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

    Foreword for "Programming Python" (2nd ed.) Foreword for "Programming Python" (2nd ed.) This is the foreword I wrote for Mark Lutz' book "Programming Python" (2nd ed.), published by O'Reilly in 2001. Less than five years ago, I wrote the foreword for the 1st edition of Programming Python. Since then, the book has changed about as much as the language and the Python community! I no longer feel the need to defend Python: the statistics and developments listed in Mark's ...

  • Release – Python 3.9.1

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    Released: Dec. 7, 2020

    This is the first maintenance release of Python 3.9 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.9.1, 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 …

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  • Release – Python 3.13.0rc3

    Version: None

    Released: Oct. 1, 2024

    This is the third release candidate of Python 3.13.0 This release, 3.13.0rc3, is the final release preview (no really) of 3.13. This release is expected to become the final 3.13.0 release, barring any critical bugs being discovered. The official release of 3.13.0 is now scheduled for Monday, 2024-10-07. …

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  • Python 2.7.2 Release

    Python 2.7.2 Release Python 2.7.2 Note: A newer bugfix release, 2.7.3, is currently available. Its use is recommended over Python 2.7.2. Python 2.7.2 was released on June 11th, 2011. The Python 2.7 series is scheduled to be the last major version in the 2.x series before 2.x moves into an extended maintenance period. The 2.7 series contains many of the features that were first released in Python 3.1. Improvements in this release include: An ordered dictionary type New unittest features inc...

  • Glue It All Together With Python

    Glue It All Together With Python Glue It All Together With Python Guido van Rossum CNRI 1895 Preston White Drive Reston, VA 20191 Email: guido@cnri.reston.va.us, guido@python.org Position paper for the OMG-DARPA-MCC Workshop on Compositional Software Architecture in Monterey, California, January 6-8, 1998. Introduction Python is an advanced scripting language that is being used successfully to glue together large software components. It spans multiple platforms, mid...

  • 2012-08-22 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    2012-08-22 PSF Board Meeting Minutes The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors August 22, 2012 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 August 22 2012. Van Lindberg presided over the meeting. Ewa Jodlowska prepared the minutes. All votes are reported in the form "Y-N-A" (in favor â€...

  • Pythonmac-SIG - SIG on Python for the Apple Macintosh

    Pythonmac-SIG - SIG on Python for the Apple Macintosh The Python-Macintosh SIG is used to foster discussions about Mac-specific issues of Python. The list is primarily meant to discuss design and implementation of Python on the Mac, and possibly coordinate the actual implementation work done. The topics can include such varying things as a Python development environment, using Python for CGI-scripts, OSA support, OpenDoc parts, MacOS toolbox access, Tk, etc. While the list is developer-orient...

  • Compiler-SIG

    Compiler-SIG Compiler-SIG This SIG provides a forum for discussing compilation and program analysis issues. Unlike most SIGs, it does not have a specific mandate or deliverable. There are several independent projects to develop compilers, type checkers, and related tools. The CPython and JPython distributions also contain compilers, of course; future versions of these compilers will also be discussed on this sig. There will likely be some overlap between the types-sig and the co...

  • Forums

    Forums The official Python Community forums are hosted at discuss.python.org. If you're looking for additional forums or forums in your native language, please check out the local user groups page at the Python Wiki. Python Forum (English) Python-Forum.de (German) r/Python (English) r/learnpython (English)

  • Release – Python 3.6.11rc1

    Version: None

    Released: June 17, 2020

    Note Python 3.8 is now released and is the latest feature release of Python 3. Get the latest release of 3.8.x here. Python 3.6.11rc1 is the release candidate preview of the next security fix release of Python 3.6. Python 3.6.8 was the final bugfix release for …

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  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (February 11, 2003)

    Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (February 11, 2003) The Python Software Foundation Minutes of Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors February 11, 2003. A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation (the "PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat at 1 p.m. EST. 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 pres...

  • Community

    Community The Python Community The Python Software Foundation and the global Python community welcome and encourage participation by everyone. Our community is based on mutual respect, tolerance, and encouragement, and we are working to help each other live up to these principles. To get you started, we've put together a list of resources: Diversity Statement: We want our community to be more varied, expressed in our diversity statement; whoever you are, and whatever yo...

  • PSF Officers & Board Members

    PSF Officers & Board Members Officers & Directors by Year 2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Earlier Officers & Directors by Name Officers By Title Officers & Directors by Year See also Duties & Responsibilities of Directors 2025-2026 Officers President/Chair: Jannis Leidel Vice Chair Elect: Cristián Maureira-Fredes Vice Chairs: Christopher Neugebauer and Georgi Ker Executive Director: Deb Nicholson Secretary: Deb Nicholson Assistant Secre...

  • Release – Python 3.10.13

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    Released: Aug. 24, 2023

    This is a security release of Python 3.10 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.10.13, a security bugfix release for the legacy 3.10 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 …

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  • Release – Python 3.9.18

    Version: None

    Released: Aug. 24, 2023

    This is a security release of Python 3.9 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.9.18, 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 …

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  • Release – Python 3.8.18

    Version: None

    Released: Aug. 24, 2023

    This is a security release of Python 3.8 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.8.18, 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 …

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  • 2014 PSF Members' Meeting Minutes

    2014 PSF Members' Meeting Minutes The Python Software Foundation Minutes of the 2014 Members' Meeting July 23, 2014 The Python Software Foundation (the "PSF") held its annual members' meeting on July 23, 2014 at 17:30 CEST in the BCC Berlin in Berlin, Germany (EuroPython 2014). The agenda is available here. Marc-Andre Lemburg presided over the meeting and also prepared these minutes with the assistance of EJ. Contents 1   Attendance 2   Introd...

  • Donation Drive

    Donation Drive ThePSF, Python Software Foundation, Python, PSF Invest in our Foundation and better the Python community! Thanks to everyone who helped us exceed our goal of $20,000.00 USD by May 12th! .crm-contribute-widget { font-size:12px; font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans; padding:6px; -moz-border-radius: 4px; -webkit-border-radius: 4px; -khtml-border-radius: 4px; border-radius: 4px; bor...

  • Release – Python 3.11.1

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    Released: Dec. 6, 2022

    This is the first maintenance release of Python 3.11 Python 3.11.1 is the newest major release of the Python programming language, and it contains many new features and optimizations. Major new features of the 3.11 series, compared to 3.10 Some of the new major new features …

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  • Release – Python 3.11.2

    Version: None

    Released: Feb. 8, 2023

    This is the second maintenance release of Python 3.11 Python 3.11.2 is the newest major release of the Python programming language, and it contains many new features and optimizations. Major new features of the 3.11 series, compared to 3.10 Some of the new major new features …

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