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
Adding C API for use in tp_traverse C API	19	667	January 30, 2026
Stable ABI/Limited API for free-threaded builds C API	51	2120	January 29, 2026
C-API for initializing statically linked extension modules C API c-api	35	2518	January 29, 2026
Pre-PEP discussion: revival of PEP 543 - A Unified TLS API for Python Core Development pep	78	6009	January 29, 2026
Python install manager 26.0 beta 1 Core Development release	8	351	January 28, 2026
PR Review - trivial (obscure) test fixes Core Development review-request	1	215	January 27, 2026
macOS version support policy Core Development	25	1861	January 23, 2026
Proposed PEP 11 update -- policy for unsupported platforms Core Development	11	806	January 23, 2026
Our future with OpenSSL Core Development	93	18540	January 22, 2026
Moving expat version (or symbol) checks from buildtime to runtime Core Development build , stdlib	10	422	January 22, 2026
Text segmentation API design Core Development	5	630	January 22, 2026
Proper handling of PyList_SetItem return value and reference stealing in CPython C extensions C API	6	226	January 20, 2026
C API for querying whether the GIL is enabled (PyInterpreterState_IsGilEnabled) C API	14	372	January 19, 2026
Defining a support policy on overlapping installations Core Development	7	429	January 19, 2026
Status of defusedxml and recommendation in docs Core Development stdlib	21	5855	January 17, 2026
Python 3.15.0 alpha 5 (yes, another alpha!) Core Development release	7	604	January 15, 2026
Language Summit at EuroPython 2026 Core Development language-summit	5	794	January 15, 2026
Python 3.15.0 alpha 4 Core Development release	4	506	January 14, 2026
Feedback on beta of new Windows pymanager Core Development	65	2337	January 12, 2026
Looking for feedback on adding import autocomplete to PyREPL Core Development	64	2728	January 10, 2026
Analyzing the 2025 SC election Core Development	78	2760	January 8, 2026
Pickling private methods Core Development	6	374	January 6, 2026
Add an Unstable C API for immortalizing objects C API	9	446	December 31, 2025
Accelerator for Ascii85/Base85 Core Development	8	424	December 27, 2025
[POLL] How did you like the SC 2025 election? Core Development	6	421	December 20, 2025
Alternate the Language Summit between PyCon US and EuroPython Core Development	28	2253	December 19, 2025
What versions of the Unicode Character Database to support? Core Development	11	537	December 18, 2025
Python 3.15.0 alpha 3 Core Development release	2	427	December 16, 2025
C API: How much private is the private _Py_IDENTIFIER() API? C API	8	1466	December 16, 2025