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	2899	October 4, 2023
Python install manager 26.0 beta 1 Core Development release	5	174	January 22, 2026
Text segmentation API design Core Development	5	587	January 22, 2026
Proper handling of PyList_SetItem return value and reference stealing in CPython C extensions C API	6	181	January 20, 2026
Our future with OpenSSL Core Development	92	18294	January 20, 2026
C API for querying whether the GIL is enabled (PyInterpreterState_IsGilEnabled) C API	14	317	January 19, 2026
Defining a support policy on overlapping installations Core Development	7	411	January 19, 2026
Moving expat version (or symbol) checks from buildtime to runtime Core Development build , stdlib	9	317	January 18, 2026
Status of defusedxml and recommendation in docs Core Development stdlib	21	5797	January 17, 2026
Python 3.15.0 alpha 5 (yes, another alpha!) Core Development release	7	547	January 15, 2026
Language Summit at EuroPython 2026 Core Development language-summit	5	760	January 15, 2026
Python 3.15.0 alpha 4 Core Development release	4	479	January 14, 2026
Feedback on beta of new Windows pymanager Core Development	65	2273	January 12, 2026
Looking for feedback on adding import autocomplete to PyREPL Core Development	64	2690	January 10, 2026
Analyzing the 2025 SC election Core Development	78	2727	January 8, 2026
Pre-PEP discussion: revival of PEP 543 - A Unified TLS API for Python Core Development pep	75	5750	January 7, 2026
Pickling private methods Core Development	6	357	January 6, 2026
Adding C API for use in tp_traverse C API	13	466	January 6, 2026
Add an Unstable C API for immortalizing objects C API	9	419	December 31, 2025
Accelerator for Ascii85/Base85 Core Development	8	421	December 27, 2025
[POLL] How did you like the SC 2025 election? Core Development	6	417	December 20, 2025
Alternate the Language Summit between PyCon US and EuroPython Core Development	28	2243	December 19, 2025
What versions of the Unicode Character Database to support? Core Development	11	532	December 18, 2025
Python 3.15.0 alpha 3 Core Development release	2	422	December 16, 2025
C API: How much private is the private _Py_IDENTIFIER() API? C API	8	1460	December 16, 2025
Bikeshedding: Public function for _PyObject_Dump() C API	5	323	December 16, 2025
Finding a new administrator for Steering Council elections Core Development	5	632	December 16, 2025
Proposal: Documenting CPython Reference Counting Semantics via Automated Analysis C API	6	391	December 15, 2025
Steering Council Election Results - 2026 Term Core Development election	5	506	December 13, 2025
Consider downgrading Windows 32-bit from Tier-1 to Tier-2 or Tier-3? (in Python 3.13?) Core Development	68	7079	December 12, 2025