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SIG on Graphical User Interfaces for Python SIG on Graphical User Interfaces for Python This sig has been retired. New postings to the mailing list will be rejected, but the archives of the old list are still available for perusal. See the SIGs home page for info about active and inactive lists. Over a dozen graphical user-interface Python modules have been developed. While this speaks to the power of Python's extension capabilities, there is significant interest in defi...
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Released: April 20, 2020
Python 2.7.18 is the last release of Python 2.
Released: Dec. 5, 2015
Python 2.7.11 is a bugfix release of the Python 2.7 series.
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Released: Sept. 16, 2017
Python 2.7.14 is a bugfix release in the Python 2.7 series.
Released: Sept. 4, 2021
Note: The release you are looking at is Python 3.6.15, the final 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 bugfix release for 3.6 was 3.6.8. …
Released: Oct. 11, 2022
This is a security release of Python 3.8 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.8.15, 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 …
This is a security release of Python 3.9 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.9.15, 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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2013-11-15 PSF Board Meeting Minutes The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors November 15, 2013 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 CET/ 12:00 EST, on November 15 2013. Van Lindberg presided over the meeting. Ewa Jodlowska prepared the minutes. All votes are reported in the form "Y-N-A" (in favor...
Python 3.4.0 Release Candidate 1 Release Python 3.4.0 release candidate 1 Note: Python 3.4.0rc1 has been superseded by Python 3.4.9. Python 3.4.0 release candidate 1 was released on February 10th, 2014. This is a preview release of the next major release of Python, Python 3.4, and is not suitable for production environments. Major new features of the 3.4 series, compared to 3.3 Python 3.4 includes a range of improvements of the 3.x series, including hundreds of small improvements and bug fix...
Python 3.4.0 Release Candidate 2 Release Python 3.4.0 release candidate 2 Note: Python 3.4.0rc2 has been superseded by Python 3.4.9. Python 3.4.0 release candidate 2 was released on February 23th, 2014. This is a preview release of the next major release of Python, Python 3.4, and is not suitable for production environments. Major new features of the 3.4 series, compared to 3.3 Python 3.4 includes a range of improvements of the 3.x series, including hundreds of small improvements and bug fix...
Released: June 25, 2016
Python 2.7.12 is a bugfix release in the Python 2.7.x series.
Released: Dec. 17, 2016
Python 2.7.13 is a bugfix release in the Python 2.7.x series.
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Comparing Python to Other Languages Comparing Python to Other Languages Disclaimer: This essay was written sometime in 1997. It shows its age. It is retained here merely as a historical artifact. --Guido van Rossum Python is often compared to other interpreted languages such as Java, JavaScript, Perl, Tcl, or Smalltalk. Comparisons to C++, Common Lisp and Scheme can also be enlightening. In this section I will briefly compare Python to each of these languages. These comparison...
Released: May 23, 2015
Python 2.7.10 is a bug fix release of the Python 2.7.x series.
Released: Aug. 27, 2017
Python 2.7.14 is the latest bug fix release in the Python 2.7 series.
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