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  • Python Success Stories

    Python Success Stories Background MayaVi is an open source scientific data visualization tool written entirely in Python. I started work on MayaVi in 2000. At that time, a few colleagues of mine needed to visualize their computational fluid dynamics (CFD) data but the only suitable tools available were commercial, closed source programs that were prohibitively expensive. We looked at some open source tools as alternatives. OpenDX had just been released to the public and at that time was har...

  • Notes

    ...compilers now compile source files in the same order as they are passed to the compiler. pprint.pprint() and pprint.pformat() now have additional parameters indent, width and depth. Patch #750542: pprint now will pretty print subclasses of list, tuple and dict too, as long as they don't overwrite __repr__(). Bug #848614: distutils' msvccompiler fails to find the MSVC6 compiler because of incomplete registry entries. httplib.HTTP.putrequest now offers to omit the implicit Accept-Encoding. Patch #...

  • Python 2.1.1

    Python 2.1.1 Python 2.1.1 - a bugfix release for Python 2.1 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. We're releasing Python 2.1.1 - a bugfix release for Python 2.1 (July 20, 2001). We've fixed the license: Like Python 2.0.1, Python 2.1.1 is GPL-compatible. We took the Python 2.1 license and applied the required change to section 7 that the FSF told us would suffice to make ...

  • Release – Python 2.4.3

    Version: None

    Released: April 15, 2006

    We are pleased to announce the release of …

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  • Summary of "Extension Building" Session

    ...compiler) source distribution users: people on less-popular platforms for which a compiler (and other possibly necessary tools) will most likely be available Obviously, things should be utterly painless and simple for naive users who just want to install some modules (possibly pure Python, possibly extensions -- it shouldn't matter!) to get something else working. Smart installers like RPM will help here, but it should be almost as easy to star...

  • Release – Python 2.2.2

    Version: None

    Released: Oct. 14, 2002

    Important: This release is vulnerable to the problem described in security advisory PSF-2006-001 "Buffer overrun in repr() of unicode strings in wide unicode builds (UCS-4)". This fix is included in Python 2.4.4 and Python 2.5. If you need to remain with Python 2.2, there's a patch available from the …

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  • Release – Python 3.13.0a4

    Version: None

    Released: Feb. 15, 2024

    This is an early developer preview of Python 3.13 Major new features of the 3.13 series, compared to 3.12 Python 3.13 is still in development. This release, 3.13.0a4, is the fourth of six planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the current state of …

  • Python 2.2.2

    ...compiler can also build from the source tarball below.) All others should download Python-2.2.2.tgz, the source tarball, and do the usual "gunzip; tar; configure; make" dance. What's New? This being a bug-fix release, there have been no exciting new features implemented since 2.2.1 -- just heaps of fixes. With special dispensation from the "bugfixes only" rule, a brand new version of the email package (nee mimelib) is also included: email 2.4.3. For a partial list of these fi...

  • Python Software Foundation: Press Release 31-May-2003

    Python Software Foundation: Press Release 31-May-2003 May 31, 2003 Press Release SOURCE: Python Software Foundation PYTHON SOFTWARE FOUNDATION (PSF) ANNOUNCES PYTHON VERSION 2.2.3 New release enhances powerful programming language FREDERICKSBURG, Va., [May 31, 2003] -- The Python Software Foundation announces the release of version 2.2.3 of the Python programming language. This maintenance release introduces over 120 enhancements to the language and its extensive standard libraries...

  • Python Software Foundation: Press Release 23-Sep-2003

    Python Software Foundation: Press Release 23-Sep-2003 September 23, 2003 Press Release SOURCE: Python Software Foundation PYTHON SOFTWARE FOUNDATION (PSF) ANNOUNCES PYTHON VERSION 2.3.1 First maintenance release for the latest Python FREDERICKSBURG, Va., September 23, 2003 -- The Python Software Foundation (PSF) announces the release of version 2.3.1 of the Python programming language. This minor release introduces a number of enhancements based on two months of experience since re...

  • Python Software Foundation: Press Release 19-Dec-2003

    Python Software Foundation: Press Release 19-Dec-2003 PYTHON SOFTWARE FOUNDATION (PSF) ANNOUNCES PYTHON VERSION 2.3.3 Maintenance release for the Python programming language FREDERICKSBURG, Va., December 19, 2003 -- The Python Software Foundation (PSF) announces the release of version 2.3.3 of the Python programming language. This minor release provides fixes for a number of problems found in the previous version of Python, including several serious errors with weakrefs and the cyc...

  • Release – Python 2.5.2

    Version: None

    Released: Feb. 21, 2008

    Python 2.5.2 was released on February 21st, 2008. This is the second bugfix release of Python 2.5. Python 2.5 is now in bugfix-only mode; no new features are being added. According to the release notes, over 100 bugs and patches have been addressed since Python 2.5.1, many …

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  • Release – Python 2.5.3

    Version: None

    Released: Dec. 19, 2008

    Python 2.5.3 was released on December 19th, 2008. This is the last bugfix release of Python 2.5. Python 2.5 is now in bugfix-only mode; no new features are being added. According to the release notes, about 80 bugs and patches have been addressed since Python 2.5.2, many …

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  • Release – Python 2.5.4

    Version: None

    Released: Dec. 23, 2008

    This is the last bugfix release of Python 2.5. Future releases of Python 2.5 will only contain security patches; no new features are being added, and no "regular" bugs will be fixed anymore. According …

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  • Download Python for other platforms

    ...compiler. UNIX Packages has a variety of Python versions for a variety of Solaris versions. These use the standard Sun pkgadd. Python for UEFI Environment Standard CPython version 3.6.8 port for the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) shell environment is available through the Tianocore open source project. This provides the standard Python scripting capabilities on UEFI environment, helping the UEFI based firmware and platform developer community to use it for platform, firmware val...

  • Python 2.4.3 Release

    Python 2.4.3 Release Python 2.4.3 Python 2.4.3 has been replaced by a newer bugfix release of Python. Please see the releases page to select a more recent release. Important: This release is vulnerable to the problem described in security advisory PSF-2006-001 "Buffer overrun in repr() of unicode strings in wide unicode builds (UCS-4)". This fix is included in Python 2.4.4 We are pleased to announce the release of Python 2.4.3 (final), a bugfix release of Python 2.4, on March 29,...

  • Python 2.5.2 Release

    Python 2.5.2 Release Python 2.5.2 Python 2.5.2 has been replaced by a newer bugfix release of Python. Please download Python 2.5.6 instead. Python 2.5.2 was released on February 21st, 2008. This is the second bugfix release of Python 2.5. Python 2.5 is now in bugfix-only mode; no new features are being added. According to the release notes, over 100 bugs and patches have been addressed since Python 2.5.1, many of them improving the stability of the interpreter, and improving its portability....

  • Python 2.5.3 Release

    Python 2.5.3 Release Python 2.5.3 Python 2.5.3 has been replaced by a newer bugfix release of Python. Please download Python 2.5.6 instead. Python 2.5.3 was released on December 19th, 2008. This is the last bugfix release of Python 2.5. Python 2.5 is now in bugfix-only mode; no new features are being added. According to the release notes, about 80 bugs and patches have been addressed since Python 2.5.2, many of them improving the stability of the interpreter, and improving its portability. F...

  • Python 2.5.4 Release

    Python 2.5.4 Release Python 2.5.4 We are pleased to announce the release of Python 2.5.4 (final), a bugfix release of Python 2.5, on December 23rd, 2008. Python 2.5.4 has been replaced by a newer bugfix release of Python. Please download Python 2.5.6 instead, unless you need to use the Windows and OS X binaries provided here. This is the last bugfix release of Python 2.5. Future releases of Python 2.5 will only contain security patches; no new features are being added, and no "regular&...

  • Python 2.4.1 - Release Notes

    ...compilers now compile source files in the same order as they are passed to the compiler. pprint.pprint() and pprint.pformat() now have additional parameters indent, width and depth. Patch #750542: pprint now will pretty print subclasses of list, tuple and dict too, as long as they don't overwrite __repr__(). Bug #848614: distutils' msvccompiler fails to find the MSVC6 compiler because of incomplete registry entries. httplib.HTTP.putrequest now offers to omit the implicit Accept-Encoding. Patch #...

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