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The Python install manager for Windows is our tool for installing and managing runtimes. The traditional executable installer will stop being released with Python 3.16 This is a beta release of the next update. Provide feedback at python/pymanager on GitHub. You should uninstall your existing Python install manager before installing …
Released: Nov. 14, 2025
Python 2.6.1 Release Python 2.6.1 Python 2.6.1 has been replaced by a newer bugfix release of Python.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. ...
SIG for development of Python/C++ integration SIG for development of Python/C++ integration The Python C++ SIG is a forum for discussions about the integration of Python and C++, with an emphasis on the development of the Boost.Python library. At the point of this writing (Jan 2002), Boost.Python is undergoing a major rewrite to add powerful new features and to take full advantage of the new type system introduced in Python 2.2. Suggestions regarding the direction of the develop...
Quotes about Python Python is used successfully in thousands of real-world business applications around the world, including many large and mission critical systems. Here are some quotes from happy Python users: YouTube.com "Python is fast enough for our site and allows us to produce maintainable features in record times, with a minimum of developers," said Cuong Do, Software Architect, YouTube.com. Industrial Light & Magic "Python plays a key role in our production pip...
Python 2.3.5 Python 2.3.5 We're happy to announce the release of Python 2.3.5 (final) on Feb 8th, 2005. This is a bug-fix release for Python 2.3. There have been around 50 bugs fixed since 2.3.4 - in the Python interpreter, the standard library and also in the build process - see the release notes for details. 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 ...
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 …
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Python 3.1 Release Python 3.1 Python 3.1 has been superseded by 3.1.1. You can download 3.1.1. Python 3.1 final was released on June 27th, 2009. Python 3.1 is a continuation of the work started by Python 3.0, the new backwards-incompatible series of Python. Improvements in this release include: An ordered dictionary type Various optimizations to the int type New unittest features including test skipping and new assert methods. A much faster io module Tile support for Tkinter A pure Python r...
Released: June 26, 2009
Python 3.1 has been superseded by 3.1.1. You can download 3.1.1. Python 3.1 final was released on June 27th, 2009. Python 3.1 is a continuation of the work started by Python 3.0, the new backwards-incompatible series of Python. Improvements in this release include: An ordered dictionary type Various optimizations …
Linux RPMs for Python 2.2.1 <h1>Linux RPMs for Python 2.2.1</h1> <!-- <p><font color="red">These are for the <b>2.2</b> release. Sorry.</font> --> <p>Except where noted, these RPMs are made available by Sean Reifschneider (<a href="mailto:jafo-rpms@tummy.com">jafo-rpms@tummy.com</a>). <h3>Having Problems?</h3> If you are having problems, please see the <a href="#FAQ">RPM Fr...
Help Fund Python Development and Maintenance Donate to Python Development and Maintenance The Python Software Foundation's goal is to increase the support we provide for Python development and maintenance. Through the donation button above, you can financially contribute to this cause. The PSF will use Python development fundraising to support CPython development and maintenance. Additionally, the funds will be used for mission-related sprints, such as the annual core dev...
Python Copyright Python Copyright Historical note: This page describes the Python license used for Python versions up to and including Python 1.6a2. CNRI released Python 1.6b1 and the final Python 1.6 release under a different license, which is open source compliant, but not compatible with the GPL (the only incompatibility being the inclusion of a choice-of-law clause). More recent PSF releases, in particular 2.0.1, 2.1.1, and all releases since then, are GPL-compatible. Most P...
Python 3.0 Release Python 3.0 Python 3.0 is end-of-lifed with the release of Python 3.1. All users of Python 3.0.x should upgrade to the most recent version of Python 3; please see the downloads pages. Python 3.0 has been replaced by a newer bugfix release of Python. Please download Python 3.0.1 instead. Python 3.0 final was released on December 3rd, 2008. Python 3.0 (a.k.a. "Python 3000" or "Py3k") is a new version of the language that is incompatible with the 2.x line ...
Released: Oct. 14, 2025
This is an early developer preview of Python 3.15 Major new features of the 3.15 series, compared to 3.14 Python 3.15 is still in development. This release, 3.15.0a1 is the first of seven planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the current state of …
Released: June 3, 2011
Python 2.6 is now in security-fix-only mode; no new features are being added, …
Python Success Stories Introduction ForecastWatch.com, a service of Intellovations, is in the business of rating the accuracy of weather reports from companies such as Accuweather, MyForecast.com, and The Weather Channel. Over 36,000 weather forecasts are collected every day for over 800 U.S. cities, and later compared with actual climatological data. These comparisons are used by meteorologists to improve their weather forecasts, and to compare their forecasts with others. They are also used...
Conferences and Workshops Conference Listings There are quite a number of Python conferences happening all year around and in many parts of the world. Many of them are taking place yearly or even more frequent: Python Conferences List on the Python Wiki -- this is the main and most complete list of conferences around the world Subsets of this list are also available on other sites: pycon.org -- lists a subset of mostly national Python conferences PyData -- listings of Python conferences sp...
Python Success Stories Introduction Strakt is a Swedish company which specializes in developing scalable and secure products for collaboration in workflow intensive workplaces. Our vision is to empower professionals to collaborate in an enjoyable, intuitive, and efficient way that is tailored to their and their organisations' needs, while simultaneously developing and maintaining digitally stored organisational memory. In 2001, AB Strakt embarked on a large software development project aimed ...
Released: Feb. 8, 2005
Python 2.3.5 (final) on Feb 8th, 2005. This is a bug-fix release for Python 2.3. There have been around 50 bugs fixed since 2.3.4 - in the Python interpreter, the standard library and also in the build process - see the release notes for details. Important: This release is vulnerable …
Python Success Stories Introduction AstraZeneca is one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies. With over 54,000 employees world-wide, it provides innovative, effective medicines designed to fight cancer, provide pain control, heal infection, and fight diseases of the cardiovascular, central nervous, gastrointestinal, and respiratory systems. Finding a new drug often takes over a decade and more than $800 million. A big problem early in the process is identifying those candidates more...
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