[RELEASED] Python 3.5.10 is released

2020-09-05 Thread Larry Hastings
On behalf of the Python development community, I'm plesed to announce the availability of Python 3.5.10. Python 3.5 is in "security fixes only" mode.  This new version only contains security fixes, not conventional bug fixes, and it is a source-only release. Important Notice: The latest re

[RELEASED] Python 3.5.10rc1 is released

2020-08-21 Thread Larry Hastings
On behalf of the Python development community, I'm pleased to finally announce the availability of Python 3.5.10rc1. Python 3.5 is in "security fixes only" mode.  This new version only contains security fixes, not conventional bug fixes, and it is a source-only release. Important Notice: T

[RELEASED] Python 3.5.9 is released

2019-11-01 Thread Larry Hastings
On behalf of the Python development community, I'm slightly chagrined to announce the availability of Python 3.5.9.  There were no new changes in version 3.5.9; 3.5.9 was released only because of a CDN caching problem, which resulted in some users downloading a prerelease version of the 3.5.8

[WARNING] Some users who downloaded the Python 3.5.8 .xz tarball got the wrong version

2019-10-30 Thread Larry Hastings
Due to awkward CDN caching, some users who downloaded the source code tarballs of Python 3.5.8 got a preliminary version instead of the final version.  As best as we can tell, this only affects the .xz release; there are no known instances of users downloading an incorrect version of the .tgz

[RELEASED] Python 3.5.8 is (finally) released

2019-10-29 Thread Larry Hastings
On behalf of the Python development community, I'm relieved to announce the availability of Python 3.5.8. Python 3.5 is in "security fixes only" mode.  This new version only contains security fixes, not conventional bug fixes, and it is a source-only release. You can find Python 3.5.8 here

[RELEASED] Python 3.5.8rc2 is released

2019-10-12 Thread Larry Hastings
On behalf of the Python development community, I'm relieved to announce the availability of Python 3.5.8rc2.  It's been a month after Python 3.5.8rc1, and since then we've added a small amount of new code to fix an API-level regression in http client, updated expat to 2.2.8, and upgraded the

[RELEASED] Python 3.5.8rc1 is released

2019-09-09 Thread Larry Hastings
On behalf of the Python development community, I'm chuffed to announce the availability of Python 3.5.8rc1. Python 3.5 is in "security fixes only" mode.  This new version only contains security fixes, not conventional bug fixes, and it is a source-only release. You can find Python 3.5.8rc1

Farewell, Python 3.4

2019-05-19 Thread Larry Hastings
It's with a note of sadness that I announce the final retirement of Python 3.4.  The final release was back in March, but I didn't get around to actually closing and deleting the 3.4 branch until this morning. Python 3.4 introduced many features we all enjoy in modern Python--the asyncio, en

Python 3.4.10 is now available

2019-03-18 Thread Larry Hastings
On behalf of the Python development community, I'm proud--if slightly sad--to announce the availability of Python 3.4.10. Python 3.4.10 was released in "security fixes only" mode.  It only contains security fixes, not conventional bug fixes, and it is a source-only release. Python 3.4.10 i

Python 3.5.7 is now available

2019-03-18 Thread Larry Hastings
On behalf of the Python development community, I'm chuffed to announce the availability of Python 3.5.7. Python 3.5 is in "security fixes only" mode.  It only accepts security fixes, not conventional bug fixes, and the release is source-only. And you can find Python 3.5.7rc1 here: https

[RELEASED] Python 3.4.10rc1 and Python 3.5.7rc1 are now available

2019-03-14 Thread Larry Hastings
On behalf of the Python development community, I'm chuffed to announce the availability of Python 3.4.10rc1 and Python 3.5.7rc1. Both Python 3.4 and 3.5 are in "security fixes only" mode.  Both versions only accept security fixes, not conventional bug fixes, and both releases are source-only

[RELEASED] Python 3.4.9 and Python 3.5.6 are now available

2018-08-10 Thread Larry Hastings
On behalf of the Python development community, I'm happy to announce the availability of Python 3.4.9 and Python 3.5.6. Both Python 3.4 and 3.5 are in "security fixes only" mode.  Both versions only accept security fixes, not conventional bug fixes, and both releases are source-only. You

[RELEASED] Python 3.4.9rc1 and Python 3.5.6rc1 are now available

2018-07-23 Thread Larry Hastings
On behalf of the Python development community, I'm pleased to announce the availability of Python 3.4.9rc1 and Python 3.5.6rc1. Both Python 3.4 and 3.5 are in "security fixes only" mode.  Both versions only accept security fixes, not conventional bug fixes, and both releases are source-only.

[RELEASED] Python 3.4.8 and Python 3.5.5 are now available

2018-02-05 Thread Larry Hastings
On behalf of the Python development community, I'm happy to announce the availability of Python 3.4.8 and Python 3.5.5. Both Python 3.4 and 3.5 are in "security fixes only" mode.  Both versions only accept security fixes, not conventional bug fixes, and both releases are source-only. You

[RELEASED] Python 3.4.8rc1 and Python 3.5.5rc1 are now available

2018-01-23 Thread Larry Hastings
On behalf of the Python development community, I'm pleased to announce the availability of Python 3.4.8rc1 and Python 3.5.5rc1. Both Python 3.4 and 3.5 are in "security fixes only" mode. Both versions only accept security fixes, not conventional bug fixes, and both releases are source-only.

[RELEASED] Python 3.4.7 is now available

2017-08-09 Thread Larry Hastings
On behalf of the Python development community and the Python 3.4 release team, I'm pleased to announce the availability of Python 3.4.7. Python 3.4 is now in "security fixes only" mode. This is the final stage of support for Python 3.4. Python 3.4 now only receives security fixes, not bug

[RELEASED] Python 3.5.4 is now available

2017-08-09 Thread Larry Hastings
On behalf of the Python development community and the Python 3.5 release team, I'm pleased to announce the availability of Python 3.5.4. Python 3.5.4 is the final 3.5 release in "bug fix" mode. The Python 3.5 branch has now transitioned into "security fixes mode"; all future improvements i

RELEASED] Python 3.4.7rc1 and Python 3.5.4rc1 are now available

2017-07-26 Thread Larry Hastings
On behalf of the Python development community and the Python 3.4 and Python 3.5 release teams, I'm relieved to announce the availability of Python 3.4.7rc1 and Python 3.5.4rc1. Python 3.4 is now in "security fixes only" mode. This is the final stage of support for Python 3.4. Python 3.4 no

Call For Participation for the 2017 Python Language Summit

2017-04-07 Thread Larry Hastings
this year. We all look forward to his thorough reporting of the event! [BL]arry (Barry Warsaw and Larry Hastings) -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-announce-list Support the Python Software Foundation: http://www.python.org/psf/donations/

[RELEASED] Python 3.4.6 and Python 3.5.3 are now available

2017-01-17 Thread Larry Hastings
On behalf of the Python development community and the Python 3.4 and Python 3.5 release teams, I'm delighted to announce the availability of Python 3.4.6 and Python 3.5.3. Python 3.4 is now in "security fixes only" mode. This is the final stage of support for Python 3.4. Python 3.4 now onl

[RELEASED] Python 3.4.6rc1 and Python 3.5.3rc1 are now available

2017-01-06 Thread Larry Hastings
On behalf of the Python development community and the Python 3.4 and Python 3.5 release teams, I'm pleased to announce the availability of Python 3.4.6rc1 and Python 3.5.6rc1. Python 3.4 is now in "security fixes only" mode. This is the final stage of support for Python 3.4. Python 3.4 now

[RELEASED] Python 3.4.5 and Python 3.5.2 are now available

2016-06-27 Thread Larry Hastings
On behalf of the Python development community and the Python 3.4 and Python 3.5 release teams, I'm thrilled to announce the availability of Python 3.4.5 and Python 3.5.2. Python 3.4 is now in "security fixes only" mode. This is the final stage of support for Python 3.4. All changes made t

[RELEASED] Python 3.4.5rc1 and Python 3.5.2rc1 are now available

2016-06-13 Thread Larry Hastings
On behalf of the Python development community and the Python 3.4 and Python 3.5 release teams, I'm pleased to announce the availability of Python 3.4.5rc1 and Python 3.5.2rc1. Python 3.4 is now in "security fixes only" mode. This is the final stage of support for Python 3.4. All changes ma

[RELEASED] Python 3.4.4 is now available

2015-12-21 Thread Larry Hastings
On behalf of the Python development community and the Python 3.4 release team, I'm pleased to announce the availability of Python 3.4.4. Python 3.4.4 is the last version of Python 3.4.4 with binary installers, and the end of "bugfix" support. After this release, Python 3.4.4 moves into "sec

[RELEASED] Python 3.5.1 and 3.4.4rc1 are now available

2015-12-06 Thread Larry Hastings
On behalf of the Python development community and the Python 3.4 and 3.5 release teams, I'm pleased to announce the simultaneous availability of Python 3.5.1 and Python 3.4.4rc1. As point releases, both have many incremental improvements over their predecessor releases. You can find Pytho

[RELEASED] Python 3.5.1rc1 is now available

2015-11-23 Thread Larry Hastings
On behalf of the Python development community and the Python 3.5 release team, I'm pleased to announce the availability of Python 3.5.1rc1. Python 3.5.1 will be the first update for Python 3.5. Python 3.5 is the newest version of the Python language, and it contains many exciting new featur

[RELEASED] Python 3.5.0 is now available

2015-09-13 Thread Larry Hastings
On behalf of the Python development community and the Python 3.5 release team, I'm proud to announce the availability of Python 3.5.0. Python 3.5.0 is the newest version of the Python language, and it contains many exciting new features and optimizations. You can read all about what's new

[RELEASED] Python 3.5.0rc4 is now available!

2015-09-09 Thread Larry Hastings
On behalf of the Python development community and the Python 3.5 release team, I'm surprised to announce the availability of Python 3.5.0rc4, also known as Python 3.5.0 Release Candidate 4. Python 3.5.0 Release Candidate 3 was only released about a day ago. However: during testing, a major

[RELEASED] Python 3.5.0rc3 is now available

2015-09-08 Thread Larry Hastings
On behalf of the Python development community and the Python 3.5 release team, I'm relieved to announce the availability of Python 3.5.0rc3, also known as Python 3.5.0 Release Candidate 3. The next release of Python 3.5 will be Python 3.5.0 final. There should be few (or no) changes to Pyt

[RELEASED] Python 3.5.0rc2 is now available

2015-08-25 Thread Larry Hastings
On behalf of the Python development community and the Python 3.5 release team, I'm relieved to announce the availability of Python 3.5.0rc2, also known as Python 3.5.0 Release Candidate 2. Python 3.5 has now entered "feature freeze". By default new features may no longer be added to Python

Sorry folks, minor hiccup for Python 3.5.0rc1

2015-08-11 Thread Larry Hastings
I built the source tarballs with a slightly-out-of-date tree. We slipped the release by a day to get two fixes in, but the tree I built from didn't have those two fixes. I yanked the tarballs off the release page as soon as I suspected something. I'm rebuilding the tarballs and the docs n

Re: Sorry folks, minor hiccup for Python 3.5.0rc1

2015-08-11 Thread Larry Hastings
On 08/10/2015 05:55 PM, Larry Hastings wrote: I yanked the tarballs off the release page as soon as I suspected something. I'm rebuilding the tarballs and the docs now. If you grabbed the tarball as soon as it appeared, it's slightly out of date, please re-grab. p.s. I s

[RELEASED] Python 3.5.0rc1 is now available

2015-08-11 Thread Larry Hastings
On behalf of the Python development community and the Python 3.5 release team, I'm relieved to announce the availability of Python 3.5.0rc1, also known as Python 3.5.0 Release Candidate 1. Python 3.5 has now entered "feature freeze". By default new features may no longer be added to Python

[RELEASED] Python 3.5.0b4 is now available

2015-07-27 Thread Larry Hastings
On behalf of the Python development community and the Python 3.5 release team, I'm delighted to announce the availability of Python 3.5.0b4. Python 3.5.0b4 is scheduled to be the last beta release; the next release will be Python 3.5.0rc1, or Release Candidate 1. Python 3.5 has now entered "featu

[RELEASED] Python 3.5.0b3 is now available

2015-07-06 Thread Larry Hastings
On behalf of the Python development community and the Python 3.5 release team, I'm relieved to announce the availability of Python 3.5.0b3. Python 3.5 has now entered "feature freeze". By default new features may no longer be added to Python 3.5. This is a preview release, and its use is

[RELEASED] Python 3.5.0b2 is now available

2015-06-01 Thread Larry Hastings
On behalf of the Python development community and the Python 3.5 release team, I'm relieved to announce the availability of Python 3.5.0b2. Python 3.5.0b1 had a major regression (see http://bugs.python.org/issue24285 for more information) and as such was not suitable for testing Python 3.5.

[RELEASED] Python 3.5.0b1 is now available

2015-05-24 Thread Larry Hastings
On behalf of the Python development community and the Python 3.5 release team, I'm pleased to announce the availability of Python 3.5.0b1. Python 3.5 has now entered "feature freeze". By default new features may no longer be added to Python 3.5. (However, there are a handful of features tha

[RELEASED] Python 3.5.0a4 is now available

2015-04-20 Thread Larry Hastings
On behalf of the Python development community and the Python 3.5 release team, I'm thrilled to announce the availability of Python 3.5.0a4. Python 3.5.0a4 is the fourth and alpha release of Python 3.5, which will be the next major release of Python. Python 3.5 is still under development, a

[RELEASED] Python 3.5.0a3 is now available

2015-03-30 Thread Larry Hastings
On behalf of the Python development community and the Python 3.5 release team, I'm thrilled to announce the availability of Python 3.5.0a3. Python 3.5.0a3 is the third alpha release of Python 3.5, which will be the next major release of Python. Python 3.5 is still under heavy development,

[RELEASED] Python 3.5.0a2 is now available

2015-03-10 Thread Larry Hastings
On behalf of the Python development community and the Python 3.5 release team, I'm thrilled to announce the availability of Python 3.5.0a2. Python 3.5.0a2 is the second alpha release of Python 3.5, which will be the next major release of Python. Python 3.5 is still under heavy development

[RELEASED] Python 3.4.3 is now available

2015-02-25 Thread Larry Hastings
On behalf of the Python development community and the Python 3.4 release team, I'm pleased to announce the availability of Python 3.4.3. Python 3.4.3 has many bugfixes and other small improvements over 3.4.2. You can find it here: https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-343/

[RELEASE] Python 3.4.3rc1 is now available

2015-02-08 Thread Larry Hastings
On behalf of the Python development community and the Python 3.4 release team, I'm happy to announce the availability of Python 3.4.3rc1. Python 3.4.3rc1 has many bugfixes and other small improvements over 3.4.2. You can download it here: https://www.python.org/download/releases/3.4.3

[RELEASE] Python 3.5.0a1 is now available

2015-02-08 Thread Larry Hastings
On behalf of the Python development community and the Python 3.5 release team, I'm also pleased to announce the availability of Python 3.5.0a1. Python 3.5.0a1 is the first alpha release of Python 3.5, which will be the next major release of Python. Python 3.5 is still under heavy developm

[RELEASE] Python 3.4.2 is now available

2014-10-08 Thread Larry Hastings
On behalf of the Python development community and the Python 3.4 release team, I'm pleased to announce the availability of Python 3.4.2. Python 3.4.2 has many bugfixes and other small improvements over 3.4.1. One new feature for Mac OS X users: the OS X installers are now distributed as sig

[RELEASE] Python 3.4.2rc1 is now available

2014-09-22 Thread Larry Hastings
On behalf of the Python development community and the Python 3.4 release team, I'm chuffed to announce the availability of Python 3.4.2rc1. Python 3.4.2 has many bugfixes and other small improvements over 3.4.1. One new feature for Mac OS X users: the OS X installers are now distributed as

[RELEASED] Python 3.4.1

2014-05-22 Thread Larry Hastings
On behalf of the Python development community and the Python 3.4 release team, I'm pleased to announce the availability of Python 3.4.1. Python 3.4.1 has over three hundred bugfixes and other improvements over 3.4.0. One notable change: the version of OpenSSL bundled with the Windows instal

[RELEASED] Python 3.4.1rc1

2014-05-08 Thread Larry Hastings
On behalf of the Python development community and the Python 3.4 release team, I'm pleased to announce the availability of Python 3.4.1rc1. Python 3.4.1rc1 has over three hundred bugfixes and other improvements over 3.4.0. One notable change: the version of OpenSSL bundled with the Windows

[RELEASED] Python 3.4.0

2014-03-17 Thread Larry Hastings
ved protocol for pickled objects * PEP 3156, a new "asyncio" module, a new framework for asynchronous I/O To download Python 3.4.0 visit: http://www.python.org/download/releases/3.4.0/ This is a production release. Please report any issues you notice to: http://bugs.python

[RELEASED] Python 3.4.0 release candidate 3

2014-03-10 Thread Larry Hastings
ill be added. The final release is projected for March 16, 2014. To download Python 3.4.0rc3 visit: http://www.python.org/download/releases/3.4.0/ Please consider trying Python 3.4.0rc3 with your code and reporting any new issues you notice to: http://bugs.python.org/ Enjoy! **

[RELEASED] Python 3.4.0 release candidate 2 is now available

2014-02-24 Thread Larry Hastings
rg/download/releases/3.4.0/ Once I can update the new web site, Python 3.4.0rc2 will be available here: http://python.org/download/releases/ (I'm not sure what the final URL will be, but you'll see it listed on that page.) Please consider trying Python 3.4.0rc2 with your code an

[RELEASED] Python 3.4.0 release candidate 1

2014-02-12 Thread Larry Hastings
he final release is projected for mid-March 2014. To download Python 3.4.0rc1 visit: http://www.python.org/download/releases/3.4.0/ Please consider trying Python 3.4.0rc1 with your code and reporting any new issues you notice to: http://bugs.python.org/ Enjoy! -- Larry Hastings,

[RELEASED] Python 3.4.0b3

2014-01-28 Thread Larry Hastings
he final release is projected for mid-March 2014. To download Python 3.4.0b3 visit: http://www.python.org/download/releases/3.4.0/ Please consider trying Python 3.4.0b3 with your code and reporting any new issues you notice to: http://bugs.python.org/ Enjoy! -- Larry Hastings, Rel

[RELEASED] Python 3.4.0b2

2014-01-07 Thread Larry Hastings
inal release is projected for late February 2014. To download Python 3.4.0b2 visit: http://www.python.org/download/releases/3.4.0/ Please consider trying Python 3.4.0b2 with your code and reporting any new issues you notice to: http://bugs.python.org/ Enjoy! -- Larry Hastings, Rel

Re: [RELEASED] Python 3.4.0b1

2013-11-24 Thread Larry Hastings
On 11/24/2013 02:00 PM, Larry Hastings wrote: Python 3.4 includes a range of improvements of the 3.x series, including hundreds of small improvements and bug fixes. Major new features and changes in the 3.4 release series include: Whoops, sorry, I missed a couple of PEPs there: * PEP 428, a

[RELEASED] Python 3.4.0b1

2013-11-24 Thread Larry Hastings
e", meaning that no new features will be added. The final release is projected for late February 2014. To download Python 3.4.0b1 visit: http://www.python.org/download/releases/3.4.0/ Please consider trying Python 3.4.0b1 with your code and reporting any new issues you notice to:

[RELEASED] Python 3.4.0a4

2013-10-20 Thread Larry Hastings
ule test suite fails on some platforms. * I/O conducted by the "asyncio" module may, rarely, erroneously time out. The timeout takes one hour. Please consider trying Python 3.4.0a4 with your code and reporting any new issues you notice to: http://bugs.python.org/ Enjoy! -- La

[RELEASED] Python 3.4.0a3

2013-09-29 Thread Larry Hastings
s you notice to: http://bugs.python.org/ Enjoy! -- Larry Hastings, Release Manager larry at hastings.org (on behalf of the entire python-dev team and 3.4's contributors) -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-announce-list Support the Python Software Fou

[RELEASED] Python 3.4.0a2

2013-09-09 Thread Larry Hastings
isit: http://www.python.org/download/releases/3.4.0/ Please consider trying Python 3.4.0a2 with your code and reporting any issues you notice to: http://bugs.python.org/ Enjoy! -- Larry Hastings, Release Manager larry at hastings.org (on behalf of the entire python-dev team and 3.4's co

[RELEASED] Python 3.4.0a1

2013-08-04 Thread Larry Hastings
or implementing custom memory allocators To download Python 3.4.0a1 visit: http://www.python.org/download/releases/3.4.0/ Please consider trying Python 3.4.0a1 with your code and reporting any issues you notice to: http://bugs.python.org/ Enjoy! -- Larry Hastings, Release M