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	2896	October 4, 2023
Our future with OpenSSL Core Development	91	18106	January 20, 2026
C API for querying whether the GIL is enabled (PyInterpreterState_IsGilEnabled) C API	14	257	January 19, 2026
Defining a support policy on overlapping installations Core Development	7	392	January 19, 2026
Moving expat version (or symbol) checks from buildtime to runtime Core Development build , stdlib	9	279	January 18, 2026
Status of defusedxml and recommendation in docs Core Development stdlib	21	5767	January 17, 2026
Text segmentation API design Core Development	4	518	January 16, 2026
Python 3.15.0 alpha 5 (yes, another alpha!) Core Development release	7	515	January 15, 2026
Language Summit at EuroPython 2026 Core Development language-summit	5	745	January 15, 2026
Python 3.15.0 alpha 4 Core Development release	4	465	January 14, 2026
Feedback on beta of new Windows pymanager Core Development	65	2258	January 12, 2026
Looking for feedback on adding import autocomplete to PyREPL Core Development	64	2686	January 10, 2026
Analyzing the 2025 SC election Core Development	78	2721	January 8, 2026
Pre-PEP discussion: revival of PEP 543 - A Unified TLS API for Python Core Development pep	75	5746	January 7, 2026
Pickling private methods Core Development	6	357	January 6, 2026
Adding C API for use in tp_traverse C API	13	465	January 6, 2026
Add an Unstable C API for immortalizing objects C API	9	413	December 31, 2025
Accelerator for Ascii85/Base85 Core Development	8	420	December 27, 2025
[POLL] How did you like the SC 2025 election? Core Development	6	415	December 20, 2025
Alternate the Language Summit between PyCon US and EuroPython Core Development	28	2238	December 19, 2025
What versions of the Unicode Character Database to support? Core Development	11	530	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	1459	December 16, 2025
Bikeshedding: Public function for _PyObject_Dump() C API	5	321	December 16, 2025
Finding a new administrator for Steering Council elections Core Development	5	630	December 16, 2025
Proposal: Documenting CPython Reference Counting Semantics via Automated Analysis C API	6	388	December 15, 2025
Steering Council Election Results - 2026 Term Core Development election	5	503	December 13, 2025
Consider downgrading Windows 32-bit from Tier-1 to Tier-2 or Tier-3? (in Python 3.13?) Core Development	68	7073	December 12, 2025
Should we set CFLAGS_JIT in Fedora? Core Development build	4	379	December 11, 2025
Impressive but spooky AI Core Development stdlib	34	2113	December 11, 2025