Nostr notes by Hugo van Kemenade

🪟🦾🥈 Windows on Arm (aka aarch64-pc-windows-msvc) has now ...

2026-07-28T15:40:46+02:00

🪟🦾🥈 Windows on Arm (aka aarch64-pc-windows-msvc) has now been promoted to tier 2 of CPython platform support.

Tier 3 has no response SLA to failures. Tier 2 requires breaking changes to be fixed or reverted within 24 hours, and failures block a release.

Tier 3 requires at least one core team member signed up to support the platform. Tier 2 requires at least two, and we have three here.

https://peps.python.org/pep-0011/
#Python #CPython #PEP11 #WindowsOnArm #Windows

Now we have pymanager for Windows, Python 3.16 drops the old ...

2026-07-26T15:42:24+02:00

Now we have pymanager for Windows, Python 3.16 drops the old MSI-based installer.

Here's Steve Dower's +389 -17,781 PR! 🧹

https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/153512

https://peps.python.org/pep-0773/
#Python #Python316 #pymanager #PEP773

The next PyPy will be 8.0.0 and should add support for Python ...

2026-07-26T11:25:23+02:00

The next PyPy will be 8.0.0 and should add support for Python 3.12 and be the last to support 3.11, and require glibc 2.28 (AlmaLinux8, Amazon Linux 2023, Debian 10, Ubuntu 20.04).

https://pypy.org/posts/2026/07/moving-linux-builds-to-glibc228.html

#Python #PyPy

Welcome @npub18he…8d3x back to the Python Security Response ...

2026-07-22T13:33:43+02:00

Welcome Kushal Das :python: :tor: 🇸🇪 (npub18he…8d3x) back to the Python Security Response Team!

https://devguide.python.org/security/psrt/

Following PEP 811, we have a much clearer process for PSRT membership.

https://peps.python.org/pep-0811/

Thanks to Kushal and the rest of the team for helping keep Python secure.

https://hugovk.dev/blog/2026/security-line-goes-up/
#Python #security #PSRT

Finally! ⚡ Lightning talks! ⚡ Mark Shannon - One-time ABI ...

2026-07-14T18:45:38+02:00

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Finally!

⚡ Lightning talks! ⚡

Mark Shannon - One-time ABI breakage

Daniele Parmeggiani – Safer and Generic Interruptions

Kushal Das :python: :tor: 🇸🇪 (npub18he…8d3x) - EktuPy, Python for Scratch generation

Gregory P. Smith (he/him) :python: 🚲🦝 :donor: (npub17ds…vsrt) & Łukasz Langa (npub1ttn…ahw4) - agents.md and skills for CPython repo

Ken Jin - pls read PEP 836

And we're done! That was fun! The next Language Summit will be at PyCon US (npub1l9a…yneh) US next year at Long Beach, then back at EuroPython (npub1rwp…psqf) for 2028!

#Python #LanguageSummit #EuroPython

Last regular talk/discussion before lightning talks! PEP 827 - ...

2026-07-14T16:35:23+02:00

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Last regular talk/discussion before lightning talks!

PEP 827 - Type manipulation and annotationlib — Michael J. Sullivan

https://ep2026.europython.eu/language-summit/#pep-827---type-manipulation-and-annotationlib--michael-j-sullivan

#Python #LanguageSummit #EuroPython

And now: Thinking about the post era of free-threading Python — ...

2026-07-14T15:04:42+02:00

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And now:

Thinking about the post era of free-threading Python — Donghee Na :python: (npub1afl…0j2j), Tobias Wrigstad, Fridtjof

https://ep2026.europython.eu/language-summit/#thinking-about-the-post-era-of-free-threading-python--donghee-na-tobias-wrigstad-fridtjof

#Python #LanguageSummit #EuroPython

Next up! Developer in Residence update & future — ...

2026-07-14T14:41:53+02:00

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Next up!

Developer in Residence update & future — Petr Viktorin (npub16d3…4r20)

https://ep2026.europython.eu/language-summit/#developer-in-residence-update--future--petr-viktorin

#Python #LanguageSummit #EuroPython

Then: Spicycrab, the Rust transpiler — @npub18he…8d3x ...

2026-07-14T14:32:23+02:00

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Then:

Spicycrab, the Rust transpiler — Kushal Das :python: :tor: 🇸🇪 (npub18he…8d3x)

https://ep2026.europython.eu/language-summit/#spicycrab-the-rust-transpiler--kushal-das

#Python #LanguageSummit #EuroPython

Back from lunch! A Roadmap for Rust for CPython — ...

2026-07-14T14:05:52+02:00

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Back from lunch!

A Roadmap for Rust for CPython — David Hewitt (npub1ase…qd7v)

https://ep2026.europython.eu/language-summit/#a-roadmap-for-rust-for-cpython--david-hewitt

#Python #LanguageSummit #EuroPython

A packed morning concludes with: Memory snapshots and the CPython ...

2026-07-14T12:26:20+02:00

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A packed morning concludes with:

Memory snapshots and the CPython runtime — Hood Chatham

https://ep2026.europython.eu/language-summit/#memory-snapshots-and-the-cpython-runtime--hood-chatham

#Python #LanguageSummit #EuroPython

And then: Improving the Python buffer protocol — Nathan ...

2026-07-14T12:01:45+02:00

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And then:

Improving the Python buffer protocol — Nathan Goldbaum

https://ep2026.europython.eu/language-summit/#improving-the-python-buffer-protocol--nathan-goldbaum

#Python #LanguageSummit #EuroPython

And now: GC: Generational? Incremental? Both. — Mark Shannon ...

2026-07-14T11:38:52+02:00

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And now:

GC: Generational? Incremental? Both. — Mark Shannon

https://ep2026.europython.eu/language-summit/#gc-generational-incremental-both--mark-shannon

#Python #LanguageSummit #EuroPython

Next up: Python releases for macOS — Ned Deily ...

2026-07-14T10:12:56+02:00

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Next up:

Python releases for macOS — Ned Deily

https://ep2026.europython.eu/language-summit/#python-releases-for-macos--ned-deily
#Python #LanguageSummit #EuroPython

First up: One namespace to namespacing them all — Pablo Galindo ...

2026-07-14T09:35:05+02:00

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First up: One namespace to namespacing them all — Pablo Galindo Salgado

https://ep2026.europython.eu/language-summit/#one-namespace-to-namespacing-them-all--pablo-galindo-salgado

#Python #LanguageSummit #EuroPython

Hello from Kraków and the sun is shining for the #Python ...

2026-07-14T08:27:12+02:00

Hello from Kraków and the sun is shining for the #Python #LanguageSummit at #EuroPython!

How I fixed the dictionary with Python 3.14: ...

2026-07-08T21:53:46+02:00

How I fixed the dictionary with Python 3.14:

https://hugovk.dev/blog/2026/fixing-dict/

#python #python314 #dictionary #release #pi

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@pillow/116844696941687840 New ...

2026-07-08T11:33:57+02:00

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@pillow/116844696941687840

New Pillow (npub1tf2…92n4) release!

🛞 Wheels for Python 3.15 beta
🧾 An SBOM in all the wheels
🚅 Performance improvements thanks to Aarni (npub1fsz…z3es)
🔒 Security fixes
❌ No longer a wheel for free-threaded Python 3.13, it was experimental and 3.14+ has official support with better performance

#Python #Pillow #PythonPillow #release #security #Python315 #SBOM

quoting
note142d…2syl

Pillow 12.3.0 has been released!

This has a number of security fixes, performance improvements and Python 3.15 beta wheels.

https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/latest/releasenotes/12.3.0.html

#Python #Pillow #PythonPillow #release #security #Python315 #SBOM

What's New in Python 3.15: warnings * Improve filtering by ...

2026-07-06T21:36:06+02:00

What's New in Python 3.15:

warnings

* Improve filtering by module in warnings.warn_explicit() if no module argument is passed. It now tests the module regular expression in the warnings filter not only against the filename with .py stripped, but also against module names constructed starting from different parent directories of the filename (with /__init__.py, .py and, on Windows, .pyw stripped). (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka.)

https://docs.python.org/3.15/whatsnew/3.15.html#warnings

#Python #Python315 #WhatsNew

step 1: do an experimental JIT step 2: do a website called ...

2026-07-03T22:02:46+02:00

step 1: do an experimental JIT
step 2: do a website called https://www.doesjitgobrrr.com to track performance
step 3: write a PEP called "JIT Go Brrr"
step 4: non-experimental JIT gone brrr?
step 5: CPython gone brr?
step 6: brrr?

https://peps.python.org/pep-0836/
#Python #CPython #JIT #PEP #PEP836 #JIT #GoBrrr

🗓️ The Language Summit schedule is now up! ...

2026-07-03T17:28:10+02:00

🗓️ The Language Summit schedule is now up!

https://ep2026.europython.eu/language-summit/#schedule

⚡ Lightning talks can be submitted on site on the day.

#LanguageSummit #EuroPython #Python

Philips' prototype was 11.5 cm in diameter, the diagonal of a ...

2026-06-30T07:21:39+02:00

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Philips' prototype was 11.5 cm in diameter, the diagonal of a cassette. Sony's was a more portable 10 cm. The story goes the Sony VP wanted Beethoven's 5th to fit, and the longest they found was a noisy mono recording from 1951 lasting 74 minutes 33 seconds. They agreed on 12 cm.

However, Philips already had a plant to manufacture 11.5 cm discs, and Sony did not. Changing the size meant Philips lost their headstart.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_Disc_Digital_Audio#Storage_capacity_and_playing_time

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/324571504_How_we_made_the_compact_disc

#GitHub actions/checkout v7 in safer by default shocker! 🎉 ...

2026-06-18T16:07:01+02:00

#GitHub actions/checkout v7 in safer by default shocker! 🎉

> Safer fork pull request handling: checkout now refuses to check out fork pull request code by default when the workflow is triggered by `pull_request_target` or `workflow_run`. These triggers run with the base repository's `GITHUB_TOKEN`, secrets, and runner access, where executing a fork's code commonly leads to "pwn request" vulnerabilities.

> To opt in after reviewing the risks, ...

(tip: don't opt in)

https://github.com/actions/checkout#checkout-v7

I excavated from the Internet Archive this guest post I made on a ...

2026-06-11T10:44:04+02:00

I excavated from the Internet Archive this guest post I made on a Nokia blog in 2012!
https://hugovk.dev/blog/2012/naurissalmi-strait-helsinki/
#Nokia #N8 #Helsinki #photography

This is really good: @npub185e…qezv has funding to work ...

2026-06-05T21:10:33+02:00

This is really good: Richard Si 🌺 (npub185e…qezv) has funding to work part-time on pip for the next three months! 🎉

He has lots of exciting things planned, but also the flexibility to work on whatever is best for pip, including all-important general maintenance. 💪
https://sichard.ca/blog/2026/06/pip-contract-development/
#Python #pip

The talks list is up for the Language Summit and we've ...

2026-06-03T20:58:45+02:00

The talks list is up for the Language Summit and we've emailed the attendees! This'll be the first time for the summit at EuroPython since we decided to alternate with PyCon US.

https://ep2026.europython.eu/language-summit/

I'm looking forward to it in Kraków next month!

#Python #EuroPython #LanguageSummit

Oh look, https://pythonwheels.com is at 360/360. #Python

2026-06-01T10:57:52+02:00

Oh look, https://pythonwheels.com is at 360/360.
#Python

The day before feature freeze, the CPython team is busy reviewing ...

2026-05-06T20:11:53+02:00

The day before feature freeze, the CPython team is busy reviewing last minute PRs, but today's latest #GitHub outage is eating review comments.

We are resorting to pasting screenshots of reviews around in PRs and DMs.

https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/148827/#issuecomment-4390256894

PEP news: PEP 661 – Sentinel Values: accepted Originally ...

2026-04-24T07:47:09+02:00

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PEP news:

PEP 661 – Sentinel Values: accepted

Originally created in 2021, and revived just in time for Python 3.15.

https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-661-sentinel-values/9126/337

PEP 806 – Mixed sync/async context managers with precise async marking: rejected

There's a high cost to adding new syntax. "The problem this PEP addresses, while genuine, does not in our view meet that bar."

https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-806-mixed-sync-async-context-managers-with-precise-async-marking/103971/12

#Python #PEP661 #PEP806 #Python315 #PEP #PEPs

PEP news: PEP 822 – Dedented Multiline String (d-string) ...

2026-04-20T17:40:41+02:00

PEP news:

PEP 822 – Dedented Multiline String (d-string)

"The Python Steering Council has reviewed PEP 822. While we’re generally positive about the PEP, we think it would be best to defer this feature until Python 3.16, to give it more time to solidify."

See the rest:
https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-822-dedented-multiline-string-d-string/105519/130

#Python #PEP822 #dstring #Python315 #Python316

Please welcome Stan Ulbrych @npub1t07…kkgf as the newest member ...

2026-04-01T11:41:26+02:00

Please welcome Stan Ulbrych Stan 🐍 (npub1t07…kkgf) as the newest member of the Python core team!

https://discuss.python.org/t/vote-to-promote-stan-ulbrych/106562

https://hugovk.github.io/python-core-team/by-year.html

https://fedidevs.com/s/Mzk/
#Python #CPython #CoreTeam

Nowadays it could be Go or Rust or any binary: ...

2026-02-06T22:48:28+01:00

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Nowadays it could be Go or Rust or any binary: https://discuss.python.org/t/use-of-pypi-as-a-generic-storage-platform-for-binaries/106044

Hello #FOSDEM! ...

2026-01-31T09:36:17+01:00

Hello #FOSDEM!

Black 26.1.0 is out. For those who don't know, they use ...

2026-01-18T12:26:33+01:00

Black 26.1.0 is out.

For those who don't know, they use CalVer, and a new year means a new style with some formatting changes. So far they look good to me.

https://github.com/psf/black/releases/tag/26.1.0

#Python #Black #CalVer

I heard you like alphas? Just released! Python 3.15.0a5, this ...

2026-01-14T18:42:25+01:00

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I heard you like alphas?

Just released! Python 3.15.0a5, this time built against `main` from today instead of last month! 🚀

https://discuss.python.org/t/python-3-15-0-alpha-5-yes-another-alpha/105721

#Python315 #Python #CPython #release

Just released: Python 3.15.0a4 and look at those JIT numbers! ...

2026-01-13T19:56:53+01:00

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Just released: Python 3.15.0a4 and look at those JIT numbers!

https://discuss.python.org/t/python-3-15-0-alpha-4/105706/1

#Python315 #Python #CPython #release

Bit nippy out #WinterCycling #BikeInHEL ...

2026-01-05T14:52:32+01:00

Bit nippy out

#WinterCycling #BikeInHEL

Just released! 🚀 norwegianblue 0.24.0 CLI to show end-of-life ...

2025-12-29T18:02:54+01:00

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Just released! 🚀

norwegianblue 0.24.0

CLI to show end-of-life dates

show spinner when querying
support 3.15
replace dateutil+six dependencies with stdlib
replace httpx with urllib3
replace pre-commit with prek

https://github.com/hugovk/norwegianblue/releases/tag/0.24.0

#Python #release #norwegianblue #CLI

Just released! 🚀 pypistats 1.12.0 CLI for PyPI download stats ...

2025-12-29T18:02:44+01:00

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Just released! 🚀

pypistats 1.12.0

CLI for PyPI download stats

support 3.15
drop 3.9
improve verbose output
declare type hints
replace dateutil+six dependencies with stdlib
replace httpx with urllib
replace pre-commit with prek

https://github.com/hugovk/pypistats/releases/tag/1.12.0

#Python #release #pypistats #CLI

Just released! 🚀 stravavis 0.6.0: create visualisations of ...

2025-12-29T16:08:55+01:00

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Just released! 🚀

stravavis 0.6.0: create visualisations of Strava activities

* add option to select visualisations/allow --bbox as file/support 3.13-3.14/drop 3.9

https://github.com/marcusvolz/strava_py/releases/tag/v0.6.0

termcolor 3.3.0: ANSI formatting for the terminal

* add italic/fix error handling

https://github.com/termcolor/termcolor/releases/tag/3.3.0

pylast 7.0.1: A Python interface to Last.fm

* fix type hints

https://github.com/pylast/pylast/releases/tag/7.0.1

#Python #release #stravavis #termcolor #pylast

Today is Volunteer Responsibility Amnesty Day "Volunteer ...

2025-12-21T08:58:28+01:00

Today is Volunteer Responsibility Amnesty Day

"Volunteer Responsibility Amnesty Day is about checking with yourself, and ending the commitments you need to end – maybe by taking a break, or by rotating it on to someone else, or by sunsetting a project."

https://volunteeramnestyday.net

Just released! 🚀 🤖 Humanize 4.15.0 This does stuff like ...

2025-12-20T21:18:31+01:00

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Just released! 🚀

🤖 Humanize 4.15.0

This does stuff like turning a number into a fuzzy human-readable duration ("3 minutes ago")

https://github.com/python-humanize/humanize/releases/tag/4.15.0

* Add locale support for decimal separator in `intword`
* Add support for Python 3.15
* `naturaldelta`: round the value to nearest unit that makes sense
* Fix plural form for `intword` and improve performance
* Replace `Exception` with more specific `FileNotFoundError`
* Replace pre-commit with prek

#Python #release #Humanize

"TL;DM (too long; didn't monitor) is a fast, extensible ...

2025-12-19T21:18:47+01:00

"TL;DM (too long; didn't monitor) is a fast, extensible progress bar for Python, forked from tqdm. This fork was created to provide continued maintenance and development as the original tqdm project has become unmaintained."

https://github.com/eliotwrobson/tldm

#Python #TLDM #tqdm

Just released! 🚀 🐍 Python 3.15 alpha 3! ...

2025-12-16T16:55:31+01:00

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Just released! 🚀

🐍 Python 3.15 alpha 3!

https://discuss.python.org/t/python-3-15-0-alpha-3/105325?u=hugovk

🔬 PEP 799: A new high-frequency statistical sampling profiler and dedicated profiling package
💬 PEP 686: Python now uses UTF-8 as the default encoding
🌊 PEP 782: A new PyBytesWriter C API to create a Python bytes object
🎨 Colour code snippets in argparse help: https://bsky.app/profile/savannah.dev/post/3m7svdqdeqs2x
⚠️ Better error messages

#Python #Python315 #CPython #release #PEP799 #PEP686 #PEP782 #argparse

Congratulations to the new Python Steering Council! 🗳️ Barry ...

2025-12-13T15:13:21+01:00

Congratulations to the new Python Steering Council!

🗳️ Barry Warsaw Barry Warsaw (npub12v0…jnqh) (6th term)
🗳️ Donghee Na Donghee Na :python: (npub1afl…0j2j) (2nd)
🗳️ Pablo Galindo Salgado (6th)
🗳️ Savannah Ostrowski Savannah Ostrowski (npub1txp…jlz3) (1st)
🗳️ Thomas Wouters Thomas Wouters (npub1yjq…me58) (6th)

https://discuss.python.org/t/steering-council-election-results-2026-term/105296

Welcome Savannah Ostrowski (npub1txp…jlz3) for the first time and thank you to Gregory P. Smith (he/him) :python: 🚲🦝 :donor: (npub17ds…vsrt) for your four years' service!

Fun fact: four members have been or are release managers 🚀

https://hugovk.dev/blog/2025/steering-council-election/

#Python #SteeringCouncil #PythonSteeringCouncil

Just released! 🚀 Python Docs Sphinx Theme This is the theme ...

2025-12-10T17:54:06+01:00

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Just released! 🚀

Python Docs Sphinx Theme

This is the theme for the Python documentation (and others)

* Add support for green, red and yellow side borders for code examples
* Add Portuguese translation
* Add support for Python 3.15

https://github.com/python/python-docs-theme/releases/tag/2025.12

#Python #docs #theme #Sphinx #release

Just released! 🚀🐍 Python 3.14.2 (and 3.13.11) Waiting for ...

2025-12-05T21:56:52+01:00

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Just released! 🚀🐍

Python 3.14.2 (and 3.13.11)

Waiting for the .2 to upgrade? This one's especially for you!

So soon? We found some regressions, so here’s an expedited pair of releases. They also come with bonus security fixes.

https://discuss.python.org/t/python-3-14-2-and-3-13-11-are-now-available/105214?u=hugovk

#Python #CPython #Python314 #Python313 #release

Just released! 🚀🐍 Python 3.14.1 Waiting for the .1 to ...

2025-12-02T17:58:36+01:00

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Just released! 🚀🐍

Python 3.14.1

Waiting for the .1 to upgrade? This one's especially for you!

🥧 Deferred type annotation evaluation!
🥧 T-strings!
🥧 Zstandard!
🥧 Syntax highlighting in the REPL!
🥧 Colour in unittest, argparse, json and calendar CLIs!
🥧 UUID v6-8!
🥧 And much more!

https://discuss.python.org/t/python-3-14-1-is-now-available/105163

#Python #CPython #Python314 #release

Just released! 🚀 🎶 pylast 7.0.0 🎤 A #Python interface to ...

2025-11-23T17:54:47+01:00

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Just released! 🚀

🎶 pylast 7.0.0

🎤 A #Python interface to Lastfm (npub148n…jpmz) and Libre.fm

🗑️ Remove `SCROBBLE_SOURCE_*` and `SCROBBLE_MODE_*` constants. Last used in 2017, you probably weren't using them

📻 Add `chosen_by_user` parameter to `scrobble`. Set to false if you don't have "direct" control over the source, like radio or a stream.

🐍 Add support for Python 3.15

📼 Test against recorded API instead of live

🦀 Replace pre-commit with prek

Thanks to scy (npub15pc…hvce)!

https://github.com/pylast/pylast/releases/tag/7.0.0
#release #LastFM

Hej allihopa! "Välkommen till Python! Detta är den ...

2025-11-22T10:30:30+01:00

Hej allihopa!

"Välkommen till Python! Detta är den officiella dokumentationen för Python 3.14.0."

https://docs.python.org/sv/3/

The Python docs are now available in Swedish! Thanks to Daniel Nylander!

To help with translations of any language, see https://devguide.python.org/documentation/translations/

#Python #docs #Swedish

I've updated the https://www.python.org/downloads/ page: ...

2025-11-21T19:30:22+01:00

I've updated the https://www.python.org/downloads/ page:

Added download links to the active Python versions table. Before, you had to hunt for the one you wanted in the table below.

They're redirect links, so, for example, https://www.python.org/downloads/latest/python3.15/ goes to https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3150a2/ and https://www.python.org/downloads/latest/python3.13/ goes to https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3139/

Could be handy for your docs, if you want to point people to the latest, say, 3.12.

#Python

Just released! 🚀 After one sequential-only CI failure, two ...

2025-11-19T12:06:36+01:00

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Just released! 🚀

After one sequential-only CI failure, two artifacts builds, one GitHub outage, two fixes for the Windows installer build, four Windows builds, and a NuGet outage:

🐍 Python 3.15 alpha 2!

🔬 PEP 799: A new high-frequency statistical sampling profiler
💬 PEP 686: Python now uses UTF-8 as the default encoding
🌊 PEP 782: A new PyBytesWriter C API to create a Python bytes object
⚠️ Better error messages

https://discuss.python.org/t/python-3-15-0a2/104948?u=hugovk

#Python #Python315 #CPython #release #PEP799 #PEP686

Michael Foord has been posthumously recognised as an Honorary ...

2025-11-16T10:53:51+01:00

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Michael Foord has been posthumously recognised as an Honorary EuroPython (npub1rwp…psqf) Society Fellow:
https://www.europython-society.org/recognising-michael-foord-as-an-honorary-europython-society-fellow/
#EuroPython #Python

Just released! 🚀 🪑 PrettyTable 3.17.0 ...

2025-11-14T18:39:54+01:00

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Just released! 🚀

🪑 PrettyTable 3.17.0

https://github.com/prettytable/prettytable/releases/tag/3.17.0

Add support for Python 3.15, drop 3.9, test 3.13t-3.15t
Set dicts with column-specific config for all column-specific attrs
Update type hints
Replace pre-commit with prek
& more!

#Python #release #PrettyTable #Python315 #Python39

I wrote a bit about what went on at the recent Python Core Sprint ...

2025-11-03T15:16:52+01:00

I wrote a bit about what went on at the recent Python Core Sprint at #Arm in Cambridge, plus some bonus PyCon UK (npub1chh…h4a7) highlights.

https://hugovk.dev/blog/2025/python-core-sprint/

#Python #CoreSprint #PyConUK

Nathan Goldbaum is part of the Quansight Labs team that's ...

2025-10-27T21:33:12+01:00

Nathan Goldbaum is part of the Quansight Labs team that's been doing a *huge* amount of work getting the ecosystem ready for free-threaded Python.

Here he shares some of his favourite resources to learn about free-threaded Python:

https://github.com/ilanschnell/bitarray/pull/245#issuecomment-3452970622

#FreeThreaded #Python #FreeThreadedPython

Just released! 🚀 🎨 termcolor 3.2.0 ...

2025-10-26T13:45:00+01:00

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Just released! 🚀

🎨 termcolor 3.2.0

https://github.com/termcolor/termcolor/releases/tag/3.2.0

🟣 Expose `can_colorize` as public API
🟢 Add support for Python 3.15 (🥉 at https://pyreadiness.org/3.15/)
🔴 Drop support for EOLish Python 3.9

#Python #release #termcolor #Python315 #Python39

Just released! 🚀 📜 Python Docs Sphinx Theme, with added ...

2025-10-24T17:51:56+02:00

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Just released! 🚀

📜 Python Docs Sphinx Theme, with added Arabic, French, Romanian and Russian translations.

https://github.com/python/python-docs-theme/releases/tag/2025.10

#Python #release #PythonDocsSphinxTheme #Sphinx #theme #translations

Let's all give a shout out (and a follow) to the new ...

2025-10-23T20:30:25+02:00

Let's all give a shout out (and a follow) to the new Python Software Foundation (npub1vv8…6fhk) Fellows!

https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/announcing-python-software-foundation.html

Thank you for all you do for us! 🥂

🎉 Abhijeet Mote

🎉 Abigail Afi Gbadago

🎉 Becky Smith Dr Becky Smith (npub180r…u4h7)

🎉 Christopher Bailey Christopher Bailey :python: (npub1r2a…wq68)

🎉 Dawn Wages dawn (npub1f0f…fwqc)

🎉 Leah Wasser leah wasser (npub1y4x…r93e)

🎉 Maaya Ishida

🎉 Mason Egger Mason Egger (npub1kf4…lm2d)

🎉 Miguel Grinberg Miguel Grinberg (npub1twt…w4mn)

🎉 William Vincent Will Vincent (npub1mjx…httg)

https://fosstodon.org/@ThePSF/115418574313245306

#Python #PSF #PSFFellows

and @npub1ny4…gwxz Lego kits in the goody bag! #Plone #Python ...

2025-10-17T12:57:27+02:00

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and PyCon Finland (npub1ny4…gwxz) Lego kits in the goody bag!
#Plone #Python #PloneConf #PyConFI #PyConFinland

Beautiful crisp, sunny morning for PyCon Finland! #PyConFI ...

2025-10-17T09:14:38+02:00

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Beautiful crisp, sunny morning for PyCon Finland!
#PyConFI #PyConFinland #Jyväskylä #Python

Those snakes are from the Hiekka Art Museum, as was this ...

2025-10-16T17:12:42+02:00

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Those snakes are from the Hiekka Art Museum, as was this typewriter with separate uppercase and lowercase keys, and art deco furniture by Eliel Saarinen and Armas Lindgren.

Also went to the Tampere Art Museum, didn't take photos but the Man Yau exhibition was good.

#Tampere #Saarinen #Lindgren #artdeco

Northward bound on the train to Jyväskylä for 🇫🇮 PyCon ...

2025-10-16T17:02:52+02:00

Northward bound on the train to Jyväskylä for 🇫🇮 PyCon Finland!

Stopped off at Tampere to visit some art museums and saw some other snake things.

#PyConFI #PyConFinland #Tampere #snake #sculpture #art #lake

Just released! 🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀 Pillow 12.0.0 ...

2025-10-15T21:48:18+02:00

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Just released! 🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀

Pillow 12.0.0
https://fosstodon.org/@pillow/115379893139846791

norwegianblue 0.23.0
https://github.com/hugovk/norwegianblue/releases/tag/0.23.0

pypinfo 23.0.0
https://github.com/ofek/pypinfo/blob/master/CHANGELOG.rst#2300

Humanize 4.14.0
https://github.com/python-humanize/humanize/releases/tag/4.14.0

Tablib 3.9.0
https://github.com/jazzband/tablib/releases/tag/v3.9.0

#Python #release #Pillow #pypinfo #Humanize #norwegianblue #Tablib

Forget* about Python 3.14, all the cool kids are trying out ...

2025-10-14T18:06:58+02:00

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Forget* about Python 3.14, all the cool kids are trying out Python 3.15.0 alpha 1 (but not on production)! 🚀

🔬 PEP 799: A dedicated profiling package for Python profiling tools
💬 PEP 686: Python now uses UTF-8 as the default encoding
🌊 PEP 782: A new PyBytesWriter C API to create a Python bytes object
⚠️ Better error messages

https://discuss.python.org/t/python-3-15-alpha-1/104358?u=hugovk

* Please don't forget about 3.14...

#Python #Python315 #release #PEP799 #PEP686 #PEP782

Filling a gap, this happened: ...

2025-10-14T18:01:37+02:00

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Filling a gap, this happened:

https://mastodon.social/@hugovk/115333348041057866

quoting
note1480…79l8

🚀 It's out!

🥧 Please install and enjoy Python 3.14!

https://discuss.python.org/t/python-3-14-0-final-is-here/104210?u=hugovk

#Python #Python314 #release

We released Python 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13 and 3.14 this week ...

2025-10-09T23:13:01+02:00

We released Python 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13 and 3.14 this week but I'm sorry you're going to have to wait until next week for 3.15.

https://discuss.python.org/t/python-3-12-12-3-11-14-3-10-19-and-3-9-24-are-now-available/104273

https://discuss.python.org/t/3-13-8-has-been-released/104211

https://discuss.python.org/t/python-3-14-0-final-is-here/104210

https://peps.python.org/pep-0790/

#Python

🚀 It's out! 🥧 Please install and enjoy Python 3.14! ...

2025-10-07T16:27:09+02:00

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🚀 It's out!

🥧 Please install and enjoy Python 3.14!

https://discuss.python.org/t/python-3-14-0-final-is-here/104210?u=hugovk

#Python #Python314 #release

macOS installer done, next on the final publishing and announcing ...

2025-10-07T16:02:04+02:00

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macOS installer done, next on the final publishing and announcing steps.

#Python #Python314 #release

The Windows build is ready and macOS is underway. #Python ...

2025-10-07T14:36:22+02:00

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The Windows build is ready and macOS is underway.

#Python #Python314 #release

The Windows build has been started. The jobs with profile-guided ...

2025-10-07T12:50:32+02:00

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The Windows build has been started.

The jobs with profile-guided optimisation (PGO) build once, then collect a profile by running the tests, and then build again using that profile, to see how "real" code executes and optimises for that.

https://dev.azure.com/Python/cpython/_build/results?buildId=164907&view=results

Meanwhile, the docs+source+Android build has finished and the artifacts have been copied to where they need to go with SBOMs created.

#Python #Python314 #release

(That's actually the second CI attempt, we had to update some ...

2025-10-07T11:52:14+02:00

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(That's actually the second CI attempt, we had to update some script arguments following an Android test runner update.)

This build takes about half an hour.

I've also informed the Windows and macOS release managers about the tag and they will start up installer builds.

This takes a few hours, so I've got time to finish up the release notes.

PEP 101 is the full process, but much is automated and we don't need to follow it all manually.

https://peps.python.org/pep-0101/

#Python #Python314 #release

Next up, merge and backport the final change to What's New in ...

2025-10-07T11:43:55+02:00

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Next up, merge and backport the final change to What's New in Python 3.14 to declare it latest stable.
https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/139631

Now start run_release.py, the main release automation script, which does a bunch of pre-checks, runs blurb to create a merged changelog, bumps some numbers, and pushes a branch and tag to my fork. It'll go upstream at the end of a successful build.

Then kick off the CI to build source zips, docs and Android binaries.
https://github.com/python/release-tools/actions/runs/18308460797

#Python #Python314 #release

Release day! First off, check blockers and buildbots. A new ...

2025-10-07T10:40:46+02:00

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Release day!

First off, check blockers and buildbots.

A new release-blocker appeared yesterday (because of course) but it can wait until 3.14.1.

https://github.com/python/cpython/labels/release-blocker

Three deferred-blockers are also waiting until 3.14.1.

https://github.com/python/cpython/labels/deferred-blocker

A new tier-2 buildbot failure appeared yesterday (because of course) but it had previously been offline for a month and will need some reconfiguration. Can ignore.

https://buildbot.python.org/#/release_status

OK, let's make a Python!

#Python #Python314 #release

Just released! 🚀 flake8-implicit-str-concat 0.6.0 A Flake8 ...

2025-10-06T13:21:30+02:00

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Just released! 🚀

flake8-implicit-str-concat 0.6.0

A Flake8 plugin to identify those unjoined strings that a first Black run leaves behind:
"111111111111111111111" "222222222222222222222"

I hear there's another big release tomorrow? This release adds support for Python 3.14 and for once code changes were needed due to AST deprecation removals.

Also drop support for almost-very-nearly-EOL Python 3.9.

https://github.com/flake8-implicit-str-concat/flake8-implicit-str-concat/releases/tag/0.6.0
#Python #flake8 #release #Python314 #Python39

And back to green! #Python #Python314 ...

2025-10-05T15:58:15+02:00

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And back to green!
#Python #Python314

Three days until release and a bug in the Linux kernel has turned ...

2025-10-04T15:15:26+02:00

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Three days until release and a bug in the Linux kernel has turned a dozen buildbots red...

It's already been fixed in the kernel, but will take some time to bubble up. We'll skip that test for relevant kernel versions in the meantime.

https://buildbot.python.org/#/release_status
#Python #Python314

On the boat to Tallinn for PyCon Estonia! #Python #PyCon #PyConEE ...

2025-10-01T16:05:38+02:00

On the boat to Tallinn for PyCon Estonia!
#Python #PyCon #PyConEE #PyconEstonia #Tallinn #ferry

Only one week left until the release of Python 3.14.0 final! ...

2025-09-30T14:19:29+02:00

Only one week left until the release of Python 3.14.0 final!

https://docs.python.org/3.14/whatsnew/3.14.html

https://peps.python.org/pep-0745/

What are you looking forward to?

#Python #Python314

Just released! 🚀 em-keyboard 5.3.0 🎲 Pick a random emoji ...

2025-09-29T15:06:12+02:00

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Just released! 🚀

em-keyboard 5.3.0

🎲 Pick a random emoji from a search. For example:

❯ em --search music --random
Copied! 👩‍🎤 woman_singer

🧛‍♂️ Drop support for Python 3.9

https://github.com/hugovk/em-keyboard/releases/tag/v5.3.0

#Python #EmKeyboard #em #CLI #release #emoji

Just released! 🚀 🎶 pylast 6.0.0 🎤 A Python interface to ...

2025-09-29T15:02:06+02:00

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Just released! 🚀

🎶 pylast 6.0.0

🎤 A Python interface to Last.fm and Libre.fm

📯 Restore proxy support (potential breaking change: proxies are now always stored as a dict, before it was a str or dict)

🪇 Drop support for almost-EOL Python 3.9

https://github.com/pylast/pylast/releases/tag/6.0.0

#Python #pylast #LastFM #LibreFM #release #Python39

I opened a PR for a project in January 2024 to drop support ...

2025-09-18T20:17:34+02:00

I opened a PR for a project in January 2024 to drop support Python 2.7 and 3.5 and it's just been merged! 🎉
#Python #Python27

Just released: Python 3.14.0 release candidate 3! 🚀🐍 🪄 ...

2025-09-18T16:21:56+02:00

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Just released: Python 3.14.0 release candidate 3! 🚀🐍

🪄 Finally, the final release candidate

🪄 We fixed *another* bug that required the ".pyc magic number" to be increased

🪄 The ABI isn't changing, and wheels built for rc1 and rc2 should still work

👤 This was the first release Savannah Ostrowski (npub1txp…jlz3) shadowed!

🏆 Please test and report bugs!

https://discuss.python.org/t/python-3-14-0rc3-is-go/103815?u=hugovk

#Python #CPython #Python314 #release

Just released: Python Docs Sphinx Theme 2025.9.2! 🚀 Add ...

2025-09-17T17:01:19+02:00

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Just released: Python Docs Sphinx Theme 2025.9.2! 🚀

Add German, Korean and Indonesian translations
Fix html page translation
Fix Copy button copying line numbers
Fix search button cutting off long translations

https://github.com/python/python-docs-theme/releases/tag/2025.9.2
#Python #docs #Sphinx #PythonDocsTheme #PythonDocsSphinxTheme

🐍🏃‍➡️ We kicked off the first day of the #Python ...

2025-09-16T11:42:15+02:00

🐍🏃‍➡️ We kicked off the first day of the #Python #CoreSprint at #Arm in #Cambridge with lots of talks and lots of discussion about talks!

Ken Jin - Building a JIT Community AND Demo [effect] of new C API
Antonio Cuni (npub1nyw…ydr2) - Tracing JITs on real code
Brett Cannon (npub139g…cwvw) - WASI update AND precompiled binaries from python.org
Hood Chatham - Upstreaming Pyodide FFI
Russell Keith-Magee (npub1gfx…gnlz) - Managing cross-platform wheel builds
Steering Council - PEP 793 and abi3/abi3t/abi4
Matthew Parkinson - Designing Deep Immutability

NumPy are considering dropping Intel x86-64 wheels: ...

2025-09-10T09:05:03+02:00

NumPy are considering dropping Intel x86-64 wheels:
https://mail.python.org/archives/list/numpy-discussion@python.org/thread/OLNBDCRVVGXIXG5G3RUQDHEIYDHYV2DO/
#Python #NumPy #macOS #wheels #GitHubActions

(Just released: Python Docs Sphinx Theme 2025.9.1. Yes, I forgot ...

2025-09-08T21:48:34+02:00

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(Just released: Python Docs Sphinx Theme 2025.9.1. Yes, I forgot something in 2025.9... Carry on!)

Just released: Python Docs Sphinx Theme 2025.9! 🚀 This enables ...

2025-09-08T20:20:11+02:00

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Just released: Python Docs Sphinx Theme 2025.9! 🚀

This enables translations of the theme and adds translations for:

Brazilian Portuguese
Greek
Japanese
Polish
Simplified Chinese
Spanish
Swedish
Traditional Chinese
Turkish

Thanks to all our translators!

https://github.com/python/python-docs-theme/releases/tag/2025.9
#Python #docs #Sphinx #PythonDocsTheme #PythonDocsSphinxTheme

Helsinki airport tips: If getting the I train from the city, get ...

2025-08-28T09:51:01+02:00

Helsinki airport tips:

If getting the I train from the city, get on the last carriage to optimise exit (I think second from last doors are usually best).

Take the first escalator up from the platform, then after the short tunnel walk, take the lift as it's faster than the big escalators.

The Alepa grocery store before security has lots of sandwiches and pastries.

Turn left immediately after security for a water tap to fill your empty bottle.

#Helsinki #airport #tips #HEL

Just released: humanize 4.13.0! 🚀 🤖 Optimise `naturalsize` ...

2025-08-25T11:44:27+02:00

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Just released: humanize 4.13.0! 🚀

🤖 Optimise `naturalsize` algorithm by using `math.log`

🤖 Fix `precisedelta` rounding

https://github.com/python-humanize/humanize/releases/tag/4.13.0
#Python #humanize #release

https://pypistats.org is back online! 🚀📈 Thanks to ...

2025-08-22T22:24:45+02:00

https://pypistats.org is back online! 🚀📈

Thanks to Jannis Leidel (npub1v2x…87tf) for suggesting the Python Software Foundation (npub1vv8…6fhk) takes stewardship and connecting the right people, to ee (npub1mk0…hk6e) for migrating, and of course to Christopher Flynn for creating and running it for all these years!

https://github.com/psf/pypistats.org
#Python #PyPI #pypistats #stats

Just released: OSMViz 4.5.0! 🚀 An OpenStreetMap visualization ...

2025-08-21T14:57:45+02:00

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Just released: OSMViz 4.5.0! 🚀

An OpenStreetMap visualization toolkit for Python

🥧 Support for Python 3.14
🪪 Replace deprecated classifier with licence expression (PEP 639)
🔍 Remove GitHub attestation, PyPI attestation is enough

https://pypi.org/project/osmviz/

#Python #release #OpenStreetMap #OSMViz #PEP639

Just released: Cherry Picker 2.6.0! 🚀 🌸 Fix bug when local ...

2025-08-21T14:14:16+02:00

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Just released: Cherry Picker 2.6.0! 🚀

🌸 Fix bug when local branch does not exist (thanks, 🇺🇦 Sviatoslav Sydorenko (npub1dcm…82xf)!)
🌸 Use PEP 639 licence expression and remove deprecated Trove classifier

htps://github.com/python/cherry-picker/releases/tag/cherry-picker-v2.6.0

#Python #release #CherryPicker

Just released: UltraJSON 5.11.0! 🚀 ⌨️ Inline type stubs ...

2025-08-20T13:48:01+02:00

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Just released: UltraJSON 5.11.0! 🚀

⌨️ Inline type stubs
🐍 Support for Python 3.14 & PyPy3.11
🛞 Windows ARM64 wheels (thanks Anthony Shaw :python: (npub1ax0…s2y2)!)
💧Drop EOL Python 3.8 & PyPy3.8-PyPy3.10
➕ And more!

https://github.com/ultrajson/ultrajson/releases/tag/5.11.0
#Python #release #ujson #UltraJSON

Nostr event nevent1qqsxyx5hxqqv8jawwm0y2x5sekfe69efnapcjqyzjpwdgn8c30vmqgszyqennj4kr5hhr963knnkjg99qw4ln99qjl8nhmzk38f2tdrj6z8fc00699x

2025-08-17T09:33:14+02:00

Didn't win a Hugo Award...

What's New in Python 3.14: "The import time for several ...

2025-08-16T16:04:19+02:00

What's New in Python 3.14:

"The import time for several standard library modules has been improved, including annotationlib, ast, asyncio, base64, cmd, csv, gettext, importlib.util, locale, mimetypes, optparse, pickle, pprint, pstats, shlex, socket, string, subprocess, threading, tomllib, types, and zipfile."

https://docs.python.org/3.14/whatsnew/3.14.html#optimizations
#Python #Python314 #WhatsNew

Just released: Python 3.14.0 release candidate 2! 🚀🐍 🪄 ...

2025-08-14T21:49:22+02:00

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Just released: Python 3.14.0 release candidate 2! 🚀🐍

🪄 This was planned for 2025-08-26, but we fixed a bug that required bumping the magic number stored in bytecode (.pyc) files

🪄 This means .pyc files created for rc1 will be recompiled for rc2

🪄 The ABI isn’t changing

🪄 Wheels built for rc1 should be fine for rc2, rc3 and 3.14.x

🤖 Did I mention Android binaries?

🏆 Bonus: We also released an early Python 3.13.7!

https://discuss.python.org/t/python-3-14-0rc2-and-3-13-7-are-go/102403
#Python #CPython #Python314 #Python313 #release

Python 3.14: We'll make the next release candidate (rc2) this ...

2025-08-12T23:18:40+02:00

Python 3.14:

We'll make the next release candidate (rc2) this Thursday, two weeks early, and add a rc3 on 2025-09-16.

We fixed a code generation bug that required the "magic number" to be increased for rc2. This means .pyc files compiled by rc1 can't be used in rc2 and will be recompiled.

The ABI isn't changing, and wheels built for rc1 should still work for rc2, rc3 and 3.14.x, but it's better to get this out for testing sooner.

https://discuss.python.org/t/early-3-14-0-rc2-and-extra-rc3/102151

#Python #CPython #Python314 #release

Same "Thank you for your interest in this GitHub repo, ...

2025-08-11T13:13:05+02:00

Odd note added to the #GitHubActions cache repo: ...

2025-08-07T14:56:57+02:00

Odd note added to the #GitHubActions cache repo:
https://github.com/actions/cache#note

"Thank you for your interest in this GitHub repo, however, right now we are not taking contributions.

"We continue to focus our resources on strategic areas that help our customers be successful while making developers' lives easier. While GitHub Actions remains a key part of this vision, we are allocating resources towards other areas of Actions and are not taking contributions to this repository at this time."

#GitHub