Finally, it’s final! The final release of Python 3.12.0 (final) is here! This is the stable release of Python 3.12.0 Python 3.12.0 is the newest major release of the Python programming language, and it contains many new features and...
Python 3.9.2rc1 and 3.8.8rc1 are now available for testing I’m happy to announce two release candidates today: Python 3.9.2rc1, and Python 3.8.8rc1. Get them from: Unless critical issues are discovered, both release candidates will become their respective final versions on Monday, March 1st....
In short: Test Python 3.9.2rc1 and 3.8.8rc1 now! Learn about security fixes like web cache poisoning vulnerability solution and avoid static buffers in ctypes. Detailed change logs provided. (AI summary)
The Python development community owes a big thanks to long-time ctypes maintainer Thomas Heller. Earlier this month, Thomas announced his departure from the CPython project, the home of his ctypes library since Python 2.5. I had a chance to talk with Thomas and he filled me in on his history with...
In short: Long-time ctypes maintainer Thomas Heller shares his Python journey and insights on ctypes and py2exe projects. Discover how he revolutionized Windows application deployment with py2exe. (AI summary)
Python 3.9.3 was released two days ago on Friday, April 2nd. It contains important security content listed below for reference. Unfortunately, it also introduced an unintentional ABI incompatibility, making some C extensions built with...
Guido van Rossum recently pushed a fix for CVE-2011-1521, a security issue in Python's URL libraries. While security issues are rare, it's a good opportunity to let the community in on the process behind reporting, handling, and fixing...
I'm pleased to announce the release of Python 3.12 release candidate 2. This is the second release candidate of Python 3.12.0 This release, 3.12.0rc2, is the last release preview for Python 3.12. There will be no ABI changes from this point forward in the 3.12 series. The intent is for the final...
In short: Python 3.12.0 release candidate 2 available - Improve performance by up to 5%, new debugging/profiling API, and more flexible f-string parsing (AI summary)
When a user reports that your program crashes or hangs, sometimes you can only help to try and collect more information and outline a scenario to reproduce the situation. Even with a reliable user scenario, as a developer you are often unable to reproduce the situation due to environment...
Python 3.6.0rc2 is the second release candidate for Python 3.6, the next major release of Python. Code for 3.6.0 is now frozen. Code for 3.6.0 is now frozen. 3.6.0rc2 is the same code base as the first release candidate, 3.6.0rc1, with the addition of fixes for a couple of critical problems and...
On behalf of the entire Python development community, and the currently serving Python release team in particular, I'm pleased to announce the unprecedented combined release of no less than four versions of Python. Let's dig in! Python 3.8.1 Python 3.8.1 is the first maintenance release of Python...
In short: New Python releases! Dive into Python 3.8.1, 3.7.6, 3.9.0a2, and 3.6.10. Discover features, optimizations, bug fixes, and test the latest in development. (AI summary)
On behalf of the entire Python development community, and the currently serving Python release team in particular, I’m pleased to announce the release of Python 3.9.0b4. Get it here: https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-390b4/ This is a beta preview of Python 3.9 Python 3.9 is still in...
In short: Test Python 3.9.0b4 beta and explore new features like Union Operators in dict, Type Hinting Generics, Flexible function annotations, and more! (AI summary)
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