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• Using Windows Installer

  Using Windows Installer Installer Features Python 2.4 is distributed as a Microsoft Installer (MSI) file on Windows. Typically, packages are installed by double-clicking them in the file explorer. However, with the msiexec.exe command line utility, additional features are available, like non-interactive installation and administrative installation. Non-interactive Installation With the command line msiexec /i python<version>.msi installation can be initiated programma...

• Using Windows Installer

  Using Windows Installer Windows Installer Features Python 2.5 is distributed as a Microsoft Installer (MSI) file on Windows. Typically, packages are installed by double-clicking them in the file explorer. However, with the msiexec.exe command line utility, additional features are available, like non-interactive installation and administrative installation. Non-interactive Installation With the command line msiexec /i python<version>.msi installation can be initiated p...

• Python Success Stories

  Python Success Stories Introduction Wing IDE is a commercial integrated development environment for the Python programming language. Wing provides developers with a full-featured source editor, debugger, code browser, and many other tools specifically designed for use with Python. Wing works with all forms of Python, whether running as a stand-alone app, under a web server, or in a custom embedded scripting environment. Several GUI layers (wxPython, PyQt, PyGTK, and Tkinter) are supported, as...

• Release – Python 3.14.0rc1

  Version: None

  Released: July 22, 2025

  It's the first 3.14 release candidate! https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3140rc1/ This is the first release candidate of Python 3.14 This release, 3.14.0rc1, 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 …

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• 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...

• Release – Python 3.12.0rc1

  Version: None

  Released: Aug. 6, 2023

  This is the first release candidate of Python 3.12.0 This release, 3.12.0rc1, 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 …

• Release – Python 3.12.0rc2

  Version: None

  Released: Sept. 6, 2023

  This is the second release candidate of Python 3.12.0 This release, 3.12.0rc2, is the last release preview for Python 3.12. There will be no ABI changes from this point forward in the 3.12 series. The intent is for the final release of 3.12.0, scheduled for Monday, 2023-10-02, to be …

• Release – Python 3.12.0rc3

  Version: None

  Released: Sept. 19, 2023

  This is the third release candidate of Python 3.12.0 This release, 3.12.0rc3, is the absolutely last release preview for Python 3.12. There will be no ABI changes from this point forward in the 3.12 series. The intent is for the final release of 3.12.0, scheduled for Monday, 2023-10-02, to …

• Release – Python 3.14.0a5

  Version: None

  Released: Feb. 11, 2025

  Here comes the antepenultimate alpha. This is an early developer preview of Python 3.14 Major new features of the 3.14 series, compared to 3.13 Python 3.14 is still in development. This release, 3.14.0a5, is the fifth of seven planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to …

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• PSF Contributor Agreement for Jython

  PSF Contributor Agreement for Jython Contributor Agreement for Jython This Contributor Agreement is between Python Software Foundation (“PSF”) and the individual or other entity identified below (“the Contributor”): Contributor: __________________________________________ Address: __________________________________________ __________________________________________ Email: __________________________________________ Contributor offers to li...

• PSF Contributor Agreement for Python

  PSF Contributor Agreement for Python Contributor Agreement This Contributor Agreement is between Python Software Foundation (“PSF”) and the individual or other entity identified below (“the Contributor”): Contributor: __________________________________________ Address: __________________________________________ __________________________________________ Email: __________________________________________ Contributor offers to license certa...

• Release – Python 2.4.5

  Version: None

  Released: March 11, 2008

  Python 2.4 is now in security-fix-only mode. No new features are being added, and bugs are not fixed anymore unless they affect the stability and security of the interpreter, or of Python …

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• Python 2.4.5 Release

  Python 2.4.5 Release Python 2.4.5 We are pleased to announce Python 2.4.5 (final), a bugfix release of Python 2.4, on March 11, 2008. Important: 2.4.5 is a source-only release. If you need a binary release of 2.4, use 2.4.4. If you need the fixes that are included in this release, use 2.5.2 or later. Python 2.4 is now in security-fix-only mode. No new features are being added, and bugs are not fixed anymore unless they affect the stability and security of the interpreter, or of Python appli...

• Release – Python 3.14.0rc2

  Version: None

  Released: Aug. 14, 2025

  It's the final 🪄 penultimate 🪄 3.14 release candidate! Note: rc2 was originally planned for 2025-08-26, but we fixed a bug that required bumping the magic number stored in Python bytecode (.pyc) files. This means .pyc files created for rc1 cannot be used for rc2, and they'll be …

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• Release – Python 3.7.14

  Version: None

  Released: Sept. 6, 2022

  Note: The release you are looking at is a security bugfix release for the legacy 3.7 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 3.7 was 3.7.17. Please see …

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• Notes

  ...interpreters. SF patch #500401: webbrowser: tightened up the command passed to os.system() so that arbitrary shell code can't be executed because a bogus URL was passed in. The Python compiler package was updated to correctly calculate stack depth in some cases. This was affecting Zope Python Scripts rather badly. Largefile support was added (but not on by default, you'll need to follow the instructions in the documentation of the posix module). SF bug #443120: Fix a cgi.py denial-of-service att...

• Release – Python 3.8.16

  Version: None

  Released: Dec. 6, 2022

  This is a security release of Python 3.8 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.8.16, a security bugfix release for the legacy 3.8 series. Python 3.11 is now the latest feature release series of Python 3. Get the latest release of 3.11.x here. Security content in this …

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• 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 …

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• Python Success Stories

  Python Success Stories Introduction Frequentis is one of the world's leading providers for safety-critical solutions in the field of Air Traffic Management and Public Safety & Transport. With over 500 employees world-wide, it provides innovative, user-centered solutions to its customers. Frequentis has been using Python in its TAPtools® product family, which focuses on the Tower and Airport Tools segment of Air Traffic Control. These tools are used by air traffic controllers to track weat...

• Python Success Stories

  Python Success Stories Background Successful information search is mission-critical. It increases worker efficiency and saves money. On an external web site, it also increases customer satisfaction and helps retain users to the web site. The average company can waste millions of dollars because its employees cannot locate and retrieve the information that is needed for their jobs. Infoseek released the original version of Ultraseek Server on March 31, 1997. It was built by wrapping Infoseek's...

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