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  • Notes

    ...Release date: 30-NOV-2004 Core and builtins Bug 875692: Improve signal handling, especially when using threads, by forcing an early re-execution of PyEval_EvalFrame() "periodic" code when things_to_do is not cleared by Py_MakePendingCalls(). What's New in Python 2.4 (release candidate 1) Release date: 18-NOV-2004 Core and builtins Bug 1061968: Fixes in 2.4a3 to address thread bug 1010677 reintroduced the years-old thread shutdown race bug 225673. Numeric history lesson aside,...

  • Linux RPMs for Python 2.3.4

    ...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). <hr /> <li />Q) When trying to build RPMs, I get "rpmbuild: command not found". <li />A) The "rpmbuild" command i...

  • Frank Willison Memorial Award

    ...release Alex Martelli (2006) Prolific writer and community member Alex Martelli was selected as the recipient of the 2006 Frank Willison Award. Alex's books include Python in a Nutshell and the Python Cookbook (editor). Alex has written a brief biography relating his Journey to Python. O'Reilly press release O'Reilly blog article Alex Martelli's homepage Wikipedia article on Alex Martelli Interview with Alex about Python Cameron Laird (2004) Cameron Laird is best known in the Python ...

  • MacPython 2.2.1

    ...release notes</a> as well as the <a href="../NEWS.txt">general ones<a/>. <h3>Files, <a href="../md5sum.py">MD5</a> checksums and sizes</h3> <pre> <b>Binary Installers - MacPython installer for Mac OS 8, 9, X</b> 5a7d56c1344b9db6e771d2b36e5c311a <a href="/ftp/python/2.2.1/MacPython221full.bin">MacPython221full.bin</a> (9919488 bytes) b7ae6ef91b6e8aac2965c8a42e6bd7ac <a href="/ftp/python...

  • Python Software Foundation: Press Release 6-Mar-2001

    ...Release 6-Mar-2001 Python Software Foundation Launched New Organization to Promote Open Source Programming Language LONG BEACH, CA March 6, 2001 - At the ninth Python Conference, Guido van Rossum announced the launch of the Python Software Foundation (PSF). Modeled after the successful Apache Software Foundation, the PSF's mandate is to provide educational, legal and financial resources to the Python community. Responsible for holding Python's intellectual property, the PSF will a...

  • Proposed Improvements to Module Cleanup

    ...released.) C2 deletes the remaining objects but leaves the "internal global variable" __builtins__ alone -- this prevents the problem that the 1.5 release has where e.g. using "None" in a destructor raises a NameError! C3 removes the reference to the module from the modules table in a way that makes a later import of the same module fail. (It is possible for user code to delete this entry and still start a completely new import -- but if they are that clever they deserve what they ...

  • Linux RPMs for Python 2.2.3

    ...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). <hr /> <li />Q) When trying to build RPMs, I get "rpmbuild: command not found". <li />A) The "rpmbuild" command i...

  • Catalog Requirements

    ...release Left out for now: Dependency information Information about an author =========================== Name Home page GnuPG/PGP key (both the actual key, and just the ID) E-mail address (used as ID?) E-mail address public: y/n Information about a document ============================ Name Author Description URL of HTML version URL of printable version URL and format of downloadable version (Any of these URLs can be omitted if not applicable.)

  • Bugs in Python 2.3

    ...release. These bugs may simply be in the test suite, but they may indicate bugs in Python. test_grp and test_pwd may fail. We've had reports of this on Unix systems that use a "+" at the beginning of a line in the /etc/group or /etc/passwd file to indicate NIS/YP or LDAP consultation. The bugs may also be related to duplicate id in these files. See SourceForge bug reports number 775964 and 779218. AssertionError: AEST from test_time. We've had reports of this test failing on RedHa...

  • Bugs in Python 2.5.2c1

    ...release. These bugs may simply be in the test suite, but they may indicate bugs in Python. test_grp and test_pwd may fail. We've had reports of this on *nix systems that use a "+" at the beginning of a line in the /etc/group or /etc/passwd file to indicate NIS/YP or LDAP consultation. The bugs may also be related to duplicate id in these files. See bug reports number 775964 and 779218. To report a bug not listed above, always check the Bug Tracker to see if they've already be...

  • Bugs in Python 2.5.3c1

    ...release. These bugs may simply be in the test suite, but they may indicate bugs in Python. test_grp and test_pwd may fail. We've had reports of this on *nix systems that use a "+" at the beginning of a line in the /etc/group or /etc/passwd file to indicate NIS/YP or LDAP consultation. The bugs may also be related to duplicate id in these files. See bug reports number 775964 and 779218. To report a bug not listed above, always check the Bug Tracker to see if they've already be...

  • Bugs in Python 2.5.3c1

    ...release. These bugs may simply be in the test suite, but they may indicate bugs in Python. test_grp and test_pwd may fail. We've had reports of this on *nix systems that use a "+" at the beginning of a line in the /etc/group or /etc/passwd file to indicate NIS/YP or LDAP consultation. The bugs may also be related to duplicate id in these files. See bug reports number 775964 and 779218. To report a bug not listed above, always check the Bug Tracker to see if they've already be...

  • Bugs in Python 2.5

    ...release. These bugs may simply be in the test suite, but they may indicate bugs in Python. test_grp and test_pwd may fail. We've had reports of this on *nix systems that use a "+" at the beginning of a line in the /etc/group or /etc/passwd file to indicate NIS/YP or LDAP consultation. The bugs may also be related to duplicate id in these files. See SourceForge bug reports number 775964 and 779218. To report a bug not listed above, always check the SourceForge Bug Tracker to s...

  • Bugs in Python 2.5.1

    ...release. These bugs may simply be in the test suite, but they may indicate bugs in Python. test_grp and test_pwd may fail. We've had reports of this on *nix systems that use a "+" at the beginning of a line in the /etc/group or /etc/passwd file to indicate NIS/YP or LDAP consultation. The bugs may also be related to duplicate id in these files. See SourceForge bug reports number 775964 and 779218. To report a bug not listed above, always check the SourceForge Bug Tracker to s...

  • Release – Python 3.12.0

    Version: None

    Released: Oct. 2, 2023

    This is the stable release of Python 3.12.0 Python 3.12.0 is the newest major release of the Python programming language, and it contains many new features and optimizations. Major new features of the 3.12 series, compared to 3.11 New features More flexible f-string parsing, allowing many things previously disallowed …

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  • Computer Programming for Everybody

    ...Release alpha versions of the implementation. Refine and release alpha versions of part one of the tutorial. Start collecting feedback. Write early draft version of part two of the tutorial, "Creating larger programs." 3. Third half-year period Use feedback to refine programming environment design. Release alpha versions of the 3D game-playing library. Release beta versions of the implementation and part one of the tutorial. Release alpha versions of part two of the tutorial. Wr...

  • Download Python 1.6.1 Source

    Download Python 1.6.1 Source Python 1.6.1 CNRI OPEN SOURCE GPL-COMPATIBLE LICENSE AGREEMENT IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING AGREEMENT CAREFULLY. BY CLICKING ON "ACCEPT" WHERE INDICATED BELOW, OR BY COPYING, INSTALLING OR OTHERWISE USING PYTHON 1.6.1 SOFTWARE, YOU ARE DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT. 1. This LICENSE AGREEMENT is between the Corporation for National Research Initiatives, having an office at 1895 Preston Whit...

  • Download Python 1.6.1 Windows Installer

    Download Python 1.6.1 Windows Installer Python 1.6.1 CNRI OPEN SOURCE GPL-COMPATIBLE LICENSE AGREEMENT IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING AGREEMENT CAREFULLY. BY CLICKING ON "ACCEPT" WHERE INDICATED BELOW, OR BY COPYING, INSTALLING OR OTHERWISE USING PYTHON 1.6.1 SOFTWARE, YOU ARE DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT. 1. This LICENSE AGREEMENT is between the Corporation for National Research Initiatives, having an office at 1895 P...

  • Bugs in Python 2.3.5

    ...release. These bugs may simply be in the test suite, but they may indicate bugs in Python. The test for the ossaudiodev module hangs on some Red Hat systems. (This test is only run when regrtest.py is invoked with -u audio as argument.) test_grp and test_pwd may fail. We've had reports of this on Unix systems that use a "+" at the beginning of a line in the /etc/group or /etc/passwd file to indicate NIS/YP or LDAP consultation. The bugs may also be related to duplicate id ...

  • Bugs in Python 2.3.6

    ...release. These bugs may simply be in the test suite, but they may indicate bugs in Python. The test for the ossaudiodev module hangs on some Red Hat systems. (This test is only run when regrtest.py is invoked with -u audio as argument.) test_grp and test_pwd may fail. We've had reports of this on Unix systems that use a "+" at the beginning of a line in the /etc/group or /etc/passwd file to indicate NIS/YP or LDAP consultation. The bugs may also be related to duplicate id ...

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