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  • Release – Python 3.10.0rc1

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    Released: Aug. 2, 2021

    This is the first release candidate of Python 3.10 This release, 3.10.0rc1, is the penultimate release preview. Entering the release candidate phase, only reviewed code changes which are clear bug fixes are allowed between this release candidate and the final release. The second candidate and the last planned …

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  • Python Success Stories

    ...modules: The server backend is written in Python, and provides data storage and processing facilities. The Graphical User Interface front-end is written in Adobe Flex, and provides aid to the functionality exposed by the server. It requires a live connection to the server in order to function. A JavaScript 'tracking code' is installed on client web pages and provides the server with active web analytics. Some of the other technologies we're using at the moment for WordStream are Adobe Flex, L...

  • Python 2.3

    ...modules have been added, and the new type/class system introduced in Python 2.2 has been significantly improved. Python 2.3 can be up to 30% faster than Python 2.2. Please see the separate bugs page for known issues and the bug reporting procedure. Download the release Windows users should download the Windows installer, Python-2.3.exe, run it and follow the friendly instructions on the screen to complete the installation. Windows users may also be interested in Mark Hammond's w...

  • Donation Drive

    ...modules for Python. The PSF was just awarded $170,000 grant from Mozilla Open Source Program to improve the sustainability of PyPI.  PyCon 2017 brought together 3,389 attendees from 41 countries. Our sponsors’ support enabled us to award $89,000 in financial aid to 194 attendees. The Community Service Awards for 2017 were given to 6 individuals who have contributed to the scientific Python community, iPython, JuPyter, pandas, twisted, and Python 3, in addition to those who organized...

  • Release – Python 3.6.0b1

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    Released: Sept. 12, 2016

    Python 3.6.0b1 Python 3.6.0b1 was released on 2016-09-12. Major new features of the 3.6 series, compared to 3.5 Python 3.6 is still in development; 3.6.0b1 is the first of four planned beta releases. Among the new major new features in Python 3.6 are: …

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  • Release – Python 3.6.0b2

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    Released: Oct. 10, 2016

    Python 3.6.0b2 Python 3.6.0b2 was released on 2016-10-10. Major new features of the 3.6 series, compared to 3.5 Python 3.6 is still in development; 3.6.0b2 is the second of four planned beta releases. Among the new major new features in Python 3.6 are: …

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  • Release – Python 3.6.0b3

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    Released: Oct. 31, 2016

    Python 3.6.0b3 Python 3.6.0b3 was released on 2016-10-31. Major new features of the 3.6 series, compared to 3.5 Python 3.6 is still in development; 3.6.0b3 is the third of four planned beta releases. Among the new major new features in Python 3.6 are: …

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  • Release – Python 3.6.0b4

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    Released: Nov. 21, 2016

    Python 3.6.0b4 Python 3.6.0b4 was released on 2016-11-21. Major new features of the 3.6 series, compared to 3.5 Python 3.6 is still in development; 3.6.0b4 is the final planned beta release. Among the new major new features in Python 3.6 are: PEP …

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  • Release – Python 3.6.0rc1

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    Released: Dec. 6, 2016

    Python 3.6.0rc1 Python 3.6.0rc1 was released on 2016-12-06. 3.6.0rc1 is the first release candidate for the 3.6.0 release. Code for 3.6.0 is now frozen. Assuming no release critical problems are found prior to the 3.6.0 final release date, currently 2016-12-16, the 3.6.0 final release will be the …

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  • Release – Python 3.6.0rc2

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    Released: Dec. 16, 2016

    Python 3.6.0rc2 Python 3.6.0rc2 was released on 2016-12-16. 3.6.0rc2 is the second release candidate for the 3.6.0 release. Code for 3.6.0 is now frozen. Assuming no release critical problems are found prior to the 3.6.0 final release date, currently 2016-12-23, the 3.6.0 final release will be the …

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  • Release – Python 3.6.0

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    Released: Dec. 23, 2016

    Note: The release you are looking at is Python 3.6.0, the initial feature 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 3.6.1

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    Released: March 21, 2017

    Note: The release you are looking at is Python 3.6.1, 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 3.10.0b3

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    Released: June 17, 2021

    This is a beta preview of Python 3.10 Python 3.10 is still in development. 3.10.0b3 is the third 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 to …

  • Bugs in Python 2.3.3

    Bugs in Python 2.3.3 <h3>Bugs in Python 2.3.3</h3> <ul> <li>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.</li> </ul> &...

  • Python 1.6 License FAQ

    Python 1.6 License FAQ Python 1.6 License FAQ This FAQ addresses questions concerning the CNRI Open Source License and its impact on past and future Python releases. The text below has been approved for posting on the Python website and newsgroup by CNRI's president, Dr. Robert E. Kahn. The old Python license from CWI worked well for almost 10 years. Why a new license for Python 1.6? CNRI claims copyright in Python code and documentation from releases 1.3 through 1.6 inc...

  • Python 1.6 License FAQ

    Python 1.6 License FAQ Python 1.6 License FAQ This FAQ addresses questions concerning the CNRI Open Source License and its impact on past and future Python releases. The text below has been approved for posting on the Python website and newsgroup by CNRI's president, Dr. Robert E. Kahn. The old Python license from CWI worked well for almost 10 years. Why a new license for Python 1.6? CNRI claims copyright in Python code and documentation from releases 1.3 through 1.6 inc...

  • Release – Python 3.1.3

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    Released: Nov. 27, 2010

    Note: It is recommended that you use the latest bug fix release of the 3.1 series, 3.1.4. Python 3.1.3 was released on November 27th, 2010. The Python 3.1 version series is a continuation of the work started by Python 3.0, the new backwards-incompatible series of …

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  • Applications for Python

    ...modules for Python. Web and Internet Development Python offers many choices for web development: Frameworks such as Django and Pyramid. Micro-frameworks such as Flask and Bottle. Advanced content management systems such as Plone and django CMS. Python's standard library supports many Internet protocols: HTML and XML JSON E-mail processing. Support for FTP, IMAP, and other Internet protocols. Easy-to-use socket interface. And the Package Index has yet more libraries: Requests, a powerful H...

  • Python Success Stories

    Python Success Stories The University of St Andrews, founded in 1411, is Scotland's oldest university Zoom in Introduction The IT Services department at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, develops and maintains software systems used in a variety of capacities throughout the university. I had several years of experience working with Perl when I took my first serious look at Python back in 1999. Our team's projects were becoming bigger and more complex, and it was obvious that we needed t...

  • Python Internationalization-SIG

    Python Internationalization-SIG Internationalization-SIG ("i18n") This SIG provides a forum for discussing issues relating to the internationalization of Python. At the time of writing (March 2000), internationalization (henceforth spelled as "i18n" to save typing) features are being added to Python. This sig is the primary forum for discussing those features. Topics covered include but are not limited to: Unicode support and building a library of codecs Support for local...

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