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	2901	October 4, 2023
macOS version support policy Core Development	25	1756	January 23, 2026
Proposed PEP 11 update -- policy for unsupported platforms Core Development	11	741	January 23, 2026
Adding C API for use in tp_traverse C API	14	496	January 23, 2026
Our future with OpenSSL Core Development	93	18442	January 22, 2026
Moving expat version (or symbol) checks from buildtime to runtime Core Development build , stdlib	10	375	January 22, 2026
Python install manager 26.0 beta 1 Core Development release	5	201	January 22, 2026
Text segmentation API design Core Development	5	603	January 22, 2026
Proper handling of PyList_SetItem return value and reference stealing in CPython C extensions C API	6	184	January 20, 2026
C API for querying whether the GIL is enabled (PyInterpreterState_IsGilEnabled) C API	14	334	January 19, 2026
Defining a support policy on overlapping installations Core Development	7	417	January 19, 2026
Status of defusedxml and recommendation in docs Core Development stdlib	21	5810	January 17, 2026
Python 3.15.0 alpha 5 (yes, another alpha!) Core Development release	7	558	January 15, 2026
Language Summit at EuroPython 2026 Core Development language-summit	5	763	January 15, 2026
Python 3.15.0 alpha 4 Core Development release	4	482	January 14, 2026
Feedback on beta of new Windows pymanager Core Development	65	2280	January 12, 2026
Looking for feedback on adding import autocomplete to PyREPL Core Development	64	2696	January 10, 2026
Analyzing the 2025 SC election Core Development	78	2732	January 8, 2026
Pre-PEP discussion: revival of PEP 543 - A Unified TLS API for Python Core Development pep	75	5755	January 7, 2026
Pickling private methods Core Development	6	358	January 6, 2026
Add an Unstable C API for immortalizing objects C API	9	421	December 31, 2025
Accelerator for Ascii85/Base85 Core Development	8	422	December 27, 2025
[POLL] How did you like the SC 2025 election? Core Development	6	419	December 20, 2025
Alternate the Language Summit between PyCon US and EuroPython Core Development	28	2246	December 19, 2025
What versions of the Unicode Character Database to support? Core Development	11	535	December 18, 2025
Python 3.15.0 alpha 3 Core Development release	2	424	December 16, 2025
C API: How much private is the private _Py_IDENTIFIER() API? C API	8	1465	December 16, 2025
Bikeshedding: Public function for _PyObject_Dump() C API	5	324	December 16, 2025
Finding a new administrator for Steering Council elections Core Development	5	637	December 16, 2025
Proposal: Documenting CPython Reference Counting Semantics via Automated Analysis C API	6	393	December 15, 2025