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  • Release – Python 2.7.16

    Version: None

    Released: March 4, 2019

    Python 2.7.16 is a bugfix release in the Python 2.7 series. Note Attention macOS users: As of 2.7.16, all current python.org macOS installers ship with builtin copies of OpenSSL and Tcl/Tk 8.6. See the installer README for more information.

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  • Import Sig

    ...released.

  • Job - DevOps Engineer-FULLY REMOTE-US, CANADA, EUROPE only

    Location: Mountain View, California United States

    THIS IS A FULLY REMOTE ROLE - YOU MUST BE LOCATED EITHER IN THE US, CANADA or WESTERN EUROPE We're seeking a versatile DevOps Engineer to help scale our infrastructure and operations. This is a "wear many hats" position perfect for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, distributed …

  • New-style Classes

    New-style Classes Warning New-style classes has been integrated into Python 2.7 and old-style classes has been removed in Python 3. Please refer to the Python tutorial and the Descriptor HowTo Guide for more up-to-date documentation about classes and descriptors respectively. Unfortunately, new-style classes have not yet been integrated into Python's standard documentation. Fear not, however; many people have worked to provide useful information on creating and using new-style classes: Unif...

  • Objective-C SIG Status

    ...releases, along with quad-fat binaries and other useful Objective-C/Python stuff. Bill's archive is available at ftp://ftp.thoughtport.net/pub/next/lang/

  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (Mar. 12, 2002)

    ...release page Marc-Andre suggests to split up the press release page so it is clear which belong to the PSF itself and which are outside sources. The board agrees, and Marc-Andre will update the site. 4) Next member meeting Due to time constraints, it is decided to move this item to the next meeting or the mailing list. Guido also notes this should probably be handled in a small subcommittee. 5) Sponsor member payment deadline David brings up payment deadlines: do we hav...

  • Release – Python 3.12.9

    Version: None

    Released: Feb. 4, 2025

    This is the ninth maintenance release of Python 3.12 Python 3.12.9 is the latest maintenance release of Python 3.12, containing about 180 bug fixes, build improvements and documentation changes since 3.12.8. Major new features of the 3.12 series, compared to 3.11 New features More flexible …

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  • Foreword for "Programming Python" (2nd ed.)

    ...releases, and involves gradually increasing pressure on Python programmers (first through documentation, then through deprecation warnings, and eventually through errors) to change their code. By the way, a framework for issuing warnings will be introduced as part of Python 2.1. Sorry, Mark! So, don't expect the announcement of the release of Python 3000 any time soon. Instead, one day you may find that you are _already_ using Python 3000 -- only it won't be called that, but rather s...

  • Python 2.0

    ...release candidate 1 (since beta 2)? What is release candidate 1? We believe that release candidate 1 will fix all known bugs that we intend to fix for the 2.0 final release. This release should be a bit more stable than the previous betas. We would like to see even more widespread testing before the final release, so we are producing this release candidate. The final release will be exactly the same unless any show-stopping (or brown bag) bugs are found by testers of the release c...

  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (July 12, 2005)

    ...release committee". The first decision to make is whether Python releases should be a "PSF product". If yes, the PSF members should be asked if they agree. For the PSF, the advantage would be better visibility. Anthony Baxter is Python's all-purpose release manager, with a time plan that he tends to follow. T. Peters asked what a Python release committee would do that Anthony isn't already doing. M. von Löwis said that Anthony should be asked whether he wants to chair such a ...

  • Python 2.4.1 license

    ...releases are Open Source (see http://www.opensource.org for the Open Source Definition). Historically, most, but not all, Python releases have also been GPL-compatible; the table below summarizes the various releases. Release Derived from Year Owner GPL-compatible? (1) 0.9.0 thru 1.2   1991-1995 CWI yes 1.3 thru 1.5.2 1.2 1995-1999 CNRI yes 1.6 1.5.2 2000 CNRI no 2.0 1.6 2000 BeOpen.com no 1.6.1 1.6 2001 CNRI yes (2) 2.1 2.0+1.6.1 2001 PSF no 2.0.1 2.0+1.6.1 2001 PSF yes ...

  • Ancient Releases

    ...Releases Andrew Dalke was clever and persistent enough to scrape Python 0.9.1 out of the Usenet alt.sources archives and assemble a compressed tarball. It's here mostly as a historical relic. If you want a compiled binary (on Linux) you can install it with conda (ideally in its own conda environment): conda install -c davidmertz python=0.9 Skip Montanaro has created a GitHub repository of Python 0.9.1 source.

  • Release – Python 2.7.15

    Version: None

    Released: May 1, 2018

    Python 2.7.15 is a bugfix release in the Python 2.7 series. Note Attention macOS users: as of 2.7.15, all python.org macOS installers ship with a builtin copy of OpenSSL. Additionally, there is a new additional installer variant for macOS 10.9+ that includes a built-in version of Tcl/Tk …

  • Python Success Stories

    ...release in a three months time period. There are now thousands of users all over the world applying MayaVi in many research fields. It has recently been packaged for Debian Linux and was included in its latest release, Woody. Conclusion If it weren't for Python, MayaVi would not exist. Programming in Python is such a pleasure and so easy that even a spare time project can be very successful in doing what it set out to do. There were no major porting issues and MayaVi runs perfectly well unde...

  • Release – Python 3.13.10

    Version: None

    Released: Dec. 2, 2025

    This is the tenth maintenance release of Python 3.13 Python 3.13.10 is the tenth maintenance release of 3.13, containing around 300 bugfixes, build improvements and documentation changes since 3.13.9. Major new features of the 3.13 series, compared to 3.12 Some of the new major new features and …

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  • PSF Developers in Residence

    ...releases on track and stable. As a longtime release manager and core developer, he’s been involved in many versions of Python, making sure things run smoothly behind the scenes. Łukasz also spends time mentoring others and supporting big-picture changes that help Python grow and evolve for the long term. Łukasz's role is generously sponsored by Meta. Find Łukasz on all the platforms via his website. Mike Fiedler As PyPI’s sole Safety & Security Engineer, Mike focuses on ensuring that all us...

  • About the Python Software Foundation

    ...releases, and protect Python-related trademarks. We put resources behind and help coordinate and improvements to the Python codebase and new Python releases. Community CONNECTION, DIVERSITY, SUPPORT, AND GROWTH FOR ALL WITHIN THE PYTHON COMMUNITY. We host PyCon US, the longest running annual event for celebrating, learning about, and coming together around Python. We give grants to groups around the world hosting events for and by Pythonistas supporting each other and welcoming newcomers. In ...

  • Python Success Stories

    ...released. This release promised better object oriented capabilities, and the time was right for Rackspace to dedicate more people to the project. The system was totally redesigned from the ground up, including new database schemas and application design strategies. At this time we re-dubbed the project "CORE," an acronym for Core Objects Reused Everywhere, in order to reflect the overall design goal for CORE: modularity and reusability across all systems in the company. With that goal ...

  • Linux RPMs for Python 2.4

    ...release. Unfortunately, they didn't patch their python RPM to account for this, and they don't appear to be planning to release any errata to fix this. If you upgrade to the 2.2.2-7 or newer RPMs on this page, distutils should work. Note that this seems to be fixed in the Red Hat 9 release (which uses Python 2.2.2 and has a patched distutils). Q) When trying to build RPMs, I get "rpmbuild: command not found". A) The "rpmbuild" command is part o...

  • Python 2.4.1 - Linux RPMs

    ...release. Unfortunately, they didn't patch their python RPM to account for this, and they don't appear to be planning to release any errata to fix this. If you upgrade to the 2.2.2-7 or newer RPMs on this page, distutils should work. Note that this seems to be fixed in the Red Hat 9 release (which uses Python 2.2.2 and has a patched distutils). Q. When trying to build RPMs, I get "rpmbuild: command not found". A. The "rpmbuild" command is part of a separate RPM named "r...

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