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	2732	October 4, 2023
Welcome the 3.16 and 3.17 Release Manager: Savannah Bailey! Core Development	7	874	July 29, 2025
Process for helping researchers contact CPython developers for the purpose of running studies Core Development	2	443	July 27, 2025
Add `sys.abi_features` to make information about the interpreter ABI more accessible Core Development	8	429	July 23, 2025
Python 3.14 release candidate 1 is go! Core Development release	2	647	July 22, 2025
The 3.14 branch is locked for RC1 Core Development release	1	272	July 22, 2025
_datetime should be a static module Core Development	13	771	July 17, 2025
Shall we play a game? Core Development	2	804	July 16, 2025
Consider deprecating and eventually removing `-b` CLI flag Core Development	7	553	July 15, 2025
Python 3.14.0 beta 4 is here! Core Development release	2	687	July 15, 2025
PEP 768 and embedding Python C API	1	238	July 14, 2025
Decision-Making Process Improvements (or My Frustrations With How PEP 734 Has Played Out) Core Development	21	2238	July 13, 2025
Request for review "gh-107545: Fix misleading setsockopt error message" Core Development	0	101	July 7, 2025
"interpreters" vs. "concurrent.interpreters" Core Development	22	2557	July 7, 2025
Gauging interest in arbitrary object immortalization and shared object proxies Core Development	7	513	July 4, 2025
Proposal: Add Text to the Language Reference About Runtime Components Core Development	2	332	June 29, 2025
Stable ABI/Limited API for free-threaded builds C API	46	1403	June 27, 2025
Generator expressions behavior with non-iterable objects Core Development	4	451	June 26, 2025
🚀 Introducing CPython Memory Tracker Core Development	5	1191	June 26, 2025
Reverting changes with NEWS entries Core Development	3	255	June 23, 2025
Immortalize/defer reference count all functions in `__builtins__` Core Development	10	415	June 23, 2025
Concerned about Virality of T-Strings (PEP 750) Core Development	30	1834	June 23, 2025
Deprecate then remove the `tp_is_gc` slot Core Development	2	355	June 22, 2025
What do people want to see to make supporting WASI easier? Core Development	15	866	June 18, 2025
Community Stewardship of Faster CPython Core Development	12	3692	June 18, 2025
Python 3.14.0 beta 3 is here! Core Development release	3	450	June 17, 2025
Notice: hg.python.org retires to "cold archive" status Core Development	2	518	June 16, 2025
About type-conversion special methods Core Development	6	510	June 15, 2025
Any interest in better Makefile dependencies? Core Development	2	251	June 14, 2025
Python 3.13.4, 3.12.11, 3.11.13, 3.10.18 and 3.9.23 are now available! Core Development release	10	1904	June 13, 2025