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  • 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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 string representation (doing away …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 ...

  • Debugging Reference Count Problems

    ...added don't change your program's allocation behavior -- so obviously they aren't in the right places. This is confirmed by what you said earlier: adding the INCREF calls didn't remove the problem. So, my questions of the hour: 1) What's the c api equiv for sys.refcount? (so I can watch refcounts across calls and determine which are reference neutral) (Echoed by Mark Hammond, who believes the reference count is the first 2 bytes of the object -- in fact, it is the first 4 ...

  • Python 2.4.3 Release

    ...added. At least 50 bugs have been squashed since Python 2.4.2, including a number of bugs and potential bugs found by Coverity. See the detailed release notes for more details. This is a final build, and is suitable for production use. 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 Dow...

  • Python 2.4.4 Release

    Python 2.4.4 Release Python 2.4.4 We are pleased to announce the release of Python 2.4.4 (FINAL), a bugfix release of Python 2.4, on October 18, 2006. Important: 2.4.4 includes a security fix (PSF-2006-001) for the repr() of unicode strings in wide unicode builds (UCS-4) 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 an...

  • Python 2.5 Release

    ...adds a number of Windows-specific extensions to Python, including COM support and the Pythonwin IDE. Users of Mac OS X 10.3 and later can install a universal binary (suitable for both PowerPC and Intel machines) from python-2.5-macosx.dmg . Download to the desktop and open the .dmg file to install. All others should download either python-2.5.tgz or python-2.5.tar.bz2, the source archive. The tar.bz2 is considerably smaller, so get that one if your system has the appropriate tools to deal w...

  • Python 2.5.1 Release

    Python 2.5.1 Release Python 2.5.1 Python 2.5.1 has been replaced by a newer bugfix release of Python. Please download Python 2.5.6 instead. 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 fair number in the new AST compiler (an internal implementation detail of the Pyth...

  • Python 2.5.2 Release

    ...added. According to the release notes, over 100 bugs and patches have been addressed since Python 2.5.1, many of them improving the stability of the interpreter, and improving its portability. If you want the latest production version of Python, use Python 2.7 or later. See the detailed release notes for more details. Since the release candidate, we have backed out a few changes that did not work correctly on 64-bit systems. Again, see the release notes. For more information on the new features ...

  • Python 2.5.3 Release

    ...added. According to the release notes, about 80 bugs and patches have been addressed since Python 2.5.2, many of them improving the stability of the interpreter, and improving its portability. Future releases will only address security isses, and no binaries or documentation updates will be provided in future releases of Python 2.5. If you want the latest production version of Python, use Python 2.7.2 or later. See the detailed release notes for more details. For more information on the new feat...

  • Python 2.5.4 Release

    ...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, many of them improving the stability of the interpreter, and improving its portability. Python 2.5.3 unfortunately contained an incorrect patch that could cause interpreter crashes; the only change in Python 2.5.4 relative to 2.5.4 is the reversal of this patch. Future releases will only address security isses, and no binaries or document...

  • Grants - Frequently Asked Questions

    ...adds new vendors to its system, the PSF checks the OFAC lists to confirm that the new vendor is compliant. Non-compliant vendors will not be issued reimbursements, grants, or other payments. Q. Are there any restrictions on how I describe receiving a grant from the PSF? A. Yes, there are. Specifically, the PSF awarding a grant to support a community activity is not the same as formally endorsing a particular project or commercial offering in any capacity, and should not be represented as such. ...

  • PSF Sponsorship Prospectus

    PSF Sponsorship Prospectus sponsorship sponsor prospectus PSF Sponsorship Program Your contributions matter and they make an IMPACT. Below are some of the ways the PSF uses its funding to support the Python community: Python Community Infrastructure The PSF supports the Python Package Index (PyPI), mail.python.org, wiki.python.org, and us.pycon.org. In addition to the costs of the community web services we provide, we need staff to expand our services programs and keep them running 24/...

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