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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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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 …
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 …
...local machine and then run it to find out if your machine supports MSI. Windows XP and later already have MSI; many older machines will already have MSI installed. If your machine lacks Microsoft Installer, you'll have to download it freely from Microsoft for Windows 95, 98 and Me and for Windows NT 4.0 and 2000. Windows users may also be interested in Mark Hammond's pywin32 package, available from Sourceforge. pywin32 adds a number of Windows-specific extensions to Python, including COM support...
...local machine, then double-click python-2.5.msi to find out if your machine supports MSI. If it doesn't, you'll need to install Microsoft Installer first. Many other packages (such as Word and Office) also include MSI, so you may already have it on your system. If not, you can download it freely from Microsoft for Windows 95, 98 and Me and for Windows NT 4.0 and 2000. Windows XP and later already have MSI; many older machines will already have MSI installed. The new format installer allows for...
...local human rights legislation in our decision-making process for community-run events. The PSF can not send money to countries under US sanction and we do still expect a regionally appropriate, robust, and enforceable Code of Conduct. More information is available on our grants page .
...local user group mailing list 2. Reach out to folks via social media 3. Email the psf-community@ mailing list 4. Contact the PSF for a free mailing list for your user group/event. Additional virtual event resources put together by community organizers ACM tips Speaker tips from EuroPython FOSS Responder Discourse Interspace collection of OS tools Online facilitation & community management tips Virtual meeting dynamics Virtual Sprint tips Virtual Sprints using Discord [TBA] Experience...
...local and regional PyCons, the work of monitoring our trademarks, and in particular organizing the "PyCon JP Charity Talks" raising more than $25,000 USD in funds for the PSF. The Q4 2021 Community Service Award was given to Takanori Suzuki a member of the PyCon JP Association, for their work organizing local and regional PyCons, the work of monitoring our trademarks, and in particular organizing the "PyCon JP Charity Talks" raising more than $25,000 USD in funds for the PSF....
Released: May 7, 2025
Only one day late, welcome to the first beta! This is a beta preview of Python 3.14 Python 3.14 is still in development. This release, 3.14.0b1, is the first of four planned beta releases. Beta release previews are intended to give the wider community the opportunity to test new features …
...local Python User Groups, organized by region rather than by special interest. Archives All SIG mailing lists are archived. python.org hosts the Mailman archives. Click on the link in the "Archive" column below for the archive of your favorite SIG. Name Coordinator Description Info capi-sig Campbell Barton Support for Using the Python/C API archive, subscribe cplusplus-sig Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve Development of Python/C++ bindings archive, subscribe datetime-sig Alex...
PSF Membership Types & FAQ The mission of the Python Software Foundation is to promote, protect, and advance the Python programming language, and to support and facilitate the growth of the international community of Python programmers. —from the Mission Statement page What does it mean to be a member of the PSF? What membership classes are there? Who is allowed to vote? Why am I a Basic Member even though I’m a Supporting/Contributing/Fellow Member? How does a person become a PS...
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...local Python user group, or start a new group in your area: http://wiki.python.org/moin/LocalUserGroups Attend or help out with your regional Python conference: http://www.python.org/community/workshops/ Work on Python or its standard libraries: http://www.python.org/dev/ Notice that software development is just one part of the overall picture, and there is much that you can do without becoming an expert in programming language design. Regardless of how you get involved, the best way to get sta...
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