Core Development

Steering Council Nominations Nominations for the Python Steering Council election. C API This sub-category is for discussions specifically about the Python C API. Covers both the development of as well as the development with (usage of) the C API.

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
About the Core Development category Core Development	1	2909	October 4, 2023
Stable ABI/Limited API for free-threaded builds C API	51	2066	January 29, 2026
C-API for initializing statically linked extension modules C API c-api	35	2485	January 29, 2026
Pre-PEP discussion: revival of PEP 543 - A Unified TLS API for Python Core Development pep	78	5977	January 29, 2026
Python install manager 26.0 beta 1 Core Development release	8	335	January 28, 2026
Adding C API for use in tp_traverse C API	16	597	January 27, 2026
PR Review - trivial (obscure) test fixes Core Development review-request	1	207	January 27, 2026
macOS version support policy Core Development	25	1853	January 23, 2026
Proposed PEP 11 update -- policy for unsupported platforms Core Development	11	800	January 23, 2026
Our future with OpenSSL Core Development	93	18517	January 22, 2026
Moving expat version (or symbol) checks from buildtime to runtime Core Development build , stdlib	10	421	January 22, 2026
Text segmentation API design Core Development	5	625	January 22, 2026
Proper handling of PyList_SetItem return value and reference stealing in CPython C extensions C API	6	225	January 20, 2026
C API for querying whether the GIL is enabled (PyInterpreterState_IsGilEnabled) C API	14	369	January 19, 2026
Defining a support policy on overlapping installations Core Development	7	428	January 19, 2026
Status of defusedxml and recommendation in docs Core Development stdlib	21	5842	January 17, 2026
Python 3.15.0 alpha 5 (yes, another alpha!) Core Development release	7	595	January 15, 2026
Language Summit at EuroPython 2026 Core Development language-summit	5	790	January 15, 2026
Python 3.15.0 alpha 4 Core Development release	4	504	January 14, 2026
Feedback on beta of new Windows pymanager Core Development	65	2323	January 12, 2026
Looking for feedback on adding import autocomplete to PyREPL Core Development	64	2725	January 10, 2026
Analyzing the 2025 SC election Core Development	78	2759	January 8, 2026
Pickling private methods Core Development	6	374	January 6, 2026
Add an Unstable C API for immortalizing objects C API	9	442	December 31, 2025
Accelerator for Ascii85/Base85 Core Development	8	423	December 27, 2025
[POLL] How did you like the SC 2025 election? Core Development	6	420	December 20, 2025
Alternate the Language Summit between PyCon US and EuroPython Core Development	28	2250	December 19, 2025
What versions of the Unicode Character Database to support? Core Development	11	535	December 18, 2025
Python 3.15.0 alpha 3 Core Development release	2	425	December 16, 2025
C API: How much private is the private _Py_IDENTIFIER() API? C API	8	1466	December 16, 2025