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...Python core development team moved to BeOpen.com to form the BeOpen PythonLabs team. In October of the same year, the PythonLabs team moved to Digital Creations (now Zope Corporation; see http://www.zope.com/). In 2001, the Python Software Foundation (PSF, see http://www.python.org/psf/) was formed, a non-profit organization created specifically to own Python-related Intellectual Property. Zope Corporation is a sponsoring member of the PSF. All Python releases are Open Source (see http...
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Released: Aug. 6, 2023
This is the first release candidate of Python 3.12.0 This release, 3.12.0rc1, 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 …
...Python SIG on Tabular Databases in Python This list is intended to work through and resolve issues related to tabular database access from Python. Being somewhat related, this list may also cover persistency issues in Python. The list will cover a number of topics, attempting to produce documentation, modules, and/or sample code.
...Python but can also be scripted by end users working in Python, in order to extend it with additional useful functionality. I'm not a software developer or a computer scientist. Neither am I a graphics expert. While I did have a good bit of programming experience with C/C++, I knew very little Python when I started on this project. Yet, I was able to learn Python using only its tutorial and the standard Python documentation, and then could quickly develop a substantial application. I was plea...
Released: July 29, 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 …
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Python 2.5.6 Python 2.5.6 We are pleased to announce the release of Python 2.5.6, a security fix release of Python 2.5, on May 26th, 2011. The last binary release of Python 2.5 was 2.5.4. This is a source-only release that only includes security fixes. The last full bug-fix release of Python 2.5 was Python 2.5.4. User are encouraged to upgrade to the latest release of Python 2.7 (which is 2.7.2 at this point). This release is the final release of Python 2.5; under the current release policy...
Python 2.6.4 Release Python 2.6.4 Python 2.6.4 has been replaced by a newer bugfix release of Python. Please download Python 2.6.6 instead. Python 2.6.4 was a critical bug fix for Python 2.6.3, which had regressions in the logging package and in setuptools compatibility. Python 2.6.4 was released on 25-Oct-2009. Python 2.6 is now in bugfix-only mode; no new features are being added. The NEWS file lists every change in each alpha, beta, and release candidate of Python 2.6. What's New in P...
Python 2.6.6 Release Python 2.6.6 Python 2.6.6 has been replaced by a newer security-fix only source release of Python. Please download Python 2.6.8 instead. 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 fil...
Python 2.5.5 Python 2.5.5 We are pleased to announce the release of Python 2.5.5, a security fix release of Python 2.5, on January 31st, 2010. Python 2.5.5 has been replaced by a newer bugfix release of Python. Please download Python 2.5.6 instead. The last binary release of Python 2.5 was 2.5.4. This is a source-only release that only includes security fixes. The last full bug-fix release of Python 2.5 was Python 2.5.4. User are encouraged to upgrade to the latest release of Python 2.7 (wh...
Python 2.6.3 Release Python 2.6.3 Python 2.6.3 has been replaced by a newer bugfix release of Python. Please download Python 2.6.6 instead. Python 2.6.3 was released on October 2, 2009. Python 2.6 is now in bugfix-only mode; no new features are being added. Somewhere near 100 bugs have been fixed since the release of Python 2.6.2. The NEWS file lists every change in each alpha, beta, and release candidate of Python 2.6. What's New in Python 2.6. Report bugs at http://bugs.python.org. Rea...
Released: May 26, 2011
This is a source-only release that only includes security fixes. The last full bug-fix release of Python 2.5 was Python 2.5.4. User are encouraged to upgrade to the latest release of Python 2.7 (which is 2.7.2 at this point). This release is the final release of Python 2.5; …
Released: Aug. 24, 2010
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 …
Python 2.6.1 Release Python 2.6.1 Python 2.6.1 has been replaced by a newer bugfix release of Python. Please download Python 2.6.6 instead. Python 2.6.1 was released on December 4th, 2008. This is the first bugfix release of Python 2.6. Python 2.6 is now in bugfix-only mode; no new features are being added. Dozens of bugs that were reported since the release of 2.6 final have been fixed. See the detailed release notes for more details. Andrew Kuchling's guide to What's New in Python 2.6. ...
Python 2.0.1 Release Python 2.0.1 - a bugfix release for Python 2.0 Note: This is no longer the most current Python release. See the download page for more recent releases. We're releasing Python 2.0.1 - the final bugfix release for Python 2.0. Why would we come with a bugfix release now (June 2001), when Python 2.0 was released in October 2000 and Python 2.1 has been released for months (April 2001)? Two very good reasons! We've fixed the license: Python 2.0.1 is GPL-compatible. We took ...
Python 2.6 Release Python 2.6 Python 2.6 has been replaced by a newer bugfix release of Python. Please download Python 2.6.7 instead. This is a source-only release. Python 2.6 (final) was released on October 1st, 2008. There are a huge number of new features, modules, improvements and bug fixes. For information on what's changed, see: Andrew Kuchling's guide to What's New in Python 2.6. NEWS file contains a listing of everything that's new in each alpha, beta, and release candidate of P...
Released: Dec. 4, 2008
Python 2.6.1 was released on December 4th, 2008. This is the first bugfix release of Python 2.6. Python 2.6 is now in bugfix-only mode; no new features are being added. Dozens of bugs that were reported since the release of 2.6 final have been fixed. See the …
Released: Oct. 2, 2008
Python 2.6 (final) was released on October 1st, 2008. There are a huge number of new features, modules, improvements and bug fixes. For information on what's changed, see: Andrew Kuchling's guide to What's New in Python 2.6. NEWS file contains a listing of everything …
...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's New in Python 2.6. Report bugs at http://bugs.python.org. Read the Python license. 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...
Released: June 22, 2001
We're releasing Python 2.0.1 - the final bugfix release for Python 2.0. Why would we come with a bugfix release now (June 2001), when Python 2.0 was released in October 2000 and Python 2.1 has been released for months (April 2001)? Two very good reasons! We've …
...Python 2.6 series is now officially retired. All official maintenance for Python 2.6, including security patches, has ended. For ongoing maintenance releases, please see the Python 2.7 series. The NEWS file lists every change in each alpha, beta, release candidate, and final release of Python 2.6. What's New in Python 2.6. Report bugs at http://bugs.python.org. Read the Python license. PEP 361 set out the development schedule for 2.6. Help fund Python and its community by donating to the P...
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