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  ...Build procedure: the zlib project is built in a different way that ensures the zlib header files used can no longer get out of synch with the zlib binary used. See PCbuildreadme.txt for details. Your old zlib-related directories can be deleted; you'll need to download fresh source for zlib and unpack it into a new directory. Build: New subproject _test for the benefit of test_capi.py (see above). Build: New subproject _symtable, for new DLL _symtable.pyd (a nascent interface to some Python ...

• Release – Python 3.13.0rc1

  Version: None

  Released: Aug. 1, 2024

  This is the first release candidate of Python 3.13.0 This release, 3.13.0rc1, 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 …

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• Release – Python 3.13.0rc2

  Version: None

  Released: Sept. 6, 2024

  This is the second release candidate of Python 3.13.0 This release, 3.13.0rc2, is the final release preview. This release is expected to become the final 3.13.0 release, barring any critical bugs being discovered. The official release of 3.13.0 is scheduled for Tuesday, 2024-10-01. There will be no …

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• Release – Python 3.13.0rc3

  Version: None

  Released: Oct. 1, 2024

  This is the third release candidate of Python 3.13.0 This release, 3.13.0rc3, is the final release preview (no really) of 3.13. This release is expected to become the final 3.13.0 release, barring any critical bugs being discovered. The official release of 3.13.0 is now scheduled for Monday, 2024-10-07. …

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• Python Distutils-SIG: Introduction

  ...building, packaging, distributing, and installing Python modules, extensions, and applications painless and standardized. There are also third-party tools built on the top of distutils, that are using the Distutils mailing list as their home. Namely: setuptools zc.buildout If you are packaging a Python package, this SIG is probably a good starting point to ask questions. The goal of Distutils-SIG is also to try to catch the ...

• Release – Python 3.8.0b4

  Version: None

  Released: Aug. 29, 2019

  This is a beta preview of Python 3.8 Python 3.8 is still in development. This release, 3.8.0b4 is the last of four planned beta release previews. Beta release previews are intended to give the wider community the opportunity to test new features and bug fixes and to prepare their …

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• Python 2.6.8 Release

  ...building Python 2.6 from source, due to the adoption of multiarch support. See issue 9762 for additional details and workarounds. The version of Python 2.6 in Ubuntu itself has been appropriately patched, so the Ubuntu source package should build just fine. Documentation The documentation has also been updated. You can browse the HTML on-line or download the HTML.

• Notes

  ...build, or an assert failure in a debug build. Also, added overflow checks, better detection of mutation during iteration, and shielded deque comparisons from unusual subclass overrides of the __iter__() method. Library Patch 1046644: distutils build_ext grew two new options - --swig for specifying the swig executable to use, and --swig-opts to specify options to pass to swig. --swig-opts="-c++" is the new way to spell --swig-cpp. Patch 983206: distutils now obeys environment varia...

• PSF Distinguished Service Awards

  ...build an open solution to his problem. "Matplotlib is both an amazing technical achievement and a shining example of open source community building, as John not only created its backbone but also fostered the development of a very strong development team, ensuring that the talent of many others could also contribute to this project," said Fernando Perez. The Python Software Foundation thanks John Hunter for his invaluable contributions to not just the Python community but to the numeri...

• Python 2.4.1 - Release Notes

  ...Build Note that release builds of Python should arrange to define the preprocessor symbol NDEBUG on the command line (or equivalent). In the 2.2 pre-release series we tried to define this by magic in Python.h instead, but it proved to cause problems for extension authors. The Unix, Windows and Mac builds now all define NDEBUG in release builds via cmdline (or equivalent) instead. Ports to other platforms should do likewise. It is no longer necessary to use --with-suffix when building on a cas...

• Notes

  ...builds Bug #1076490 (MacOS9 only): fixed a BuildApplication crash when it tried to actually save the application Build Patch #850977: Detect Tk on FreeBSD and OpenBSD. Bug #1034496: Use -h instead of -soname for Solaris compatibility. Patch #973204: Use -rpath instead of -R for runtime_library_dirs on Irix and True64. Bug #978645: Modules/getpath.c now builds properly under --disable-framework build under OS X. What's New in Python 2.3.4 (final)? Release date: 27-May-2004 What's New in...

• Release – Python 2.3.1

  Version: None

  Released: Sept. 23, 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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• Release – Python 3.5.2

  Version: None

  Released: June 27, 2016

  Python 3.5.2 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.2 was released on June 26th, 2016. Major new features of the 3.5 series, compared to 3.4 Among the new major new features …

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• Release – Python 3.5.3rc1

  Version: None

  Released: Jan. 3, 2017

  Python 3.5.3 release candidate 1 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.3 release candidate 1 was released on January 2nd, 2017. Major new features of the 3.5 series, compared to 3.4 …

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• Release – Python 3.5.3

  Version: None

  Released: Jan. 17, 2017

  Python 3.5.3 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.3 was released on January 17th, 2017. Major new features of the 3.5 series, compared to 3.4 Among the new major new features …

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• Release – Python 3.7.2rc1

  Version: None

  Released: Dec. 11, 2018

  Python 3.7.2rc1 is the release candidate preview of the second maintenance release of Python 3.7. The Python 3.7 series is the newest major release of the Python language and contains many new features and optimizations. Among the major new features in Python 3.7 are: PEP 539, …

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• Release – Python 3.7.3rc1

  Version: None

  Released: March 12, 2019

  Python 3.7.3rc1 is the release candidate preview of the third maintenance release of Python 3.7. The Python 3.7 series is the newest major release of the Python language and contains many new features and optimizations. Among the major new features in Python 3.7 are: PEP 539, …

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• Release – Python 3.8.0b1

  Version: None

  Released: June 4, 2019

  This is a beta preview of Python 3.8 Python 3.8 is still in development. This release, 3.8.0b1 is the first of four planned beta release previews. Beta release previews are intended to give the wider community the opportunity to test new features and bug fixes and to prepare their …

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• Release – Python 3.8.0b2

  Version: None

  Released: July 4, 2019

  This is a beta preview of Python 3.8 Python 3.8 is still in development. This release, 3.8.0b2 is the second of four planned beta release previews. Beta release previews are intended to give the wider community the opportunity to test new features and bug fixes and to prepare their …

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• Release – Python 3.8.0b3

  Version: None

  Released: July 29, 2019

  This is a beta preview of Python 3.8 Python 3.8 is still in development. This release, 3.8.0b3 is the third of four planned beta release previews. Beta release previews are intended to give the wider community the opportunity to test new features and bug fixes and to prepare their …

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