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  • What's new in Python 2.3

    ...PEP 278) Encoding declarations - you can put a comment of the form "# -- coding: <encodingname> --" in the first or second line of a Python source file to indicate the encoding (e.g. utf-8). (PEP 263 phase 1) Codec error handling callbacks - this allows for flexible handling of encoding errors. (PEP 293) File objects are now their own iterators. This makes multiple interrupted iterations over the same file more reliable. The xreadlines() method and module are now deprecated. ...

  • Release – Python 3.14.1

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    Released: Dec. 2, 2025

    This is the first maintenance release of Python 3.14 Python 3.14.1 is the first maintenance release of 3.14, containing around 558 bugfixes, build improvements and documentation changes since 3.14.0. Major new features of the 3.14 series, compared to 3.13 Some of the major new features and …

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  • Release – Python 3.14.0b2

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    Released: May 26, 2025

    Here's the second 3.14 beta. https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3140b2/ This is a beta preview of Python 3.14 Python 3.14 is still in development. This release, 3.14.0b2, is the first of four planned beta releases. Beta release previews are intended to give the wider community the opportunity to test new …

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  • Release – Python 3.14.2

    Version: None

    Released: Dec. 5, 2025

    This is the second maintenance release of Python 3.14 Python 3.14.2 is the second maintenance release of 3.14, containing 18 bugfixes, build improvements and documentation changes since 3.14.1. This is an expedited release to fix the following regressions: gh-142206: Exceptions in multiprocessing in …

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  • Release – Python 3.14.5

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    Released: May 10, 2026

    Python 3.14.5 final is the fifth maintenance release of 3.14, containing around 154 bugfixes, build improvements and documentation changes since 3.14.4. Garbage collector Notably, the garbage collector (GC) has changed in Python 3.14.5. The incremental garbage collector shipped in Python 3.14.0-3.14.4 has been reverted back to the …

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  • Release – Python 3.13.1

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    Released: Dec. 3, 2024

    This is the first 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. 3.13.1 is the latest maintenance release, containing almost 400 bugfixes, build improvements and documentation changes since …

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  • Release – Python 3.14.5rc1

    Version: None

    Released: May 4, 2026

    Python 3.14.5rc1 is a release candidate for the fifth maintenance release of 3.14, containing around 113 bugfixes, build improvements and documentation changes since 3.14.4. Garbage collector Notably, the garbage collector (GC) has changed in Python 3.14.5rc1. The incremental garbage collector shipped in Python 3.14.0-3.14.4 has been reverted …

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  • Release – Python 3.14.0

    Version: None

    Released: Oct. 7, 2025

    This is the stable release of Python 3.14.0 Python 3.14.0 is the newest major release of the Python programming language, and it contains many new features and optimisations compared to Python 3.13. Major new features of the 3.14 series, compared to 3.13 Some of the major …

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  • Release – Python 3.14.0rc1

    Version: None

    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 …

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  • Python 2.6.8 Release

    ...PEP 361 set out the development schedule for 2.6. Help fund Python and its community by donating to the Python Software Foundation. Download This is a final release; we currently support these formats: Gzipped source tar ball (2.6.8) (sig) Bzipped source tar ball (2.6.8) (sig) MD5 checksums and sizes of the released files: f6c1781f5d73ab7dfa5181f43ea065f6 13282574 Python-2.6.8.tgz c6e0420a21d8b23dee8b0195c9b9a125 11127915 Python-2.6.8.tar.bz2 The signatures for the source tarballs ...

  • Python Documentation Index

    ...PEPs To start off Developer's Day at the Python10 conference I gave a keynote ending in what I dubbed "the parade of the PEPs". It was a brief overview of all open PEPs, where I gave my highly personal and subjective opinion for each PEP. Later, I realized that this might have been of interest to other developers. I didn't take notes at the conference, so below is a different set of comments that I created from scratch during a single two-hour sitting on March 7, 2002. I intend to o...

  • Release – Python 3.14.0rc2

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    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 …

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  • Release – Python 3.14.0rc3

    Version: None

    Released: Sept. 18, 2025

    It's 🪄 finally 🪄 the final 3.14 release candidate! Note: It's another magic release. We fixed another bug that required bumping the magic number stored in Python bytecode (.pyc) files. This means file .pyc files created for rc2 cannot be used for rc3, and they'll be recompiled. …

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  • What's New In Python 3.0

    ...PEP 3131: Support non-ASCII identifiers. PEP 3120: Change default encoding to UTF-8. PEP 3123: Use proper C inheritance for PyObject. Removed the __oct__ and __hex__ special methods and added a bin() builtin function. PEP 3127: octal literals now start with "0o". Old-style octal literals are invalid. There are binary literals with a prefix of "0b". This also affects int(x, 0). None, True, False are now keywords. PEP 3119: isinstance() and issubclass() can be overridden...

  • PSF Distinguished Service Awards

    ...8 Marc-André Lemburg 2018 Distinguished Service Award was presented to Marc-André Lemburg for his significant contributions to Python as a core developer, EuroPython chair, PSF board member, and board member of the EuroPython Society. 2017 Tim Peters The 2017 Distinguished Service Award was presented to Tim Peters. Tim's technical contributions to Python are immense as he implemented several modules into the standard library. Some examples include timsort, doctest, and the timeit module. Furth...

  • PSF Board Resolutions

    ...8, 2018 Approved 7-0-0, March 8, 2018 RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Grants Work Group grant $875 USD to the Django Girls event happening in Santa Maria, Brazil April 7, 2018 Approved 8-0-0, March 8, 2018 RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Grants Work Group grant $850 USD to the Django Girls event happening in Afikpo, Nigeria May 11, 2018 Approved 8-0-0, March 8, 2018 RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Grants Work Group grant $550 USD to the Django Girls ev...

  • SIG for Development of Persistence and Transaction Frameworks

    SIG for Development of Persistence and Transaction Frameworks SIG for Development of Persistence and Transaction Frameworks Recent News There will be a Python Persistence BOF at the O'Reilly Open Source Conference. Python Persistence Date: 07/25/2002 Time: 8:00pm - 10:00pm Location: Grande Ballroom C in the East Tower Moderated by: Patrick O'Brien, Orbtech A Python Persistence Special Interest Group was recently formed to explore ways to add basic persistence and transact...

  • Python 2.0

    ...PEP) PEP stands for Python Enhancement Proposal. A PEP is a design document providing information to the Python community, or describing a new feature for Python. The PEP should provide a concise technical specification of the feature and a rationale for the feature. We intend PEPs to be the primary mechanisms for proposing new features, for collecting community input on an issue, and for documenting the design decisions that have gone into Python. The PEP author is responsible fo...

  • 2011-07-18 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...8 PSF Board Meeting Minutes .. declare custom role for action items: .. role:: action .. class:: minutes-title | The Python Software Foundation | Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors | | July 18, 2011 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat beginning at 16:00 UTC, 18 July 2011. Steve Holden presided at the meeting. Pat Campbell prepared the minutes. All votes are reported in the form "*Y-N-A*" (*in...

  • Python 2.4.1 - Release Notes

    ...8233, 660022, 661318, 661676, 662807, 662923, 666219, 672855, 678325, 682347, 683486, 684981, 685773, 686254, 692776, 692959, 693094, 696777, 697989, 700827, 703666, 708495, 708604, 708901, 710733, 711902, 713722, 715782, 718286, 719359, 719367, 723136, 723831, 723962, 724588, 724767, 724767, 725942, 726150, 726446, 726869, 727051, 727719, 727719, 727805, 728277, 728563, 728656, 729096, 729103, 729293, 729297, 729300, 729317, 729395, 729622, 729817, 730170, 730296, 730594, 730685, 730826, 730963...

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