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  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting, October 11, 2005 (Draft)

    ...address that could be sent to Barry [Warsaw]. K. Kaiser reported that this is done. There were issues with the address on the registration, but he was able to update the billing and admin addresses. A. Kuchling reported that Barry Warsaw now has an SSL certificate for svn.python.org. 4   Public Support Committee S. Deibel reported that the PSC may be dead, and he wanted to discuss how to proceed. The PSC's function is a critical part of the PSF but the committee is clearly ...

  • Release – Python 3.6.9

    Version: None

    Released: July 2, 2019

    Note: The release you are looking at is Python 3.6.9, a 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 source-only security fix release for 3.6 was 3.6.15 …

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  • Release – Python 3.10.0a6

    Version: None

    Released: March 1, 2021

    This is an early developer preview of Python 3.10 Major new features of the 3.10 series, compared to 3.9 Python 3.10 is still in development. This release, 3.10.0a6 is the sixth of seven planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the current …

  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (August 13, 2002)

    ...adds that he misunderstood Affero's plan, and suggests that each list owners can decide on his own. Guido says that list owner will likely come to the same conclusion, making it a subscriber choice. So the PSF does not need to act. David says that we are already one of the Affero's funds. Tim reports that he cannot find the PSF in http://www.affero.com/cform2.html. Guido says he we ask Affero about this, and tell them our position. Lawyer review of contribution forms Chris Rourk has sent an i...

  • Parade of the PEPs

    ...add C code, and adding some standard libraries now. There will have to be enough support in libraries (including plotting) before there is critical mass of functionality to cause people to begin to switch (outside of astronomy, those will be driven by our libraries that are using numarray) Slower performance for small arrays. Since more of it is written in Python, it is an order of magnitude slower for smaller arrays (but just as fast or faster for large arrays ...

  • Release – Python 3.6.10rc1

    Version: None

    Released: Dec. 11, 2019

    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 3.6.10rc1 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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  • Bugs in Python 2.4

    ...add correct IDLE and PyDoc entries when the Python target directory contains a space in its name (e.g. C:\Program Files\python24). In this case, manually delete the shortcut, and create new shortcuts with the command "C:\Program Files\python24\pythonw.exe" and the command line options "C:\Program Files\python24\Lib\idlelib\idle.pyw" and "C:\Program Files\python24\Tools\scripts\pydocgui.pyw" This will not be a problem if Python is installed into its default location ...

  • PSF Newsletter Signup

    ...Add your own Mailchimp form style overrides in your site stylesheet or in this style block. We recommend moving this block and the preceding CSS link to the HEAD of your HTML file. */ #mc-embedded-subscribe-form input[type=checkbox]{display: inline; width: auto;margin-right: 10px;} #mergeRow-gdpr {margin-top: 20px;} #mergeRow-gdpr fieldset label {font-weight: normal;} #mc-embedded-subscribe-form .mc_fieldset{border:none;min-height: 0px;padding-bottom:0px;} Subscrib...

  • Release – Python 3.15.0rc3

    Version: None

    Released: Oct. 2, 2026

    Following recent tradition, here's a surprise third release candidate for Python 3.15.0! We got some last-minute lazy-import release blockers, and it makes sense to include them in 3.15.0 final. It also makes sense to give a bit of time to test them properly, so this week's …

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  • What's new in Python 1.5 and beyond

    ...added). The full list of changes since 1.5a4 is presented at the end of the Misc/NEWS file. Package directories now require the presence of __init__.py (or .pyc/.pyo as applicable). Packages can now contain shared library modules. New module 'fileinput' to iterate over the lines of a list of files. New module 'locale' for localized number formatting and string case sensitivity. New module 'xmllib' to parse XML files. Some more support for Tk extensions (PIL, TIX, BLT, TOGL). Fixed address lis...

  • Release – Python 3.3.6rc1

    Version: None

    Released: Oct. 4, 2014

    This is a security-fix source-only release. The last binary release was 3.3.5. The list of fixed security related issues can be found in the NEWS file. Major new features of the 3.3 series, compared to 3.2 Python 3.3 includes a range of improvements of …

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  • Release – Python 3.3.6

    Version: None

    Released: Oct. 12, 2014

    Python 3.3.x has reached end-of-life. Python 3.3.7, the final security-fix release, is available here. This is a security-fix source-only release. The list of fixed security related issues can be found in the NEWS file. Major new features of the 3.3 series, compared to …

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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 …

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  • Release – Python 2.0.1

    Version: None

    Released: June 22, 2001

    We're releasing Python 2.0.1 - the final bugfix release for Python 2.0. Why would we come with a bugfix release now (June 2001), when Python 2.0 was released in October 2000 and Python 2.1 has been released for months (April 2001)? Two very good reasons! We've …

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  • SIG for Development of Persistence and Transaction Frameworks

    ...add basic persistence and transaction mechanisms into the core of Python to avoid duplication of effort by a variety of projects that have similar issues. This BOF will permit participants to ponder Python persistence in person. In addition, anyone interested in an informal Python Persistence breakfast discussion with Jim Fulton and Guido van Rossum is welcome to join us at the O'Reilly Food Tent Wednesday morning at 7am. Charter Problem A number of projects are underway to pro...

  • Python 2.0.1 Release

    ...add new features. (Thanks to Moshe Zadka for taking care of the thankless chore of poring over the CVS logs and SourceForge bug reports and re-applying selected patches!) One exception: the SRE package (regular expression matching, used by the "re" module) was brought in line with the version distributed with Python 2.1; this is stable feature-wise but much improved bug-wise. For the full scoop, see the release notes. Download the release Windows users should download Python-2.0.1....

  • 2009-03-27 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...add "PSF Community Award nominations" to the Board agenda quarterly. 6   Discussion D. Goodger noted that the Board should start thinking about nominations for the Frank Willison Award (awarded by O'Reilly annually at OSCON). The possibility of PSF meetings at EuroPython should be explored. The PSF's response to a case of abuse of the Python trademarks was discussed. R.ยHettinger asked that PyCon costs be discussed in the near future. 7   Adjournment...

  • 2012-03-26 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...adding your user group event information (RSS feed) ** Map showing user group locations and upcoming events? ** Jessica has a blog post queued for pyfound on this, + will send mail to UG organizers who asked Revive the group-organizers mailing list. ** Contact local user groups to encourage their participation in the list. ** Get someone from O&E to be an admin on that list. Add user group material to pythonguide.org Make it really obvious on the python.org front page that community is...

  • Python Success Stories

    ...add increased functionality, the project ultimately failed due in large part to the problems encountered while using the object framework provided by PHP. Memory leaks, inconsistent interfaces, inconsistent internal data model, randomly freed objects, multiple object copies despite explicit use of references, internal PHP errors, and untraceable code failures all but made the task impossible to accomplish in PHP. Even after we achieved a relatively stable code base, we were nowhere near our goal...

  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting, February 14, 2006

    ...add the topic of "Donor Levels" to the agenda of a future meeting, and may begin discussions via email before that. Status: carried forward. Originally from September 2005, Section 9, Grants Committee: M. von Löwis will verify whether Brian Zimmer's grant invoice is the one previously discussed (i.e. a reduced amount of work, and a reduced payment). Status: done. M. von Löwis reported that the committee approved the split, and Frank Wierzbicki has provided a schedule. There have been...

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