The beginning of 2020 was paving a new way for the PSF to support its community. The PSF Board Directors strategically planned to devote funding to Python's core and to hiring staff. We expected a healthy revenue from PyCon US 2020 and had big plans fo...

 Happy new year to all of you. I hope you all have a great start of the year! And how to best celebrate that we have left 2020 behind that with a new Python alpha release? :) Go get it here:https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python...

This past June, the PSF Board of Directors opened a discussion to solicit feedback on the topic of election reform.

The discussion was a lively one and touched on the following topics:


PSF Director term limits
PSF Board geographic makeup
PSF ...

Python 3.8.7 is the seventh maintenance release of Python 3.8. Go get it here:https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-387/Note: this is a bugfix release for the 3.8 series which was superseded by Python 3.9, currently the latest feature release...

The Python Software Foundation launched its end-of-the-year fundraiser on December 1st and the response has been overwhelming 💙💛. Even in this difficult time, our community has come together to help the PSF in its efforts to support Python development ...

The Scientific Working Group of the Python Software Foundation is excited to announce a next call for funding proposals in 2020/2021. The goal of the Scientific Working Group is to advance the scope, breadth, and utility of Python for scientific work. ...

The PSF is seeking to hire a Director of Resource Development to spearhead fundraising and sponsorship efforts! We are accepting resumes through January 14th, 2021. See the job description section below for more information.After 5 years, our sponsorsh...

  Elaine Wong organizer PyCon Canada, PyLadies Toronto and CSV Conference, has been awarded the Python Software Foundation 2020 Q3 Community Service Award. RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation award the 2020 Q3 Community Service...

Python has become one of the most popular programming languages in the world, meaning that along with this growth the Python community has continued to expand, in every continent around the globe. While this growth has been exciting, it has also brough...

It’s starting to get very cold (at least on the Northern hemisphere) so we have been carefully packaging a total of three new Python releases to keep you warm these days!Python 3.9.1Python 3.9.1 is the first maintenance release of Python 3.9, and also ...

Help us raise $60,000 USD by December 31st!Python continues to be a popular and accessible language in the education sector. More and more institutions around the world are introducing students to the opportunities that Python presents. Your support ca...

On
behalf of the Python Packaging Authority and the pip team, I am pleased to announce that we have just released
pip 20.3, a new version of pip. You can install it by running python -m pip install --upgrade pip.
This is an important and disruptive r...

On
behalf of the Python Packaging Authority and the pip team, I am pleased to announce that we have just released
pip 20.3, a new version of pip. You can install it by running python -m pip install --upgrade pip.
This is an important and disruptive r...

 The support provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) to the Python Software Foundation has been a core part of operating The Python Package Index since it was relaunched on an all new codebase in March 2018.AWS has provided PyPI a sta...

Rami Chowdhury Entrepreneur, Software Engineer, DC Python User group co-organizer, and volunteer coordinator of PyCon US, has been awarded the Python Software Foundation 2020 Q3 Community Service Award.RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation awar...

The engines of the secret release manager machine have finished producing a new pre-release. Go get it here:https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3100a2/ This is an early developer preview of Python 3.10Major new features of the 3.10 ser...

It's that time of year! Let us welcome the new PSF Fellows for Q3! The following people continue to do amazing things for the Python community:Débora AzevedoTwitter, WebsiteInes MontaniTwitter, GitHub, WebsiteJohn RoaKarolina LadinoWebsite, TwitterKati...

On behalf of the Python development community and the Python 3.9 release team, I’m pleased to announce the availability of Python 3.9.0.
Python 3.9.0 is the newest feature release of the Python language,
and it contains many new features and optimizat...

Python 3.5 is no longer supported.  There will be no more bug fixes or security patches for the 3.5 series, and Python 3.5.10 is the last release.  The Python core development community recommends that all remaining Python 3.5 users...

 This year we are conducting the fourth iteration of the official Python Developers Survey. The goal is to capture the current state of the language and the ecosystem around it. By comparing the results with last year’s, we can identify and share ...

Python 3.8.6 is the sixth maintenance release of Python 3.8. Go get it here:https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-386/ Maintenance releases for the 3.8 series will continue at regular bi-monthly intervals, with 3.8.7 planned for mid-Nove...

 Python 3.9.0 is almost ready. This release, 3.9.0rc2, is the last planned preview before the final release of Python 3.9.0 on 2020-10-05. Get it here:https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-390rc2/In the mean time, we ...

 Noah Alorwu, software developer and co-organizer of PyCon Africa, has been awarded the Python Software Foundation 2020 Q2 Community Service Award.Noah is the CTO of Cradx and has been involved with the Python community since 2017.RESOLVED, that t...

 Python 3.5.10 is now available.  You can get it here.

We’re excited to announce that plans are underway for our end-of-the-year 2020 fundraising campaign launching on November 23rd and ending on December 31st!In the past, we’ve worked successfully with organizations such as JetBrains who donated 100% of t...

Python 3.5.10rc1 is now available.You can download it here.

Python 3.7.9 and 3.6.12,  the lastest security fix rollups for Python 3.7 and Python 3.6, are now available. You can find the release files including updated binary installers for 3.7.9, links to the changelogs, ...

Python 3.9.0 is almost ready. This release, 3.9.0rc1, is the penultimate release preview. You can get it here:https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-390rc1/Entering the release candidate phase, only reviewed code changes which a...