second of four planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the current …

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  • Release – Python 3.6.0a3

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    Released: July 12, 2016

    Python 3.6.0a3 Python 3.6.0a3 was released on 2016-07-12. Major new features of the 3.6 series, compared to 3.5 Python 3.6 is still in development; 3.6.0a3 is the third of four planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the current …

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  • Release – Python 3.6.0a4

    Version: None

    Released: Aug. 15, 2016

    Python 3.6.0a4 Python 3.6.0a4 was released on 2016-08-15. Major new features of the 3.6 series, compared to 3.5 Python 3.6 is still in development; 3.6.0a4 is the last of four planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the current …

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  • Release – Python 3.7.7rc1

    Version: None

    Released: March 4, 2020

    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 3.7.7rc1 is the release candidate preview …

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  • 2012-06-18 & 2012-06-25 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    2012-06-18 & 2012-06-25 PSF Board Meeting Minutes The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors June 18, 2012 & June 25, 2012 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors was held over Group Video Calling via Skype and Internet Relay Chat beginning at 16:00 UTC, 18 June 2012 (Part 1) and resumed on 25 June 2012 (Part 2) & again was held over Group Video Calling via Skype and Internet Relay Cha...

  • Forums

    Forums The official Python Community forums are hosted at discuss.python.org. If you're looking for additional forums or forums in your native language, please check out the local user groups page at the Python Wiki. Python Forum (English) Python-Forum.de (German) r/Python (English) r/learnpython (English)

  • Python 2.6.8 license

    Python 2.6.8 license History and License¶ History of the software¶ Python was created in the early 1990s by Guido van Rossum at Stichting Mathematisch Centrum (CWI, see http://www.cwi.nl/) in the Netherlands as a successor of a language called ABC. Guido remains Python’s principal author, although it includes many contributions from others. In 1995, Guido continued his work on Python at the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI, see http://www.cnri.reston.va.us/) ...

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