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  • Release – Python 3.9.4

    Version: None

    Released: April 4, 2021

    This is the fourth maintenance release of Python 3.9 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.9.4, 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. Python 3.9.4 …

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  • Other Catalog Systems

    ...modules) Zen of Comprehensive Archive Networks: a note from CPAN's maintainers. (A less interesting document than it sounds, unfortunately.) Perl Package Manager from ActiveState Open Software Distribution Debian Debian Packaging FAQ New Maintainers' Guide Linux Freshmeat rpmfind XEmacs Quickstart Package Guide

  • Python 2.0

    ...modules are on sys.path was changed to use both normcase() and normpath(). Several minor bugs were fixed in the xml package (the minidom, pulldom, expatreader, and saxutils modules). The regression test driver (regrtest.py) behavior when invoked with -l changed: It now reports a count of objects that are recognized as garbage but not freed by the garbage collector. The regression test for the math module was changed to test exceptional behavior when the test is run in ver...

  • Python Success Stories

    ...modules, we opted to create a simple parser of our own. Our approach was to convert server-side template pages into Python servlets whose output is sent by the HTTP server to the user's browser. Although this was a fairly simple exercise, we did run into some problems stemming from our design of the CORE database meta-class. We found that altering classes and modules at runtime, as is done by the meta-class, violates guidelines imposed by Python's optional restricted execution environment. Since...

  • Release – Python 2.7.9rc1

    Version: None

    Released: Nov. 26, 2014

    Python 2.7.9rc1 is the first release candidate for the next bugfix version of the Python 2.7 series. Python 2.7.9 will include several significant changes unprecedented in a "bugfix" release: The entirety of Python 3.4's ssl module has been backported for Python 2.7.9. See PEP 466 for justification. …

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  • Python Success Stories

    ...modules in the standard library provided for this purpose. For this application, these modules were often too low-level, requiring somewhat more work that was initially expected. ZSI also caused some trouble, and was sometimes difficult to use. The authors used SOAPpy on other projects, which in hindsight may have been a better choice. Some of these problems stem from the fact that SOAP is complicated and difficult to deal with in general, and were not always the fault of Python or ZSI. Succe...

  • Python Distutils-SIG: Introduction

    ...modules, extensions, and applications painless and standardized. There are also third-party tools built on the top of distutils, that are using the Distutils mailing list as their home. Namely: setuptools zc.buildout If you are packaging a Python package, this SIG is probably a good starting point to ask questions. The goal of Distutils-SIG is also to try to catch the good bits and practices from third-party projects and ins...

  • Release – Python 3.3.0

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    Released: Sept. 29, 2012

    Python 3.3 includes a range of improvements of the 3.x series, as well as easier porting between 2.x and 3.x. Major new features in the 3.3 release series are: PEP 380, syntax for delegating to a subgenerator (yield from) PEP 393, flexible …

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  • Release – Python 3.2.2

    Version: None

    Released: Sept. 3, 2011

    Note: A newer security-fix release, 3.2.6, is currently available. Its use is recommended. Python 3.2.2 was released on September 4th, 2011. It mainly fixes a regression in the urllib.request module that prevented opening many HTTP resources correctly with Python 3.2.1. Python 3.2 is a continuation of …

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  • Release – Python 3.2.3

    Version: None

    Released: April 10, 2012

    Note: A newer security-fix release, 3.2.6, is currently available. Its use is recommended. Python 3.2.3 was released on April 10, 2012. It includes fixes for several reported security issues: issue 13703 (CVE-2012-1150, hash collision denial of service), issue 14234 (CVE-2012-0876, Expat hash collision denial of service), issue …

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  • Python 3.2.2 Release

    ...modules PEP 391, dictionary-based logging configuration an overhauled GIL implementation that reduces contention an extended email package that handles bytes messages a much improved ssl module with support for SSL contexts and certificate hostname matching a sysconfig module to access configuration information additions to the shutil module, among them archive file support many enhancements to configparser, among them mapping protocol support improvements to pdb, the Python debugger countless f...

  • Python 3.2.3 Release

    ...modules PEP 391, dictionary-based logging configuration an overhauled GIL implementation that reduces contention an extended email package that handles bytes messages a much improved ssl module with support for SSL contexts and certificate hostname matching a sysconfig module to access configuration information additions to the shutil module, among them archive file support many enhancements to configparser, among them mapping protocol support improvements to pdb, the Python debugger countless f...

  • Python 3.4.0 Release Candidate 1 Release

    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 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...

  • Release – Python 2.2.0

    Version: None

    Released: Dec. 21, 2001

    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 …

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  • Release – Python 3.13.5

    Version: None

    Released: June 11, 2025

    This is the fifth maintenance release of Python 3.13 Python 3.13 is the newest major release of the Python programming language, and it contains many new features and optimizations compared to Python 3.12. 3.13.5 is the fifth maintenance release of 3.13. 3.13.5 is an expedited release to fix …

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  • Release – Python 3.13.7

    Version: None

    Released: Aug. 14, 2025

    This is the seventh maintenance release of Python 3.13 Python 3.13 is the newest major release of the Python programming language, and it contains many new features and optimizations compared to Python 3.12. 3.13.7 is the seventh maintenance release of 3.13. 3.13.7 is an expedited release to fix …

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  • Python Success Stories

    ...modules: The end-user's Web application, the administrative interface, the anonymous email daemon, and a cross-platform GUI component for editing some of the site's content. Together, these modules provide all of the functionality needed by users and administrators. The system is deployed on FreeBSD, but is portable to other operating systems. In fact, most of the project's initial development was done using Windows 2000. The LoveIntros Web application allows users to create profiles, search for...

  • Python 2.2

    Python 2.2 Python 2.2 Note: See Python 2.2.3 for a patch release which supersedes 2.2. 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 security advisory page. We are extremely pleased to announce the relea...

  • D-Link Australia Uses Python to Control Firmware Updates

    D-Link Australia Uses Python to Control Firmware Updates Introduction D-Link Australia's RMA department provides warranty services to Australiasia. Warranty services consist of diagnosing, fixing, testing, refurbishing, and packaging security cameras, modems, voip hardware, switches and router products. Problem Description Prior to the development of the software described below, the standard method of upgrading firmware during warranty service was to load settings and firmware onto a modem...

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