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Python 2.4.1 - Release Notes (editors: check NEWS.help for information about editing NEWS using ReST.) What's New in Python 2.4.1 final? Release date: 30-MAR-2005 Core and builtins Move exception finalisation later in the shutdown process - this fixes the crash seen in bug #1165761 Tests SF patch 1167316: doctest.py fails self-test if run directly. Build SF patch 1171767: Darwin 8's headers are anal about POSIX compliance, and linking has changed (prebinding is now deprecated, and l...
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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 3.3.2 Release Python 3.3.x has reached end-of-life. Python 3.3.7, the final security-fix release, is available here. Python 3.3.2 was released on May 15th, 2013. This release fixes a few regressions found in Python 3.3.1. Major new features of the 3.3 series, compared to 3.2 Python 3.3 includes a range of improvements of the 3.x series, as well as easier porting between 2.x and 3.x. PEP 380, syntax for delegating to a subgenerator (yield from) PEP 393, flexible string representation...
Python Data Plotting Solutions SIG Issues Python Data Plotting Solutions SIG Issues Plotting needs vary greatly depending on each user's requirements; some users wish to see a better API between Python and existing plotting libraries or programs. Others would rather see a new framework which maximally leverages the OOP and dynamic strengths of Python, at the cost of reinventing a few wheels. Both strategies will be entertained by the SIG, with individual members contributing to...
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...
Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (August 9, 2005) The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors August 9, 2005 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation (the "PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat at 17:00 UTC, August 9, 2005. Stephan Deibel presided at the meeting. 1 Attendance The following members of the Board of Directors were present at the meeting: Steph...
2013-06-28 PSF Board Meeting Minutes The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors June 28, 2013 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors was held over Group Conference Call via phone and Internet Relay Chat beginning at 18:00 CEST/ 12:00 EDT, on June 28 2013. Van Lindberg presided over the meeting. Ewa Jodlowska prepared the minutes. All votes are reported in the form "Y-N-A" (in favor-Yâop...
Python 3.3.1 Release Python 3.3.x has reached end-of-life. Python 3.3.7, the final security-fix release, is available here. Python 3.3.1 was released on April 7th, 2013. This is a 3.3 series bugfix release. It includes hundreds of bugfixes over 3.3.0. Major new features of the 3.3 series, compared to 3.2 Python 3.3 includes a range of improvements of the 3.x series, as well as easier porting between 2.x and 3.x. PEP 380, syntax for delegating to a subgenerator (yield from) PEP 393, flexib...
Python Success Stories Introduction When one of the French Government Agencies was looking for a way to overcome their growing data quality problems, they chose to use the Test&Go software suite from QualiControl, along with associated consultancy, to help them develop a solution. The problem was the following: every year, over a period of one month, more than 800,000 French companies sent their employee year-end reports in electronic form. More than 35% of these reports had errors or exc...
Released: Sept. 4, 2021
Note: The release you are looking at is Python 3.6.15, the final security 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 bugfix release for 3.6 was 3.6.8. …
Released: Oct. 11, 2022
This is a security release of Python 3.8 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.8.15, 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 …
This is a security release of Python 3.9 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.9.15, a security bugfix release for the legacy 3.9 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 …
Released: May 19, 2014
Python 3.4.1 Python 3.4 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.4.10, the final release of the 3.4 series, is available here. Python 3.4.1 was released on May 18th, 2014. Python 3.4.1 has over three hundred bugfixes and other improvements over 3.4.0. One notable change: the version of …
Released: Sept. 22, 2014
Python 3.4.2rc1 Python 3.4 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.4.10, the final release of the 3.4 series, is available here. Python 3.4.2rc1 was released on September 22nd, 2014. Python 3.4.2 has many bugfixes and other small improvements over 3.4.1. One new feature for Mac OS X …
Released: Oct. 13, 2014
Python 3.4.2 Python 3.4 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.4.10, the final release of the 3.4 series, is available here. Python 3.4.2 was released on October 8th, 2014. Python 3.4.2 has many bugfixes and other small improvements over 3.4.1. One new feature for Mac OS X …
Released: Feb. 8, 2015
Python 3.4.3rc1 Python 3.4 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.4.10, the final release of the 3.4 series, is available here. Python 3.4.3rc1 was released on February 8th, 2015. Python 3.4.3rc1 has many bugfixes and other small improvements over 3.4.2. Major new features of the …
Released: Nov. 17, 2013
fixes several security issues and various other bugs found in Python 3.3.2. This release fully supports OS X 10.9 Mavericks. In particular, this release fixes an issue that could cause previous versions of Python to crash when typing in interactive mode on OS X 10.9. Major …
Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (March 8, 2005) The Python Software Foundation Minutes of Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors March 8, 2005 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation (the "PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat at 18:00 GMT. Stephan Deibel presided at the meeting. 1. Attendance The following members of the Board of Directors were present at the meeting: Martin v. Löwis, Stephan Deibel, Steve Holden, a...
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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