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...released on April 10, 2012. The last binary release of Python 2.6 was 2.6.6. 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 file lists every change in each alpha, beta, and release candidate of Python 2.6. What...
...release of Python 2.3.2 (final) on October 3rd, 2003. This is a bug-fix release for Python 2.3.1 that fixes a couple of build errors and a couple of packaging errors in the previous release. It supersedes the original Python 2.3.1 release. No new features have been added in Python 2.3.2. Instead, this release is to fix a couple of build errors and packaging errors. In particular, a workaround for a bug in autoconf on HP/UX, and an error in the configure script that meant os.fsync() was...
...release notes, or the file Misc/NEWS in the source distribution. See the highlights of the Python 2.3 release. As noted, the 2.3.3 release is a bugfix release of 2.3.2, itself a bugfix release of 2.3. The Windows installer now includes the documentation in searchable htmlhelp format, rather than individual HTML files. You can still download the individual HTML files. Andrew Kuchling's What's New in Python 2.3 describes the most visible changes since Python 2.2 in more detail. ...
...release. If you need a binary release of 2.3, use 2.3.5. If you need the fixes that are included in this release, use 2.5.2 or later. Python 2.3 is now well and truly in bugfix-only mode; no new features are being added, and only security critical bugs have been fixed. This release addresses a number of cases interpreter might have crashed in certain boundary conditions. See the detailed release notes for more details. Python 2.5 and Python 2.4 are newer releases of Python. This release of the ...
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Released: Dec. 18, 2019
Note: The release you are looking at is Python 3.6.10, 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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Released: June 6, 2023
This is a security release of Python 3.10 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.10.12, 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 in this …
...release) Tutorial (start here) Global Module Index (for quick access to all modules) Library Reference (keep this under your pillow) Macintosh Library Modules (this too, if you use a Macintosh) Language Reference (for language lawyers) Extending and Embedding (tutorial for C/C++ programmers) Python/C API (reference for C/C++ programmers) Documenting Python (information for documentation authors) Installing Python Modules (information for installers & sys-admins) ...
Released: Aug. 2, 2021
This is the first release candidate of Python 3.10 This release, 3.10.0rc1, is the penultimate release preview. Entering the release candidate phase, only reviewed code changes which are clear bug fixes are allowed between this release candidate and the final release. The second candidate and the last planned release …
Released: Jan. 24, 2020
This is an early developer preview of Python 3.9 Python 3.9 is still in development. This release, 3.9.0a3 is the third of six planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the current state of new features and bug fixes and to test the release …
Released: March 16, 2022
This is a security release of Python 3.8 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.8.13, 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 in this …
Released: Dec. 3, 2024
This is a security release of Python 3.9 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.9.21, a security bugfix release for the legacy 3.9 series. Python 3.13 is now the latest feature release series of Python 3. Get the latest release of 3.13.x here. Security content in this …
Released: Oct. 3, 2003
This is a patch release which supersedes earlier releases of 2.3. 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 …
Released: Dec. 19, 2003
Released: Aug. 14, 2025
It's the final 🪄 penultimate 🪄 3.14 release candidate! Note: rc2 was originally planned for 2025-08-26, but we fixed a bug that required bumping the magic number stored in Python bytecode (.pyc) files. This means .pyc files created for rc1 cannot be used for rc2, and they'll be …
Released: July 22, 2025
It's the first 3.14 release candidate! https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3140rc1/ This is the first release candidate of Python 3.14 This release, 3.14.0rc1, is the penultimate release preview. Entering the release candidate phase, only reviewed code changes which are clear bug fixes are allowed between this release candidate and the final release. The …
This is a security release of Python 3.8 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.8.17, 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 in this …
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