>> I'm trying to get the 3.3 and 3.4 branches so I can check my libraries 
>> compatibility with older versions, but I do not see those branches as being 
>> available:
>>
>> How can I get those?
>>
>>
>
>
> 3.3 and 3.4 existed before the migration from GitHub, so we don't have the 
> branches.
>
> They are in the repo as git tags.
>
> Try:
>
> # list all git tags matching v.3.3
> git tag -l 'v3.3*'
>
> # checkout the v.3.3.0 tag to a local branch
> git checkout tags/v.3.3.0 -b my-own-3.3.0-branch

I remember a few years ago the older Git branches were changed to
tags, to get rid of them from Git Hub's list of branches I think.
Maybe these tags are what you are after (note there is no v prefix):

$ git ls-remote git://github.com/python/cpython
[thousands of PR branches etc skipped]
4dea2538537ba8ef14e4296217abcd7a45cb25ce        refs/tags/3.3
bf9cccb2b54ad2c641ea78435a8618a6d251491e        refs/tags/3.3^{}
6bedc750c2d3ca75671c3a6b261592455e0f5850        refs/tags/3.4
05c28b08f6e2fc8782472b026c98a3fdd61a2ba9        refs/tags/3.4^{}
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