New source-only versions can be released as needed. end-of-life: Five years after a release, support ends. The release cycle is frozen; no further changes are allowed. See also the …

The Status of Python versions page contains list of active and end-of-life branches. The latest release for each Python version can be found on the download page. Stages ¶ Based on what …

Python Developer’s Guide ¶ This guide is a comprehensive resource for contributing to Python – for both new and experienced contributors. It is maintained by the same community that …

Launch the Python REPL (the interactive shell prompt) and check if you can reproduce the issue. Now that the pull request has been applied, the issue should be fixed (in theory, but mistakes …

Following Python’s development- Standards of behaviour in these communication channels, Mailing lists, Discourse (discuss.python.org web forum)- Tutorials for new users, Reading …

CPython’s internals ¶ This guide describes the basics of CPython’s internals. It explains the layout of CPython’s source code. It also explains how the parser, compiler, and interpreter work …

Setup and building- Install Git, Get the source code- Install pre-commit as a Git hook., Compile and build- Unix- Clang, Optimization., Windows, WASI, Emscripten ...

Getting started- Introduction, Building the documentation- Create a virtual environment, Build using make / make.bat, Build using Sphinx directly.., Helping with documentation- Python …

This document is now part of the CPython Internals Docs.

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