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  • Python Software Foundation News & Community

    Python Software Foundation News & Community News & Updates Sign up to receive our newsletter! It is currently sent out about once a quarter. Visit the Python Software Foundation News blog where we make announcements and discuss PSF activities. You can follow us on Twitter, Mastodon, and LinkedIn. You can sign up for psf-members-announce, which is a moderated, very low traffic list used for announcements to the PSF members, primarily regarding elections. Community Learn about the PSF...

  • Release – Python 3.0.0

    Version: None

    Released: Dec. 3, 2008

    Python 3.0 final was released on December 3rd, 2008. Python 3.0 (a.k.a. "Python 3000" or "Py3k") is a new version of the language that is incompatible with the 2.x …

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  • Release – Python 2.6.6

    Version: None

    Released: Aug. 24, 2010

    Python 2.6 is now in security-fix-only mode; no new features are being added, and no new bug fix releases are planned. We intend to provide source-only security fixes for the Python 2.6 series until October 2013 (five years after the 2.6 final release). For ongoing maintenance releases, …

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  • Release – Python 3.6.9rc1

    Version: None

    Released: June 18, 2019

    Python 3.6.9rc1 is a release candidate preview of the latest security fix release of Python 3.6. Note Python 3.7 is now released and is the latest feature release of Python 3. Get the latest release of 3.7.x here. Python 3.6.8 was the final bugfix release for 3.6. Python 3.6 …

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  • SIG for Development of Persistence and Transaction Frameworks

    SIG for Development of Persistence and Transaction Frameworks SIG for Development of Persistence and Transaction Frameworks Recent News There will be a Python Persistence BOF at the O'Reilly Open Source Conference. Python Persistence Date: 07/25/2002 Time: 8:00pm - 10:00pm Location: Grande Ballroom C in the East Tower Moderated by: Patrick O'Brien, Orbtech A Python Persistence Special Interest Group was recently formed to explore ways to add basic persistence and transact...

  • Download Python 2.4.4 Documentation

    Download Python 2.4.4 Documentation To download an archive containing all the documents for this version of Python in one of various formats, follow one of links in this table. The numbers in the table are the size of the download files in Kilobytes. Content Format ZIP BZip2 HTML 3639K 1366K PDF (US-Letter) 5314K 5242K PDF (A4) 5293K 5220K PostScript (US-Letter) 2280K 1656K PostScript (A4) 2285K 1660K GNU Info   932K LaTeX 1915K 1334K Contents These archives conta...

  • Download Python 2.5 Documentation

    Download Python 2.5 Documentation To download an archive containing all the documents for this version of Python in one of various formats, follow one of links in this table. The numbers in the table are the size of the download files in Kilobytes. Content Format ZIP BZip2 HTML 4001K 1526K PDF (US-Letter) 5495K 5417K PDF (A4) 5465K 5491K PostScript (US-Letter) 2427K 1771K PostScript (A4) 2433K 1774K LaTeX 1910K 1333K Contents These archives contain the following documen...

  • Download Python 2.5.2 Documentation

    Download Python 2.5.2 Documentation To download an archive containing all the documents for this version of Python in one of various formats, follow one of links in this table. The numbers in the table are the size of the download files in Kilobytes. Content Format ZIP BZip2 HTML 4.0M 1.6M PDF (US-Letter) 5.3M 5.3M PDF (A4) 5.3M 5.3M PostScript (US-Letter) 2.5M 1.8M PostScript (A4) 2.5M 1.8M LaTeX 1.9M 1.3M Contents These archives contain the following documents: What'...

  • Download Python 2.5.3 Documentation

    Download Python 2.5.3 Documentation To download an archive containing all the documents for this version of Python in one of various formats, follow one of links in this table. The numbers in the table are the size of the download files in Kilobytes. Content Format ZIP BZip2 HTML 4.0M 1.6M PDF (US-Letter) 5.3M 5.3M PDF (A4) 5.3M 5.3M PostScript (US-Letter) 2.5M 1.8M PostScript (A4) 2.5M 1.8M Contents These archives contain the following documents: What's New in Python 2...

  • Download Python 2.5.4 Documentation

    Download Python 2.5.4 Documentation To download an archive containing all the documents for this version of Python in one of various formats, follow one of links in this table. The numbers in the table are the size of the download files in Kilobytes. Content Format ZIP BZip2 HTML 4.0M 1.6M PDF (US-Letter) 5.3M 5.3M PDF (A4) 5.3M 5.3M PostScript (US-Letter) 2.5M 1.8M PostScript (A4) 2.5M 1.8M Contents These archives contain the following documents: What's New in Python 2...

  • Python 2.6.6 Release

    Python 2.6.6 Release Python 2.6.6 Python 2.6.6 has been replaced by a newer security-fix only source release of Python. Please download Python 2.6.8 instead. Python 2.6 is now in security-fix-only mode; no new features are being added, and no new bug fix releases are planned. We intend to provide source-only security fixes for the Python 2.6 series until October 2013 (five years after the 2.6 final release). For ongoing maintenance releases, please see the Python 2.7 series. The NEWS fil...

  • Python Developer's Guide

    Python Developer's Guide Python's Developer Guide can be found at https://devguide.python.org/. The pieces of documentation hosted here are: PEPs (Python Enhancement Proposals) Buildbots Python.org Maintenance and Administration

  • Volunteer Opportunities for PyCon US

    Volunteer Opportunities for PyCon US The volunteer staff plays a huge role in the success of PyCon US! There are many opportunities to get involved and be part of the team starting early on in the planning all the way through the final day of sprints. If you are interested in volunteering check back often for new opportunities and select one that would best fit your passion. Current Opportunities Check back here and on us.pycon.org/2026/ for volunteer opportunities at PyCon US 2026 in Long ...

  • IDLE and tkinter with Tcl/Tk on macOS

    IDLE and tkinter with Tcl/Tk on macOS Important If you are using macOS 12 Monterey or later, you may see problems with file open and save dialogs when using IDLE or other tkinter-based applications. The most recent versions of python.org installers (for 3.10.0 and 3.9.8) have patched versions of Tk to avoid these problems. They should be fixed in an upcoming Tk 8.6.12 release. If you are using a Python from any current python.org Python installer for macOS (3.10.0+ or 3.9.0+), no further acti...

  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (April 8, 2003)

    Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (April 8, 2003) The Python Software Foundation Minutes of Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors April 8, 2003 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation (the "PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat at 17:05 GMT. Guido van Rossum, president of the Foundation and chairman of the Board, presided at the meeting. 1. Attendance The following members of the Board of Directors were present at the...

  • Release – Python 3.8.6

    Version: None

    Released: Sept. 24, 2020

    This is the sixth maintenance release of Python 3.8 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.8.6, a 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. Major new features of …

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  • Release – Python 3.9.2

    Version: None

    Released: Feb. 19, 2021

    This is the second maintenance release of Python 3.9 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.9.2, a 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. We've made 166 commits …

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  • Release – Python 3.9.13

    Version: None

    Released: May 17, 2022

    This is the thirteenth and final regular maintenance release of Python 3.9 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.9.13, a 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. According …

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  • Python 2.1

    Python 2.1 Python 2.1 - final release Note: This is no longer the most current Python release. See Python 2.1.3 for a patch release and the download page for more recent releases. The final version Python 2.1was released on April 17, 2001. See our (gulp :-) press release. What's New? What's New in Python 2.1 by Andrew Kuchling describes the most visible changes since Python 2.0. Full release notes with detailed lists of what was new in each alpha, beta or candidate ...

  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (May 10, 2005)

    Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (May 10, 2005) The Python Software Foundation Minutes of Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors May 10, 2005 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation (the "PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat at 17:00 GMT. Stephan Deibel presided at the meeting. 1. Attendance The following members of the Board of Directors were present at the meeting: David Ascher, Stephan Deibel, Tim Peters, Andrew K...

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