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...

On behalf of the Python Packaging Authority, I am pleased to announce that we have just released pip 20.2, a new version of pip. You can install it by running python -m pip install --upgrade pip.

The highlights for this release are:

- The beta of the...

Abigail Dogbe, lead organizer PyLadies Ghana and co-organizer of Pycon Africa 2019, has been awarded the Python Software Foundation Q1 2020 Community Service Award.



Abigail holds a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the ...

Let's give a round of applause to our newest PSF Fellow Members for Q2 2020!

Berker Peksag

Twitter, GitHub
David Lord
Twitter, GitHub, Website

Julien Palard
GitHub, Twitter, Mastodon: @mdk@mamot.fr, Website

Kristian GlassTwitter, Website
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This is a combined release of Python 3.8.5 and 3.9.0b5. Both are significant but for different reasons. Let’s dig ...

The grant-funded team working on improvements to pip in 2020 has now passed the halfway mark. Here's an update on where are so far and what's next.


Funding and Timeline Status


The plan that we proposed last year said that, by now, we would h...

Python 3.8.4 is the fourth maintenance release of Python 3.8. Go get it here:

https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-384/

Maintenance releases for the 3.8 series will continue at regular bi-monthly intervals, with 3.8.5 planned for mid-Sept...

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 ...

Python 3.8.4rc1 is the release candidate of the fourth maintenance release of Python 3.8. Go get it here:
https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-384rc1/

Assuming no critical problems are found prior to 2020-07-13, the scheduled release date ...

Python 3.7.8, the next bugfix release of Python 3.7, is now available. You can find the release files, a link to the changelog, and more information here:

    https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-378/

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With the 2020 Board of Directors Election Results announced, a new class of directors will officially be joining June 30th!

In light of the results and narrow margins, the Python Software Foundation (PSF) staff, incoming directors, existing...

The 2020 Python Software Foundation Board of Directors election has concluded.

Of 1,151 eligible voting members, 462 ballots were cast. This surpasses the necessary 1/3 quorum.

The four top votegetters via approval voting are:

Nina Zakharenko
Dusti...

Python 3.7.8rc1 and 3.6.11rc1 are now available. 3.7.8rc1 is the release preview of the next bugfix release of Python 3.7;  3.6.11rc1 is the release preview of the next security-fix release of&nbsp...

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 3.9.0b3. Get it here:


https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-390b3/



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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 3.9.0b1. Get it here:

https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-390b1/



This is ...

Zac Hatfield-DoddsTeaching Python with Errors


When a new coder begins learning Python, the first Python feature they usually see is SyntaxError. In Zac Hatfield-Dodds's experience, novices meet these errors practically as soon as they start typing, ...