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  • 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 from the …

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  • Release – Python 2.3.2

    Version: None

    Released: Oct. 3, 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. If you need …

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  • Release – Python 2.3.6

    Version: None

    Released: Nov. 1, 2006

    Python 2.3 is now well and truly in bugfix-only mode; no new features are being added, and only security critical bugs have been fixed. There are 3 bugs fixed in this release - a problem with the …

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  • Release – Python 3.7.2

    Version: None

    Released: Dec. 24, 2018

    Note: The release you are looking at is a bugfix release for the legacy 3.7 series which has now reached end-of-life and is no longer supported. See the downloads page for currently supported versions of Python. The final source-only security fix release for 3.7 was 3.7.17. Among the major …

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  • Release – Python 3.5.9

    Version: None

    Released: Nov. 2, 2019

    Python 3.5.9 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.9 was released on November 1st, 2019. There were no new changes in version 3.5.9; 3.5.9 was released only because of a CDN caching problem, which resulted in some users …

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  • Release – Python 3.7.6rc1

    Version: None

    Released: Dec. 11, 2019

    Note Python 3.8 is now the latest feature release series of Python 3. Get the latest release of 3.8.x here. We plan to continue to provide bugfix releases for 3.7.x until mid 2020 and security fixes until mid 2023. Python 3.7.6rc1 is the release candidate preview of the sixth …

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  • About

    About Python is a remarkably powerful dynamic programming language that is used in a wide variety of application domains. Python is often compared to Tcl, Perl, Ruby, Scheme or Java. Some of its key distinguishing features include: very clear, readable syntax strong introspection capabilities intuitive object orientation natural expression of procedural code full modularity, supporting hierarchical packages exception-based error handling very high level dynamic data types extensive standard l...

  • Python Success Stories

    ...packages for biomolecules that were written in Fortran and had their origins in the 1970s. Those packages were too cumbersome to use and in particular to modify and extend. Since my research work is focused on the development of new simulation techniques, modifiability was a particularly important criterion. Dynamic deformation of the chaperon protein GroEL, obtained with the MMTK-based interactive DomainFinder (Zoom in) Characteristic features of biomolecular simulations that had to be taken...

  • Python 2.2

    ...package is now part of the standard library. It has been renamed to the email package, and there have been some API changes. Fredrik Lundh's xmlrpclib is now a standard library module. This provides full client-side XML-RPC support. A server class is also provided (module SimpleXMLRPCServer). Large file support is now enabled on Win32 and Win64 platforms, and automatically configured (at least on Linux and Solaris). Other sources of information on 2.2 Unifying types ...

  • Python 2.3.2

    Python 2.3.2 Python 2.3.2 Note: See Python 2.3.5 for a patch release 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. If you need to remain with Python 2.3, there's a patch available from the security advisory page. Important: ...

  • Python 2.3.6 Release

    Python 2.3.6 Release Python 2.3.6 We are pleased to announce the release of Python 2.3.6 (FINAL), a bugfix release of Python 2.3, on November 1, 2006. Important: 2.3.6 includes a security fix (PSF-2006-001) for the repr() of unicode strings in wide unicode builds (UCS-4) Python 2.3 is now well and truly in bugfix-only mode; no new features are being added, and only security critical bugs have been fixed. There are 3 bugs fixed in this release - a problem with the email package's handling of...

  • Linux RPMs for Python 2.3.1

    ...packages that you have installed on your system. Because the SRPMs encompass all the steps required to build binary RPMs, it is a "fire and forget" process -- the simplest source build ever. <h3>Download</h3> <p><ul><li><b>Signature:</b> <ul> <li>Many of the following packages were signed with the GPG key in <a href="/ftp/python/2.3.1/rpms/KRUD-GPG-KEY">KRUD-GPG-KEY</a> </ul> <li><b>Source:&l...

  • 2007-04-09 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...Package Index (Cheese Shop) 7   Penguin Day DC 8   EuroPython 9   New PSF Members 10   Adjournment 1   Attendance The following members of the Board of Directors were present at the meeting: Stephan Deibel, Steve Holden, Tim Peters, Brett Cannon, Andrew Kuchling, and Martin von Löwis. Also in attendance was Kurt Kaiser (Treasurer). 2   Minutes of Past Meetings The 12 March 2007 Board meeting minutes w...

  • Legal Statements

    ...packages must comply with United States export controls under the Export Administration Regulations. Legal Mailing List If you have any questions, please send them to the legal mailing list at: legal@python.org.

  • Python Distutils-SIG: Documentation

    ...packagers -- people turning other developer's source distributions into built distributions for a particular platform). Planning, Requirements, and Design Documents The Distutils did not spring magically into existence one day; a considerable amount of forethought was required, and some of it was even written down. In roughly chronological order: summary of the Developer's Day session at IPC7 (the Se...

  • t1python - A Type1 Font Renderer for Python

    ...package was written by Fred L. Drake, Jr.; send mail to fdrake@acm.org if you find it useful, or if you have questions about it.

  • Linux RPMs for Python 2.1.2

    ...package tailored to your system is run <pre> rpm --rebuild &lt;packagename>.src.rpm</pre> Note: this does not actually install &lt;packagename&gt;. The end products (.rpm files as indicated by the "Wrote:" stdout lines) must be subsequently installed with rpm -U or the equivalent.

  • Release – Python 3.7.0b5

    Version: None

    Released: May 30, 2018

    This is a beta preview of Python 3.7 Python 3.7 is still in development. This release, 3.7.0b5, is now the final planned beta release preview. Originally, 3.7.0b4 was intended to be the final beta but, due to some unexpected compatibility issues discovered during beta testing of third-party packages, we …

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  • Release – Python 3.5.10rc1

    Version: None

    Released: Aug. 22, 2020

    Python 3.5.10rc1 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.10rc1 was released on August 21st, 2020. Python 3.5 has now entered "security fixes only" mode, and as such the only changes since Python 3.5.4 are security fixes. Also, Python …

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  • Release – Python 3.5.10

    Version: None

    Released: Sept. 5, 2020

    Python 3.5.10 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10 is the final release of 3.5. Python 3.5.10 was released on September 5th, 2020. Python 3.5.10 is the final release in the Python 3.5 series. As of this release, the 3.5 branch has been retired, no further changes to 3.5 will …

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