Python 3.10.4 and 3.9.12 are available out of schedule¶
Shortly after the release of 3.10.3 and 3.9.11, a regression was found which meant that Python could no longer be built on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Our new versions fix this problem.
PEP 685 – Comparison of extra names for optional distribution dependencies¶
Extras of a package should be standardised to avoid ambiguity
PEP 594 – Removing dead batteries from the standard library¶
This PEP proposes a list of modules that should be removed from the standard library.
The modules are mostly historical data formats, for example
Commodore and SUN file formats
PEP 594 – Removing dead batteries from the standard library¶
This PEP proposes a list of modules that should be removed from the standard library.
APIs and operating systems that have long been deprecated, e.g.
- The nis module provides support for Network Information Service/Yellow Pages, an obsolete directory service protocol that never caught on against libc's Name Service Switch, LDAP and Kerberos/GSSAPI.
- The spwd module, which provides direct access to the Unix shadow password database using non-standard APIs.
PEP 594 – Removing dead batteries from the standard library¶
This PEP proposes a list of modules that should be removed from the standard library.
Modules that have security implications and better alternatives, e.g.
- the crypt module implements password hashing based on the crypt(3) function from libcrypt or libxcrypt on Unix-like platforms. The algorithms are mostly old, of poor quality and insecure. Alternatives are legacycrypt, bcrypt, argon2-cffi, hashlib and passlib.
Python Performance¶
Pyston just added ARM support¶
The main feature of this version is 64-bit ARM support, which makes Pyston available on
- ARM servers
- M1 Macs via Docker
- Raspberry Pis with a 64-bit operating system
- and other 64-bit ARM systems
- Proprietary licence
Python in Visual Studio Code – April 2022 Release¶
The one Python extension is split into several separate extensions
- Pylint was the first expansion to be taken out
- The current version of Pylint uses the proprietary Language Server Protocol
- Easily create Jupyter Notebooks
- The regression when using Conda Environments is fixed
BeeWare is now supported by Anaconda¶
On 21 March, Russell Keith-Magee became Principal Engineer and Team Lead at Anaconda - and the team he will lead will focus 100% on BeeWare.
News from the Python Software Foundation¶
Meta strengthens investment in the Python ecosystem¶
Meta uses Python in many of their services - from Instagram to their Ai and data infrastructure:
- PyTorch is an ML framework that accelerates the workflow from research prototypes into production
- Cinder is a performance-optimised version of CPython 3.8
- Pyre is a A performant type-checker for Python 3
News from the Python Software Foundation¶
Meta strengthens investment in the Python ecosystem¶
Meta’s funding of a second year of the Developer-in-Residence programme stabilises ongoing development. This allows Łukasz Langa to take a broader perspective with the Steering Council and the PSF.