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  • Release – Python 3.12.6

    Version: None

    Released: Sept. 6, 2024

    This is the sixth maintenance release of Python 3.12 Python 3.12 is the newest major release of the Python programming language, and it contains many new features and optimizations. 3.12.6 is the latest maintenance release, containing about 90 bugfixes, build improvements and documentation changes since 3.12.5. This is an …

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  • Python Software Foundation: Press Release 20-Dec-2019

    ...Python 3 will be the only major version of CPython that is actively maintained for bugs and security issues. Users are urged to migrate to a supported version of Python 3 in order to benefit from its many improvements, as well as to avoid potential security vulnerabilities in Python 2.x after April 2020. For the current status of Python 3 versions, see https://devguide.python.org/#status-of-python-branches. Users of commercial Python distributions and commercial applications that embed a Pytho...

  • PSF Contributor Agreement for Jython

    PSF Contributor Agreement for Jython Contributor Agreement for Jython This Contributor Agreement is between Python Software Foundation (“PSF”) and the individual or other entity identified below (“the Contributor”): Contributor: __________________________________________ Address: __________________________________________ __________________________________________ Email: __________________________________________ Contributor offers to li...

  • Python Success Stories

    ...Python's syntax was much cleaner and because I had heard that large Tcl programs could be hard to maintain. Java had the disadvantage of requiring compilation with each change in the code, and the ability to run code in any recent browser was of no use for this project. Java's verbose syntax as compared to Python was also a point against it. Python was just as portable as Java and a much easier to learn and use language. I'd also read the Python tutorial, seen various Python programs and liked t...

  • Python Patterns - An Optimization Anecdote

    ...Python-C API, so I expected at most modest speed up compared to f7(). Given the effort of writing and testing an extension (compared to whipping up those Python one-liners), as well as the dependency on a non-standard Python extension, I decided not to pursue this option... Conclusion If you feel the need for speed, go for built-in functions - you can't beat a loop written in C. Check the library manual for a built-in function that does what you want. If there isn't one, h...

  • Release – Python 3.13.0a3

    Version: None

    Released: Jan. 17, 2024

    This is an early developer preview of Python 3.13 Major new features of the 3.13 series, compared to 3.12 Python 3.13 is still in development. This release, 3.13.0a3, is the third of six planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the …

  • Python 2.5.4 Release

    Python 2.5.4 Release Python 2.5.4 We are pleased to announce the release of Python 2.5.4 (final), a bugfix release of Python 2.5, on December 23rd, 2008. Python 2.5.4 has been replaced by a newer bugfix release of Python. Please download Python 2.5.6 instead, unless you need to use the Windows and OS X binaries provided here. This is the last bugfix release of Python 2.5. Future releases of Python 2.5 will only contain security patches; no new features are being added, and no "regular&...

  • Python 2.2.2

    ...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 pleased to announce the release of Python 2.2.2, on October 14, 2002. This is a bug-fix release for Python 2.2 and supersedes the previous bugfix release, Python 2.2.1. Download the release Windows users should download the Windows installer, Python-2.2.2.exe, run it and follow the friendly instructions on the screen to complete the instal...

  • Release – Python 2.5.4

    Version: None

    Released: Dec. 23, 2008

    This is the last bugfix release of Python 2.5. Future releases of Python 2.5 will only contain security patches; no new features are being added, and no "regular" bugs will be fixed anymore. According to the release notes, about 80 bugs and patches have been addressed since Python 2.5.2, …

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  • Python 2.1.2

    Python 2.1.2 Python 2.1.2 - a bugfix release for Python 2.1 Note: This is no longer the most current Python release. See Python 2.1.3 for a patch release and the download page for more recent releases. On January 16 2002, we're releasing Python 2.1.2 - a bugfix release of Python 2.1. We thank Anthony Baxter for being the releasemeister for this release (and we're using his timezone as an excuse to say it's January 16 :-). This is the final release of Python 2.1.2. While ...

  • Release – Python 2.2.2

    Version: None

    Released: Oct. 14, 2002

    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 3.9.16

    Version: None

    Released: Dec. 6, 2022

    This is a security release of Python 3.9 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.9.16, 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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  • Release – Python 3.13.0a4

    Version: None

    Released: Feb. 15, 2024

    This is an early developer preview of Python 3.13 Major new features of the 3.13 series, compared to 3.12 Python 3.13 is still in development. This release, 3.13.0a4, is the fourth of six planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the …

  • Release – Python 2.6.9

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    Released: Oct. 29, 2013

    With the 2.6.9 release, and five years after its first release, the 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, …

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  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (November 11, 2003)

    Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (November 11, 2003) The Python Software Foundation Minutes of Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors November 11, 2003 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation (the "PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat at 18:00 GMT. Guido van Rossum, president of the Foundation and chairman of the Board, presided at the meeting. 1. Attendance The following members of the Board of Directors were presen...

  • Release – Python 3.13.0a5

    Version: None

    Released: March 12, 2024

    This is an early developer preview of Python 3.13 Major new features of the 3.13 series, compared to 3.12 Python 3.13 is still in development. This release, 3.13.0a5, is the fifth of six planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the …

  • Python for Mac OS X

    ...Python releases include IDLE, Python's built-in interactive development environment. If you download and install Python from the release page, you may also need to download and install a newer version of Tcl/Tk for OS X. See the IDLE and Tkinter on OS X page for more information. You can run a Python interpreter by double-clicking on Applications / Utilities / Terminal and typing python3 (if you've installed a version of Python 3) or python (to use Python 2) in the window that opens up. You c...

  • Release – Python 3.10.7

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    Released: Sept. 6, 2022

    This is the seventh maintenance release of Python 3.10 Python 3.10.7 is the newest major release of the Python programming language, and it contains many new features and optimizations. Major new features of the 3.10 series, compared to 3.9 Among the new major new features and …

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  • Release – Python 3.2.6

    Version: None

    Released: Oct. 12, 2014

    This is a security-fix source-only release. The last binary release was 3.2.5. With the 3.2.6 release, and five years after its first release, the Python 3.2 series is now officially retired. All official maintenance for Python 3.2, including security patches, has ended. For ongoing maintenance releases, please see …

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  • Release – Python 3.13.0a6

    Version: None

    Released: April 9, 2024

    This is an early developer preview of Python 3.13 Major new features of the 3.13 series, compared to 3.12 Python 3.13 is still in development. This release, 3.13.0a6, is the sixth and last planned alpha release. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the …

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