The second day of the 2021 Python Language Summit finished with a series of lightning talks from Ronny Pfannschmidt, Pablo Galindo, Batuhan Taskaya, Luciano Ramalho, Jason R. Coombs, Mark Shannon, and Tobias Kohn.Annotated Assertions: Debugging With Jo...

At the 2021 Python Language Summit, Zac Hatfield-Dodds gave a presentation about fuzzing and testing with Python properties. This presentation tied in with the one he gave at the 2020 Python Language Summit. What Is Testing?For the purposes of thi...

At the 2021 Python Language Summit, Eric Snow gave a presentation about how core developers can receive guidance to help them work on improvements to the language that will bring the most benefit to the Python community.What Does the Community Need? Wh...

After fighting with some release blockers, implementing a bunch of GC traversal functions, and fixing some pending reference leaks, we finally have Python 3.10.0 beta 2 ready for you! Thanks to everyone that helped to unblock the release!https://www.py...

Brett Cannon gave a presentation at the 2021 Python Language Summit about the standard library in order to start a conversation about whether it's time to write a PEP that more clearly defines it. What Is the stdlib? He succinctly described the st...

Mariatta Wijaya and Carol Willing gave a presentation about a new documentation work group at the 2021 Python Language Summit. Last year, Carol Willing and Ned Batchelder spoke about laying the groundwork for this project at the 2020 Python Language Su...

Matthias Klose gave a talk about the challenges of packaging Python for a Linux distribution at the 2021 Python Language Summit. He wanted to discuss:CPython sources and how they fit with Debian and UbuntuOwnership of module installations Architec...

The first day of the 2021 Python Language Summit finished with a series of lightning talks from Petr Viktorin, Lorena Mesa, Scott Shawcroft, and Jeff Allen. The Stable ABI and Limited C APIPetr Viktorin spoke about the stable ABI and limited C API...

At the 2021 Python Language Summit, Antonio Cuni gave a presentation about HPy. He also gave a presentation about HPy at the 2020 Python Language Summit, so this year he shared updates on how the project has evolved since then.  What Is HPy?H...

At the 2021 Python Language Summit, Guido van Rossum gave a presentation about plans for making CPython faster. This presentation came right after Dino Viehland's talk about Instagram's performance improvements to CPython and made multiple references t...

Dino Viehland gave a presentation at the 2021 Python Language Summit about improvements to CPython's performance at Instagram. Cinder is Instagram's internal performance-oriented production version of
CPython 3.8, so all of the comparisons in this pres...

Victor Stinner and Dong-hee Na gave a presentation at the 2021 Python Language Summit about running multiple Python interpreters in parallel in the same process.Use Cases Victor Stinner started by explaining why we would need to make the changes that t...

PEP 654 was authored by Irit Katriel, Yury Selivanov, and Guido van Rossum. This PEP is currently at the draft stage. At the 2021 Python Language Summit, the authors shared what it is, why we need it, and which ideas they rejected. What Is PEP 654...

As attendees slowly filtered into the virtual event leading up to the official start time, they were clearly happy to see each other and have the chance to get together virtually even though PyCon US and the language summit have had to be remote for tw...

Every year, a small group of core developers from Python implementations such as CPython, PyPy, Jython, and more come together to share information, discuss problems, and seek consensus in order to help Python continue to flourish.The Python Language S...

PyLadies Brazil co-founder,  Débora Azevedo can encapsulate her feelings about the Python community in one word: Belonging.  Growing up in Natal, Brazil, Débora never would’ve guessed that Python would come to play such an important role...

This has been a very busy day for releases and on
behalf of the Python development community we’re happy to announce the
availability of three new Python releases.

Python 3.10 is now in Beta
Get it here: https://www.python.org/downloads/release/pyth...

Microsoft helps millions of Python developers achieve more by enabling Python support across products and services like Windows, Visual Studio Code, GitHub, and Microsoft Azure.Microsoft has been a long-time supporter of the Python Software Foundation,...

The Scientific Python Working Group considers funding proposals that advance the scientific use of Python. In the past these have most often been workshops and conferences, but we also fund project improvements and outreach. Recently, we broadened...

The PSF is pleased to announced its first batch of PSF Fellows in 2021! Let us welcome the new PSF Fellows for Q1! The following people continue to do amazing things for the Python community:Briana Augenreich Georgi Ker Twitter, GitHubJoe Ban...

Thanks to a two-year grant commitment from Bloomberg, our second 2021 Visionary Sponsor and a long term committed supporter of the Python ecosystem, The Python Software Foundation (PSF) is hiring a full-time project and community manager for the Python...

The Python Software Foundation is happy to announce the creation of the Developer-in-Residence role.The Developer-in-Residence will work full-time for one year to assist CPython volunteer maintainers and the Steering Council. Areas of responsibility wi...

Brrrrr… do you feel that? That’s the chill of beta freeze coming closer. Meanwhile, your friendly CPython release team doesn’t rest even on holidays and we have prepared a shiny new release for you: Python 3.10.0a7.Get the new release here:ht...

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 Python 3.9.0 ...

Those are expedited security releases, recommended to all users. Get them here:https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-389/Note: 3.9.3 has been recalled due to introducing unintentional ABI incompatibility. Download 3.9.4 instead: https://www.p...

Remember us? It’s your friendly CPython release team and we have something we think you may like: The new alpha release of Python 3.10 is here, now with 100% more pattern matching. If I were you, I would download it and start playing with it. Extra poi...

For two decades the PSF has worked on:diversity and inclusion effortsestablishing and enforcing a code of conduct for our communitymaking PyCon more accessibleimproving the services we provide to the community increasing our support of developers ...

 It's that time of year! Let us welcome the new PSF Fellows for Q4! The following people continue to do amazing things for the Python community:Batuhan TaskayaTwitter, GitHubElaine WongTwitter, LinkedIn, GitHub, WebsiteFiorella De LucaTwitter, Lin...

We are excited to share the results of the fourth official Python Developers Survey conducted by the Python Software Foundation with the help of JetBrains.More than 28,000 Python users from almost 200 countries took part in the survey this past October...

Convinced of the wonders of free two-day deliveries, I’m pleased to present you Python 3.9.2 and 3.8.8. Get them from:https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-392/https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-388/Next up, the last fu...

I’m happy to announce two release candidates today: Python 3.9.2rc1, and Python 3.8.8rc1. Get them from:https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-392rc1/https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-388rc1/Unless critical issues are discovered,...

 Python 3.7.10 and 3.6.13,  the lastest security fix rollups for Python 3.7 and Python 3.6, are now available. You can find the release files, links to the changelogs, and more information here:  &...

 On January 27, 2021 the Python Software Foundation awarded the Distinguished Service Award to Jesse Noller:RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation award the 2021 Distinguished Service Award to Jesse Noller for his significant contributions ...

 Well, this one took a bit more time due to some surprise last time reference leaks and release blockers to fix, but now Python 3.10.0a5 it’s here. Will this be the first release announcements of the 3.10 series without copy-paste typos? Go get it...

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...