Saturday, October 19, 2019

Python 2.7.17 released

Python 2.7.17 is now available for download. Note Python 2.7.17 is the penultimate release in the Python 2.7 series.

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Python 3.7.5 is now available

Python 3.7.5 is now available, the next maintenance release of Python 3.7.  You can find the release files, a link to the changelog, and more information here:

Note that the next feature release of Python 3, Python 3.8.0, is also now available.  Python 3.8 contains many new features and optimizations. You should consider upgrading to it. We plan to continue regular bugfix releases of Python 3.7.x through mid-year 2020 and provide security fixes for it until mid-year 2023.  More details are available in PEP 537, the Python 3.7 Release Schedule (https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0537/).

Thanks to all of the many volunteers who help make Python Development and these releases possible!  Please consider supporting our efforts by volunteering yourself or through organization contributions to the Python Software Foundation.

Monday, October 14, 2019

Python 3.8.0 is now available

On behalf of the Python development community and the Python 3.8 release team, I’m pleased to announce the availability of Python 3.8.0.

Python 3.8.0 is the newest feature release of the Python language, and it contains many new features and optimizations. You can find Python 3.8.0 here:
https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-380/

Most third-party distributors of Python should be making 3.8.0 packages available soon.

See the “What’s New in Python 3.8” document for more information about features included in the 3.8 series. Detailed information about all changes made in 3.8.0 can be found in its change log.

Maintenance releases for the 3.8 series will follow at regular bi-monthly intervals starting in December of 2019.

We hope you enjoy Python 3.8!

Thanks to all of the many volunteers who help make Python Development and these releases possible! Please consider supporting our efforts by volunteering yourself or through organization contributions to the Python Software Foundation:
https://www.python.org/psf/

Tuesday, October 8, 2019

Python 2.7.17 release candidate 1 available

A release candidate for the upcoming 2.7.17 bug fix release is now available for download.

Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Python 3.7.5rc1 is now available for testing

Python 3.7.5rc1 is now available for testing. 3.7.5rc1 is the release preview of the next maintenance release of Python 3.7, the latest feature release of Python. Assuming no critical problems are found prior to 2019-10-14, no code changes are planned between now and the final release. This release candidate is intended to give you the opportunity to test the new security and bug fixes in 3.7.5. We strongly encourage you to test your projects and report issues found to bugs.python.org as soon as possible. Please keep in mind that this is a preview release and, thus, its use is not recommended for production environments.

You can find the release files, a link to the changelog, and more information here: