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	2116	October 4, 2023
Should `None` defaults for optional arguments be discouraged? Core Development	27	14182	April 26, 2024
Python 3.14/3.15 Release Manager Core Development	3	790	April 25, 2024
Trying to understand security backport policy Core Development security	7	454	April 25, 2024
Pre-PEP discussion: revival of PEP 543 Core Development pep	39	1458	April 25, 2024
Update strategy for pip in ensurepip (for security maintenance releases) Core Development	13	627	April 25, 2024
Should `bool(NotImplemented)` become an error? Core Development	2	375	April 24, 2024
C API for asynchronous functions C API c-api	8	954	April 22, 2024
Need someone to review pull request 13738 Core Development	1	234	April 21, 2024
PEP 594 has been implemented: Python 3.13 removes 20 stdlib modules Core Development	11	10927	April 21, 2024
How to make a modules built-in, instead dynamic loading C API help	3	248	April 18, 2024
Py_AtExit change in 3.12 C API	2	188	April 17, 2024
Pathway to requiring OpenSSL 3 or newer in CPython? Core Development security	10	904	April 17, 2024
Development on `http.cookies` Core Development	1	292	April 17, 2024
`None` as index Core Development	7	448	April 15, 2024
Revisiting a C API for asynchronous functions C API	1	294	April 15, 2024
CPython, PyPI, and many Python packages are not affected by the backdoor of xz Core Development security	6	2715	April 11, 2024
Python 3.12.3 and 3.13.0a6 released Core Development release	3	942	April 11, 2024
Signatures, a call to action Core Development	37	4789	April 9, 2024
Python 3.11.9 is available Core Development release	0	636	April 8, 2024
Treating symlinks consistently in `pathlib.Path.glob()` Core Development	11	816	April 1, 2024
Deprecating importlib.resources legacy API Core Development	47	6324	April 5, 2024
Make some PyMutex APIs public C API	4	365	April 4, 2024
compiling python3.13 alpha release on openbsd Core Development	3	272	April 4, 2024
Consider downgrading Windows 32-bit from Tier-1 to Tier-2 or Tier-3? (in Python 3.13?) Core Development	52	4370	April 2, 2024
Type Signatures for extension modules (PEP draft) Core Development pep , review-request	22	1558	March 27, 2024
Datadog CI Visibility tool for CPython's GitHub Actions Core Development github , workflow , ci	1	260	March 27, 2024
Software Bill of Materials for next Python release Core Development release , documentation	19	3567	March 22, 2024
What does this line means - "ac_fn_c_check_header_compile "$LINENO" "ncurses.h" "ac_cv_header_ncurses_h" "$ac_includes_default"" Core Development	1	264	March 22, 2024
PEP 703 (Making the Global Interpreter Lock Optional in CPython) acceptance Core Development	35	27483	March 22, 2024