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  • What's new in Python 2.3

    ...Add this line: bsddb185 bsddbmodule.c to Modules/Setup. In most cases you should not require any -I, -L or -l flags. It seems on those systems which still ship 1.85, /usr/include/db.h is the include file and the symbols are present in libc. To force that version of the module to be used as the default when importing the name "bsddb", add the following line to your sitecustomize.py file: import bsddb185 as bsddb bz2 - interface to the bz2 compression library, by Gustavo Niemeyer...

  • Release – Python 2.4.3

    Version: None

    Released: April 15, 2006

    We are pleased to announce the release of Python 2.4.3 (final), a bugfix release of Python 2.4, on March 29, 2006. Python 2.4 is now in bugfix-only mode; no new features are being added. At least 50 bugs have been squashed since Python 2.4.2, including a number …

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  • Release – Python 2.4.0

    Version: None

    Released: Nov. 30, 2004

    We are pleased to announce the release of Python 2.4, final on November 30, 2004. This is a final, stable release, and we can recommend that Python users upgrade to this version. Important: This release is vulnerable to the problem described in security advisory PSF-2006-001 "Buffer overrun …

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  • Release – Python 2.4.1

    Version: None

    Released: March 30, 2005

    We are pleased to announce the release of Python 2.4.1 (final) on March 30, 2005. 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 …

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  • Release – Python 2.4.2

    Version: None

    Released: Sept. 27, 2005

    We are pleased to announce the release of Python 2.4.2 (final), a bugfix release, on September 28, 2005. 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 …

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  • Python Success Stories

    ...additional three weeks, building directly upon the prototype. By using Python, maintenance overhead was greatly reduced. Over the next year, devIS developers were able to add new EZRO features quickly and easily, in response to requests from the client. As devIS acquired new clients, EZRO was leveraged to reduce development cost of new projects. In this way, the tool grew in features and scale to what it is today. Python's clean layout and structure also made the code that was released later as...

  • Python 2.4

    ...adds a number of Windows-specific extensions to Python, including COM support and the Pythonwin IDE. Debian users using Sarge: Python 2.4 has already been packaged for you. Simply apt-get install python2.4. Note that you will also need to install python2.4 versions of any other modules you use. All others should download either Python-2.4.tgz or Python-2.4.tar.bz2, the source archive. The tar.bz2 is considerably smaller, so get that one if your system has the appropriate tools to deal with it....

  • Python 2.4.1

    ...added. Several dozen bugs were squashed since Python 2.4, including the SimpleXMLRPCServer security fix. See the detailed release notes for more, For more information on the new features of Python 2.4 see the 2.4 highlights or consult Andrew Kuchling's What's New In Python for a more detailed view. Please see the separate bugs page for known issues and the bug reporting procedure. Download the release Starting with the Python 2.4 releases the Windows Python installer is being distributed as a ...

  • Python 2.4.2 Release

    ...added. More than 60 bugs have been squashed since Python 2.4.1, including bugs that prevented Python working properly on 64 bit AIX and HP/UX. See the detailed release notes for more, For more information on the new features of Python 2.4 see the 2.4 highlights or consult Andrew Kuchling's What's New In Python for a more detailed view. Please see the separate bugs page for known issues and the bug reporting procedure. See also the license Download the release Starting with the Python 2.4 relea...

  • 2013-07-26 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...addition to Aahz, Alex Gaynor, Anna Ravenscroft, Brian Curtin, Chris Calloway, Lynn Root, and Jesse Noller. Co-chairs shall, by joint agreement, have the power to add or remove committee members, with the current membership roster to be approved by the Python Software Foundation Board of Directors at least once per year Approved, 10-0-1. 8   PythonBrasil Sponsorship RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation sponsor PythonBrasil 2013 (http://2013.ploneconf.org/ploneconf/spo...

  • Release – Python 2.5.2

    Version: None

    Released: Feb. 21, 2008

    Python 2.5.2 was released on February 21st, 2008. This is the second bugfix release of Python 2.5. Python 2.5 is now in bugfix-only mode; no new features are being added. According to the release notes, over 100 bugs and patches have been addressed since Python 2.5.1, many of …

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  • Release – Python 2.5.0

    Version: None

    Released: Sept. 19, 2006

    Python 2.5 was released on September 19th 2006. There's a bunch of places you can look for more information on what's new in this release -- see the "What's New" section further down this page. This is a final release, and should be suitable for production use. …

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  • Release – Python 2.5.3

    Version: None

    Released: Dec. 19, 2008

    Python 2.5.3 was released on December 19th, 2008. This is the last bugfix release of Python 2.5. Python 2.5 is now in bugfix-only mode; no new features are being added. According to the release notes, about 80 bugs and patches have been addressed since Python 2.5.2, many of …

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  • Release – Python 2.5.1

    Version: None

    Released: April 19, 2007

    Python 2.5.1 was released on April 18th, 2007. This is the first bugfix release of Python 2.5. Python 2.5 is now in bugfix-only mode; no new features are being added. According to the release notes, over 150 bugs and patches have been squished since Python 2.5, including a …

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  • Release – Python 3.3.0

    Version: None

    Released: Sept. 29, 2012

    Python 3.3 includes a range of improvements of the 3.x series, as well as easier porting between 2.x and 3.x. Major new features in the 3.3 release series are: PEP 380, syntax for delegating to a subgenerator (yield from) PEP 393, flexible …

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  • Release – Python 2.4.4

    Version: None

    Released: Oct. 18, 2006

    Python 2.4 is now in bugfix-only mode; no new features are being added. At least 80 bugs have been squished since Python 2.4.3, including a number of bugs and potential bugs found by with the Coverity and Klocwork static analysis tools. We'd like to offer our thanks to both …

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  • 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 Success Stories

    ...added once the system was scaled up to 800 cities, increasing the data stream by almost 4000%. In the first half of 2004, the system has already scored over 4 million forecasts, all collected, parsed, and displayed on the web. ForecastWatch.com can be used to determine the accuracy of weather forecasts, for example by reviewing maps of error magnitude in forecast low and high temperatures Zoom in The last component in ForecastWatch.com's architecture is the website itself. This is the interf...

  • Python Success Stories

    ...adds fail-over and security to their Web services. The Siena Web Services Architecture will soon become part of our product line. If you are interested in the solution, please visit our web-site at http://www.siena-tech.com/ or contact us directly. PS: After several months of effort, the J2EE team never did get their Web services working. About the Authors Dr. Tim Couper (tim@siena-tech.com) is the chairman of Siena Technology. He holds a mathematics D.Phil. and has 20 years experience run...

  • Python Success Stories

    ...added to the problem, not the solution," Friedrich maintains. Python a mainstay since 1994 Enter Python. "We'd been using Python since 1994," says Friedrich, "when I literally stumbled across Python as I was searching the pre-Web Gopher FTP space for some help with a C++ project we were doing." Being an inveterate systems engineer, Friedrich "just had to investigate it." He was stunned by what he discovered. "Twenty minutes after my first encounter with ...

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