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  • Python 2.7.5 Release

    ...Set literals Set and dictionary comprehensions Dictionary views New syntax for nested with statements The sysconfig module Resources What's new in 2.7? Complete change log for this release. Online Documentation Report bugs at http://bugs.python.org. Help fund Python and its community. Download This is a production release. Please report any bugs you encounter. We currently support these formats for download: XZ compressed source tar ball (2.7.5) (sig) Gzipped source tar ball (2.7.5) (s...

  • Python 2.7.7 Release

    ...Set literals Set and dictionary comprehensions Dictionary views New syntax for nested with statements The sysconfig module Binary installer support for OS X 10.4 and 10.3.9 to be discontinued Python 2.7.7 is the last release for which binary installers will be released on python.org that support Mac OS X 10.3.9 (Panther) and 10.4.x (Tiger) systems. For Python 2.7.7 only, we are providing three OS X binary installers: the unchanged 10.6+ 64-bit/32-bit format, the deprecated 10.3+ 32-bit-only ...

  • 2009-02-09 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...set up. Status: done. [35] Added 2009-01-12: S. Holden will write a PSF blog entry thanking 2008 donors. Status: done. 4.2   New On 12 January These action items originated at the 12 January 2009 Board meeting on IRC. [37] Section 7.1, Trademarks Committee (TMC): J. Tauber will set up the PSF private wiki for the Trademarks Committee to record decisions and salient points of discussion. A set of Trademarks Committee pages was set up on the PSF private wiki on 2009-01-28. Sta...

  • Metaclasses in Python 1.5

    ...set to aninstance and name set to the string "method1". The __getattr__ method looks the name up in the __namespace__ dictionary. If it isn't found, it raises an AttributeError exception. (In a more realistic example, it would first have to look through the base classes as well.) If it is found, there are two possibilities: it's either a function or it isn't. If it's not a function, it is assumed to be a class variable, and its value is returned. If it's a function, we have to `...

  • What's new in Python 2.3

    ...set the environment variable $PYTHONINSPECT to some string value in Python, and cause the interpreter to enter the interactive prompt at program exit, as if Python had been invoked with the -i option. os.walk() - generator-based replacement for os.path.walk(). (New in 2.3b1.) os.fsync() - now supported on Windows. (New in 2.3b1.) winsound.MessageBeep() - new function on Windows. (New in 2.3b1.) time.tzset() - interface to platform tzset(). (New in 2.3b1.) sys.getfilesystemencoding() - return...

  • Python 2.4.1 - Release Notes

    ...sets, defines the class Set that implements a mutable set type using the keys of a dict to represent the set. There's also a class ImmutableSet which is useful when you need sets of sets or when you need to use sets as dict keys, and a class BaseSet which is the base class of the two. Added random.sample(population,k) for random sampling without replacement. Returns a k length list of unique elements chosen from the population. random.randrange(-sys.maxint-1, sys.maxint) no longer raises Over...

  • Release – Python 3.2.6rc1

    Version: None

    Released: Oct. 4, 2014

    This is a security-fix source-only release. The last binary release was 3.2.5. The list of fixed security related issues can be found in the NEWS file. New features of the 3.2 series, compared to 3.1 Python 3.2 is a continuation of the efforts to improve and stabilize the …

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  • Python 2.1.1

    ...set of DLLs for Windows developers compiled in debug mode; it contains nothing of value for regular Python users.) Windows users may also be interested in Mark Hammond's win32all, a collection of Windows-specific extensions including COM support and Pythonwin, an IDE built using Windows components. Mac users please go to Jack's MacPython Page for downloads. All others should download Python-2.1.1.tgz, the source tarball, from one of the download locations below, and do the usual "gu...

  • Release – Python 2.7.3

    Version: None

    Released: April 9, 2012

    Note: A newer bugfix release, 2.7.4, is currently available. Its use is recommended over previous versions of 2.7. Python 2.7.3 was released on April 9, 2012. 2.7.3 includes fixes for several reported security issues in 2.7.2: issue 13703 (oCERT-2011-003, hash collision denial of service), issue 14234 (CVE-2012-0876, hash table …

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  • Release – Python 2.7.8

    Version: None

    Released: July 2, 2014

    Python 2.7.8 was released on July 1, 2014. This release includes regression and security fixes over 2.7.7 including: The openssl version bundled in the Windows installer has been updated. A regression in the mimetypes module on Windows has been fixed. A possible overflow in the buffer type has been fixed. …

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  • Python 2.7.3 Release

    ...Set literals Set and dictionary comprehensions Dictionary views New syntax for nested with statements The sysconfig module See these resources for further information: What's new in 2.7? Change log for this release. Online Documentation Report bugs at http://bugs.python.org. Help fund Python and its community. Download This is a production release. Please report any bugs you encounter. We currently support these formats for download: Gzipped source tar ball (2.7.3) (sig) Bzipped source ta...

  • Python 2.7.8 Release

    ...Set literals Set and dictionary comprehensions Dictionary views New syntax for nested with statements The sysconfig module Binary installer support for OS X 10.4 and 10.3.9 to be discontinued Python 2.7.8 is the last release for which binary installers will be released on python.org that support Mac OS X 10.3.9 (Panther) and 10.4.x (Tiger) systems. For Python 2.7.8 only, we are providing three OS X binary installers: the unchanged 10.6+ 64-bit/32-bit format, the deprecated 10.3+ 32-bit-only ...

  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (September 13, 2005)

    ...set the registration prices soon. 9   Grants Committee M. von Löwis reported: Greg Wilson's project is progressing well. Not sure whether we have received Ilya Etingof's signed contract yet. (K. Kaiser reported that it hasn't been received yet, but email has been exchanged.) The work is actually mostly done. No word from Brian Zimmer on setting up a partial contract; M. von Löwis will have to contact him again. 10   Miscellaneous Discussions 10.1 &nb...

  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (December 14, 2004)

    ...set up but he's still trying to find someone with access to python.org that he can work with to make the system live. Plus there's some scripting needed to parse emails and such to integrate this with Marc Andre-Lemburg's and Neal Norwitz's setups. S. Holden volunteered to help. Lawyer for PSF: J. Hylton reports that "Melind Shaw seems to be on board now." In general, he will be able to do things pro bono as long as they aren't very large or have very short deadlines. Contributor Agreement ...

  • Python Core Mentorship

    ...set the tone and expectations and comfort level for mentors and those wishing to be mentored on the list. We ask everyone to be welcoming, friendly, and patient. Flame wars and insults are unacceptable in any fashion, by any party. Anything can be asked, and "RTFM" is not an acceptable answer. Neither is "it's in the archives, go read them". List archives are available only to subscribers, but subscription is open to everyone. Since the archives are "closed" - cros...

  • Python Success Stories

    ...set of directional cursors (near center) Zoom in Choosing Python I had used Python for small scripting projects before, and liked its quick-off-the-blocks feel. It would provide me with a malleable environment in which to experiment with features, to see what Nat would find interesting. Although this was an at-home project to be used only by my son, it shared issues with larger, supposedly more serious projects: unclear requirements, unpredictable customers, and limited developer resources. ...

  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (July 12, 2005)

    ...Setup Thu, Feb 23 Tutorials Fri, Feb 24 PyCon day 1 Sat, Feb 25 PyCon day 2 Sun, Feb 26 PyCon day 3 Mon, Feb 27 Sprints 1 Tue, Feb 28 Sprints 2 Wed, Mar 1 Sprints 3 Thu, Mar 2 Sprints 4 / teardown Room occupancy: the tentative figure is that PyCon will have an 850-room-night block, of which 80% (= 680 room nights) will need to be filled. This is OK if we assume 550 attendees. (Figure, if everyone shares: 550 attendes × 3 nights/person ÷ 2 people/room = 825 room nights. Adding oc...

  • Release – Python 2.6.9

    Version: None

    Released: Oct. 29, 2013

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  • Release – Python 2.6.8

    Version: None

    Released: April 10, 2012

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  • Release – Python 3.9.0a2

    Version: None

    Released: Dec. 18, 2019

    This is an early developer preview of Python 3.9 Major new features of the 3.9 series, compared to 3.8 Python 3.9 is still in development. This releasee, 3.9.0a2 is the second of six planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the current state of …

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