On behalf of the Python development team, I’m overjoyed to announce the fourth alpha release of Python 2.7. Python 2.7 is scheduled (by Guido and Python-dev) to be the last major version in the 2.x series. Though more major releases have not been absolutely ruled out, it’s likely that the 2.7 release will an extended [...]

On behalf of the Python development team, I’m pleased to announce a release candidate for the second bugfix release of the Python 3.1 series, Python 3.1.2. This bug fix release fixes numerous issues found in 3.1.1. This release candidate has been released to solicit testing and feedback over an possible regressions from 3.1.1. Please consider [...]

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 [...]