On behalf of the Python development team and the Python community, I’m happy to announce the release candidate 1 of Python 2.5.5. 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. Users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest release of Python 2.6 [...]

QOTW: “It is however, much like the framework in question, best kept private and not made public.” – Ed Singleton, on a “perfectly healthful and acceptable” practice … left unnamed here http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/987b1a7a4b9 01f3f Looking for a sane way of organizing modules in a project: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/204e4f698243c62d/ http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/aa2f93d4d6ce316f/ http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/e24be42ecbee7cad/ A simple error (reusing a name for two [...]

On behalf of the Jython development team, I’m pleased to announce that Jython 2.5.1 final is available for download: https://sourceforge.net/projects/jython/files/jython/2.5.1/jython_installer-2.5.1.jar/download – See the http://wiki.python.org/jython/InstallationInstructions for installation instructions. Jython 2.5.1 fixes a number of bugs, including some major errors when using coroutines and when using relative imports, as well as a potential data loss bug when [...]

On behalf of the Python development team, I’m happy to announce the first bugfix release of the Python 3.1 series, Python 3.1.1. This bug fix release fixes many normal bugs and several critical ones including potential data corruption in the io library. Python 3.1 focuses on the stabilization and optimization of the features and changes [...]

On behalf of the Python development team, I’m pleased to announce the first release candidate of Python 3.1.1. This bug fix release fixes many normal bugs and several critical ones including potential data corruption in the io library. The final version should be out within the next week. Python 3.1 focuses on the stabilization and [...]

QOTW: “The economy rises and falls, money comes and goes, but a great conference has permanent good effects. Well, a lot more permanent than government fiscal policy, anyway.” – Python Software Foundation Director “bitter-in-victory-gracious-in-defeat-ly y’rs” timbot Is python free of “buffer overflow” errors? http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/a31faac6feced289/ Lessons learned in implementation of a write-once dict: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/bc8b91669257e246/ Methods, attributes, [...]

On behalf of the Python development team, I’m thrilled to announce the first production release of Python 3.1. Python 3.1 focuses on the stabilization and optimization of the features and changes that Python 3.0 introduced. For example, the new I/O system has been rewritten in C for speed. File system APIs that use unicode strings [...]

On behalf of the Python development team, I’m happy to announce the second release candidate of Python 3.1. Python 3.1 focuses on the stabilization and optimization of the features and changes that Python 3.0 introduced. For example, the new I/O system has been rewritten in C for speed. File system APIs that use unicode strings [...]

On behalf of the Python development team, I’m happy to announce the first release candidate of Python 3.1. Python 3.1 focuses on the stabilization and optimization of the features and changes that Python 3.0 introduced. For example, the new I/O system has been rewritten in C for speed. File system APIs that use unicode strings [...]

The long wait is finally over! I am happy to announce the release of TurboGears 2.0 final. http://turbogears.org/2.0 This release is the product of a lot of work by the whole TurboGears team, and we’re very happy to have a final stable release. TurboGears 2.0 final includes all kinds of goodies for those making web applications, from one of [...]

On behalf of the Python development team, I’m thrilled to announce the first and only beta release of Python 3.1. Python 3.1 focuses on the stabilization and optimization of features and changes Python 3.0 introduced. For example, the new I/O system has been rewritten in C for speed. File system APIs that use unicode strings [...]

On behalf of the Python community, I’m happy to announce the availability of Python 2.6.2.  This is the latest production-ready version in the Python 2.6 series.  Dozens of issues have been fixed since Python 2.6.1 was released back in December.  Please see the NEWS file for all the gory details. http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.6.2/NEWS.txt For more information on [...]

I’m happy to announce the release of Python 2.6.2 candidate 1.  This release contains dozens of bug fixes since Python 2.6.1.  Please see the NEWS file for a detailed list of changes. Barring unforeseen problems, Python 2.6.2 final will be released within a few days. http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.6.2/NEWS.txt For more information on Python 2.6 please see http://docs.python.org/dev/whatsnew/2.6.html [...]

On behalf of the Python development team, I’m thrilled to announce the second alpha release of Python 3.1. Python 3.1 focuses on the stabilization and optimization of features and changes Python 3.0 introduced. For example, the new I/O system has been rewritten in C for speed. Other features include an ordered dictionary implementation and support [...]

On behalf of the Python development team and the Python community, I’m happy to announce the first alpha release of Python 3.1. Python 3.1 focuses on the stabilization and optimization of features and changes Python 3.0 introduced. The new I/O system has been rewritten in C for speed. Other features include a ordered dictionary implementation [...]

On behalf of the EuroPython 2009 organisation it is my privilege and honour to announce that EuroPython 2009 is open for registration!  EuroPython is the conference for the communities around Python, including the Django, Zope and Plone communities. This year’s conference will be held in Birmingham, UK from Monday 30th June to Monday 2nd July [...]

On behalf of the Python development team, I’m happy to announce the availability of Python 3.0.1, the first bug fix release of Python 3.0.  Version 3.0.1 fixes dozens of bugs reported since the release of Python 3.0 on December 3rd, 2008. Python 3.0 represents a major milestone in Python’s history.  This new version of the [...]