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	2868	October 4, 2023
C API: How much private is the private _Py_IDENTIFIER() API? C API	8	1338	December 16, 2025
What versions of the Unicode Character Database to support? Core Development	5	203	December 16, 2025
Bikeshedding: Public function for _PyObject_Dump() C API	5	235	December 16, 2025
Analyzing the 2025 SC election Core Development	30	678	December 16, 2025
Finding a new administrator for Steering Council elections Core Development	5	419	December 16, 2025
Proposal: Documenting CPython Reference Counting Semantics via Automated Analysis C API	6	337	December 15, 2025
[POLL] How did you like the SC 2025 election? Core Development	5	237	December 13, 2025
Steering Council Election Results - 2026 Term Core Development election	5	378	December 13, 2025
Consider downgrading Windows 32-bit from Tier-1 to Tier-2 or Tier-3? (in Python 3.13?) Core Development	68	6950	December 12, 2025
Should we set CFLAGS_JIT in Fedora? Core Development build	4	357	December 11, 2025
Impressive but spooky AI Core Development stdlib	34	1983	December 11, 2025
Why were there only six steering council nominations? Core Development steering-council	23	1358	December 7, 2025
Python 3.14.1 is now available! Core Development release	10	996	December 5, 2025
Python 3.14.2 and 3.13.11 are now available! Core Development release	1	435	December 5, 2025
Looking for feedback on adding import autocomplete to PyREPL Core Development	52	2177	December 4, 2025
Python 3.13.4, 3.12.11, 3.11.13, 3.10.18 and 3.9.23 are now available! Core Development release	14	2882	December 3, 2025
Python 3.13.10 is available, too, you know Core Development release	4	380	December 3, 2025
Pre-PEP: Rust for CPython Core Development	233	25284	December 2, 2025
Stats on Python 3.14 support on PyPI Core Development	6	1190	December 2, 2025
Finding a Bloc STAR provider Core Development governance	150	5237	November 29, 2025
How to vote under STAR Core Development	24	643	November 28, 2025
Proposed PEP 11 update -- policy for unsupported platforms Core Development	10	628	November 27, 2025
Steering council updates Core Development steering-council	20	837	November 25, 2025
Python 3.14.0 is incompatible with stack-switching systems. What do we do? Core Development	33	2468	November 25, 2025
Memoryview.index() 860x slower than bytes.index() Core Development	19	846	November 22, 2025
Alternate the Language Summit between PyCon US and EuroPython Core Development	26	2012	November 21, 2025
Building the JIT with pre-built stencils Core Development build	14	1365	November 20, 2025
Python 3.15.0 alpha 2 Core Development release	1	358	November 19, 2025
Testing for public globals missing from __all__ Core Development	15	519	November 18, 2025