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Bugs in Python 2.5 In the default installation directory (C:Python25), NTFS permission inheritance gives write access to the Python installation for all users of the system. If untrusted users have access to the system, there are two solutions to the problem: either install to the Program Files folder (where only Power Users get write access to the installation), or edit the access control list to remove the write permission. If write control should only be granted to Administrators, the comm...
Highlights: Python 2.5 Highlights: Python 2.5 Here are some of the (subjective) highlights of Python 2.5. More detail on almost all of the new features can be found in the document What's New In Python 2.5 More Reliable Python now uses the Buildbot tool for continuous testing on a wide range of platforms. This allows us to spot problems faster during development, and resulted in a much more robust release. Andrew Kuchling determined that there were over 350 patches and over 450 bugs fixed ...
Using Windows Installer Windows Installer Features Python 2.5 is distributed as a Microsoft Installer (MSI) file on Windows. Typically, packages are installed by double-clicking them in the file explorer. However, with the msiexec.exe command line utility, additional features are available, like non-interactive installation and administrative installation. Non-interactive Installation With the command line msiexec /i python<version>.msi installation can be initiated p...
Bugs in Python 2.5.1 In the default installation directory (C:Python25), NTFS permission inheritance gives write access to the Python installation for all users of the system. If untrusted users have access to the system, there are two solutions to the problem: either install to the Program Files folder (where only Power Users get write access to the installation), or edit the access control list to remove the write permission. If write control should only be granted to Administrators, the co...
Python 2.5.2 Release Python 2.5.2 Python 2.5.2 has been replaced by a newer bugfix release of Python. Please download Python 2.5.6 instead. 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 them improving the stability of the interpreter, and improving its portability....
Bugs in Python 2.5.2c1 In the default installation directory (C:Python25), NTFS permission inheritance gives write access to the Python installation for all users of the system. If untrusted users have access to the system, there are two solutions to the problem: either install to the Program Files folder (where only Power Users get write access to the installation), or edit the access control list to remove the write permission. If write control should only be granted to Administrators, the ...
Bugs in Python 2.5.3c1 In the default installation directory (C:Python25), NTFS permission inheritance gives write access to the Python installation for all users of the system. If untrusted users have access to the system, there are two solutions to the problem: either install to the Program Files folder (where only Power Users get write access to the installation), or edit the access control list to remove the write permission. If write control should only be granted to Administrators, the ...
Python 2.5.4 Release Python 2.5.4 We are pleased to announce the release of Python 2.5.4 (final), a bugfix release of Python 2.5, on December 23rd, 2008. Python 2.5.4 has been replaced by a newer bugfix release of Python. Please download Python 2.5.6 instead, unless you need to use the Windows and OS X binaries provided here. 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&...
Python 2.5.5 Python 2.5.5 We are pleased to announce the release of Python 2.5.5, a security fix release of Python 2.5, on January 31st, 2010. Python 2.5.5 has been replaced by a newer bugfix release of Python. Please download Python 2.5.6 instead. The last binary release of Python 2.5 was 2.5.4. This is a source-only release that only includes security fixes. The last full bug-fix release of Python 2.5 was Python 2.5.4. User are encouraged to upgrade to the latest release of Python 2.7 (wh...
Python 2.5.6 Python 2.5.6 We are pleased to announce the release of Python 2.5.6, a security fix release of Python 2.5, on May 26th, 2011. The last binary release of Python 2.5 was 2.5.4. This is a source-only release that only includes security fixes. The last full bug-fix release of Python 2.5 was Python 2.5.4. User are encouraged to upgrade to the latest release of Python 2.7 (which is 2.7.2 at this point). This release is the final release of Python 2.5; under the current release policy...
Python 2.6 Release Python 2.6 Python 2.6 has been replaced by a newer bugfix release of Python. Please download Python 2.6.7 instead. This is a source-only release. Python 2.6 (final) was released on October 1st, 2008. There are a huge number of new features, modules, improvements and bug fixes. For information on what's changed, see: Andrew Kuchling's guide to What's New in Python 2.6. NEWS file contains a listing of everything that's new in each alpha, beta, and release candidate of P...
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. ...
Python 2.6.2 Release Python 2.6.2 Python 2.6.2 has been replaced by a newer bugfix release of Python. Please download Python 2.6.6 instead. Python 2.6.2 was released on April 14, 2009. Python 2.6 is now in bugfix-only mode; no new features are being added. Dozens of bugs reported since the release of 2.6.1 have been fixed. The NEWS file lists every change in each alpha, beta, and release candidate of Python 2.6. What's New in Python 2.6. Report bugs at http://bugs.python.org. Read the Py...
Python 2.6.4 Release Python 2.6.4 Python 2.6.4 has been replaced by a newer bugfix release of Python. Please download Python 2.6.6 instead. Python 2.6.4 was a critical bug fix for Python 2.6.3, which had regressions in the logging package and in setuptools compatibility. Python 2.6.4 was released on 25-Oct-2009. Python 2.6 is now in bugfix-only mode; no new features are being added. The NEWS file lists every change in each alpha, beta, and release candidate of Python 2.6. What's New in P...
Python 2.6.5 Release Python 2.6.5 release Python 2.6.5 has been replaced by a newer bugfix release of Python. Please download Python 2.6.6 instead. Python 2.6.5 was a maintenance release for Python 2.6.4, fixing dozens of issues in the core, builtin modules, libraries, and documentation. Python 2.6.5 final was released on March 19, 2010. Python 2.6 is now in bugfix-only mode; no new features are being added. The NEWS file lists every change in each alpha, beta, and release candidate of Pyth...
Python 2.6.6 Release Python 2.6.6 Python 2.6.6 has been replaced by a newer security-fix only source release of Python. Please download Python 2.6.8 instead. Python 2.6 is now in security-fix-only mode; no new features are being added, and no new bug fix releases are planned. We intend to provide source-only security fixes for the Python 2.6 series until October 2013 (five years after the 2.6 final release). For ongoing maintenance releases, please see the Python 2.7 series. The NEWS fil...
Python 2.6.8 Release Python 2.6.8 Python 2.6.8 has been replaced by a newer security-fix source-only release. Please download Python 2.6.9 instead. Python 2.6.8 is a security-fix source-only release for Python 2.6.7, fixing several reported security issues: issue 13703 (oCERT-2011-003, CVE-2012-1150, hash collision denial of service), issue 14234 (CVE-2012-0876, pyexpat hash randomization), issue 14001 (CVE-2012-0845, SimpleXMLRPCServer denial of service), and issue 13885 (CVE-2011-3389, di...
Python 2.6.9 Release Python 2.6.9 Python 2.6.9 is a security-fix source-only release for Python 2.6.8, fixing several reported security issues: issue 16037, issue 16038, issue 16039, issue 16040, issue 16041, and issue 16042 (CVE-2013-1752, long lines consuming too much memory), as well as issue 14984 (security enforcement on $HOME/.netrc files), issue 16248 (code execution vulnerability in tkinter), and issue 18709 (CVE-2013-4238, SSL module handling of NULL bytes inside subjectAltName). Py...
Ancient Releases Andrew Dalke was clever and persistent enough to scrape Python 0.9.1 out of the Usenet alt.sources archives and assemble a compressed tarball. It's here mostly as a historical relic. If you want a compiled binary (on Linux) you can install it with conda (ideally in its own conda environment): conda install -c davidmertz python=0.9 Skip Montanaro has created a GitHub repository of Python 0.9.1 source.
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