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  • Python Success Stories

    ...Python From the Start Journyx Timesheet has been using Python from the beginning. Curt Finch chose Python initially on the recommendation of a friend, Steve Madere, who had founded Dejanews.com (now a part of Google). Describing the rationale for his choice, Curt said "I looked at Java and C and came to the conclusion that 1 line of Python is 10 lines of Java or 100 lines of C. Developers write code at basically a constant rate so I chose Python which was (and is) the highest level language...

  • Release – Python 3.13.11

    Version: None

    Released: Dec. 5, 2025

    This is the eleventh maintenance release of Python 3.13 Note: This is Python 3.13.11, 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. Python 3.13.11 is the eleventh maintenance release of 3.13. This …

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  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (September 13, 2005)

    Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (September 13, 2005) The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors September 13, 2005 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation (the "PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat at 17:00 UTC, September 13, 2005. Stephan Deibel presided at the meeting. 1   Attendance The following members of the Board of Directors were present from the...

  • PSF Bylaws

    ...16th, 2014. Approved by the PSF board on February 19th, 2014. Amendments adopted by vote of the membership, June 10, 2017. Amendments adopted by vote of the membership, July 23, 2021. Amendments adopted by vote of the membership, August 1, 2024. Amendments adopted by vote of the PSF Board, July 26, 2024; effective August 10, 2024.

  • Release – Python 3.13.0b2

    Version: None

    Released: June 5, 2024

    This is a beta preview of Python 3.13 Python 3.13 is still in development. This release, 3.13.0b2, is the second 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 prepare their …

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  • Release – Python 3.13.4

    Version: None

    Released: June 3, 2025

    This is the fourth 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. 3.13.4 is the latest maintenance release, containing a few important security fixes as well as around 300 …

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  • PSF Fellow Membership

    ...1/01 - 31/03) Cut-off for nominations will be February 20. New fellows will be announced before March 31. Second quarter: April to the end of June (01/04 - 30/06) Cut-off for quarter two will be May 20. New fellows will be announced before June 30. Third quarter: July to the end of September (01/07 - 30/09) Cut-off for quarter three will be August 20. New fellows will be announced before end of September. Fourth quarter: October to the end of December (01/10 - 31/12) Cut-off for quarter four wil...

  • Release – Python 3.13.0b4

    Version: None

    Released: July 17, 2024

    This is a beta preview of Python 3.13 Python 3.13 is still in development. This release, 3.13.0b4, is the final beta release preview of 3.13. 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 …

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  • Python Success Stories

    ...121K lines, of which 77K were written in Python. Even without considering that a line of Python is typically equivalent to 10 or more lines of C, we were extremely pleased with this result. The entire product, including third party open source modules, actually contains on the order of 1.2 million lines of code, of which 274K lines are Python. So why was using Python so productive, even when only 63% of the code we wrote was in Python? There is no single answer to this question, but several: 1) ...

  • 2014 PSF Members' Meeting Minutes

    ...13-12-31) Assets: 1.684.000 US$ Liabilities: 761.000 US$ Equity: 922.000 US$ (as of 2014-03-31) Assets: 2.541.000 US$ Liabilities: 1.664.000 US$ Equity: 876.000 US$ 4   Announcements None 5   New Business 5.1   Introduction to the new PSF membership model Membership size PSF was founded in 2001: 16 members, 2 sponsor members June 2012:204 members, 26 sponsor members March 2013:283 members, 28 sponsor members July 2014: 1877 Basic Member...

  • 2009-09-14 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...13 July 2009, Section 16.1, Financial Report: D. Goodger will work with V. Lindberg on a budget plan for PyCon 2010 & 2011. Status: pending. [88] Originally from 13 July 2009, Section 16.1, Financial Report: K. Kaiser will provide a financial report to board members monthly. Status: pending. [89] Originally from 13 July 2009, Section 16.1, Financial Report: D. Goodger will inform the board of the 10% commission amount received from hotel room charges at the Crowne Plaza Hotel stay during P...

  • Retired SIGS

    ...1 matrix-sig Paul Dubois Numerical Python archive January 2000 gui-sig Jim Fulton Graphical User Interface archive January 1999 objc-sig Jeff Sickel Objective-C viz Python archive January 1999 locator-sig Paul Everitt Python Resource Tracking (Software, docs, projects...). See the catalog-sig for a successor. archive January 1998 pattern-sig Dinu Gherman Idioms, Patterns, and Frameworks archive January 1998 progenv-sig Ken Manheimer Programming Environment archive January 1998 pythonwin-s...

  • Release – Python 3.13.0rc1

    Version: None

    Released: Aug. 1, 2024

    This is the first release candidate of Python 3.13.0 This release, 3.13.0rc1, 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 release …

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  • Release – Python 3.13.0rc2

    Version: None

    Released: Sept. 6, 2024

    This is the second release candidate of Python 3.13.0 This release, 3.13.0rc2, is the final release preview. This release is expected to become the final 3.13.0 release, barring any critical bugs being discovered. The official release of 3.13.0 is scheduled for Tuesday, 2024-10-01. There will be no ABI changes …

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  • Release – Python 3.13.0rc3

    Version: None

    Released: Oct. 1, 2024

    This is the third release candidate of Python 3.13.0 This release, 3.13.0rc3, is the final release preview (no really) of 3.13. This release is expected to become the final 3.13.0 release, barring any critical bugs being discovered. The official release of 3.13.0 is now scheduled for Monday, 2024-10-07. This …

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  • Python documentation by version

    ...13. Python 3.2.3, documentation released on 10 April 2012. Python 3.2.2, documentation released on 4 September 2011. Python 3.2.1, documentation released on 10 July 2011. Python 3.2, documentation released on 20 February 2011. Python 3.1.5, documentation released on 9 April 2012. Python 3.1.4, documentation released on 11 June 2011. Python 3.1.3, documentation released on 27 November 2010. Python 3.1.2, documentation released on 21 March 2010. Python 3.1.1, documentation released on 17 August 20...

  • Python Success Stories

    Python Success Stories First published in Linux Journal, May 2000. Copyright 2000 Specialized Systems Consultants, Inc. All rights reserved. Introduction My first look at Python was an accident, and I didn't much like what I saw at the time. It was early 1997, and Mark Lutz's book Programming Python from O'Reilly & Associates had recently come out. O'Reilly books occasionally land on my doorstep, selected from among the new releases by some mysterious benefactor inside the organization u...

  • 2008-08-11 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...11 PSF Board Meeting Minutes The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors August 11, 2008 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat beginning at 16:00 UTC, 11 August 2008. Steve Holden presided at the meeting. David Goodger prepared these minutes. Contents 1   Attendance 2   Minutes of Past Meetings 3   Status of Past Act...

  • 2007-02-12 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...12 PSF Board Meeting Minutes The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors February 12, 2007 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat beginning at 18:12 UTC, 12 February 2007. Stephan Deibel presided at the meeting. David Goodger prepared these minutes. Contents 1   Attendance 2   Minutes of Past Meetings 3   Status of Pa...

  • IDLE and tkinter with Tcl/Tk on macOS

    ...11.1, 3.2.3rc1, 2.7.3rc1, removed 3.1.4 2011-11-12 - updated for ActiveTcl 8.5.11 2011-09-04 - updated for 3.2.2 final 2011-07-21 - updated for macOS 10.7 and ActiveTcl 8.5.10.1 2011-07-09 - updated for 3.2.1 final and ActiveTcl 8.5.10 2011-06-12 - updated for 2.7.2 final and 3.1.4 final 2011-05-30 - updated for 3.2.1rc, 2.7.2rc, and 3.1.4rc 2011-03-08 - add warnings and include details on how Python links with Tcl/Tk releases 2011-02-20 - updated for 3.2 final 2011-01-31 draft 1 - preliminary i...

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