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	2719	October 4, 2023
Python 3.14.0 beta 4 is here! Core Development release	1	254	July 8, 2025
Decision-Making Process Improvements (or My Frustrations With How PEP 734 Has Played Out) Core Development	20	1680	July 8, 2025
Consider deprecating and eventually removing `-b` CLI flag Core Development	6	396	July 7, 2025
Request for review "gh-107545: Fix misleading setsockopt error message" Core Development	0	84	July 7, 2025
"interpreters" vs. "concurrent.interpreters" Core Development	22	2429	July 7, 2025
Gauging interest in arbitrary object immortalization and shared object proxies Core Development	7	459	July 4, 2025
Proposal: Add Text to the Language Reference About Runtime Components Core Development	2	327	June 29, 2025
Stable ABI/Limited API for free-threaded builds C API	46	1337	June 27, 2025
Generator expressions behavior with non-iterable objects Core Development	4	422	June 26, 2025
🚀 Introducing CPython Memory Tracker Core Development	5	1095	June 26, 2025
Reverting changes with NEWS entries Core Development	3	241	June 23, 2025
Immortalize/defer reference count all functions in `__builtins__` Core Development	10	406	June 23, 2025
Shall we play a game? Core Development	1	511	June 23, 2025
Concerned about Virality of T-Strings (PEP 750) Core Development	30	1785	June 23, 2025
Deprecate then remove the `tp_is_gc` slot Core Development	2	351	June 22, 2025
What do people want to see to make supporting WASI easier? Core Development	15	846	June 18, 2025
Community Stewardship of Faster CPython Core Development	12	3416	June 18, 2025
Python 3.14.0 beta 3 is here! Core Development release	3	440	June 17, 2025
Notice: hg.python.org retires to "cold archive" status Core Development	2	511	June 16, 2025
About type-conversion special methods Core Development	6	504	June 15, 2025
Any interest in better Makefile dependencies? Core Development	2	246	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	1765	June 13, 2025
Announcing the Python Language Summit 2025 blog posts Core Development	0	848	June 12, 2025
Please be careful with backports Core Development	2	742	June 12, 2025
Python 3.13.5 is now available (yes, really.) Core Development release	1	989	June 11, 2025
Building the JIT with pre-built stencils Core Development build	9	1046	June 10, 2025
Heads up: 3.13.5 release coming soon Core Development	1	747	June 9, 2025
Review requested for "json: Fast path for string encoding" Core Development	0	182	June 9, 2025
Is Free-Threading Our Only Option? Core Development	98	4678	June 8, 2025