Python 3.6.0 beta 1 is now available!

Python 3.6.0b1 is the first of four planned beta releases of Python 3.6, the next major
release of Python, and marks the end of the feature development phase
for 3.6.

Among the major new features in Python 3.6 are:

* PEP 468 - Preserving the order of **kwargs in a function
* PEP 487 - Simpler customization of class creation
* PEP 495 - Local Time Disambiguation
* PEP 498 - Literal String Formatting
* PEP 506 - Adding A Secrets Module To The Standard Library
* PEP 509 - Add a private version to dict
* PEP 515 - Underscores in Numeric Literals
* PEP 519 - Adding a file system path protocol
* PEP 520 - Preserving Class Attribute Definition Order
* PEP 523 - Adding a frame evaluation API to CPython
* PEP 524 - Make os.urandom() blocking on Linux (during system startup)
* PEP 525 - Asynchronous Generators (provisional)
* PEP 526 - Syntax for Variable Annotations (provisional)
* PEP 528 - Change Windows console encoding to UTF-8 (provisional)
* PEP 529 - Change Windows filesystem encoding to UTF-8 (provisional)
* PEP 530 - Asynchronous Comprehensions

Please see "What’s New In Python 3.6" for more information:

https://docs.python.org/3.6/whatsnew/3.6.html

You can find Python 3.6.0b1 here:

https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-360b1/

Beta releases are intended to give the wider community the opportunity
to test new features and bug fixes and to prepare their projects to
support the new feature release. We strongly encourage maintainers of
third-party Python projects to test with 3.6 during the beta phase and
report issues found to bugs.python.org as soon as possible. While the
release is feature complete entering the beta phase, it is possible that
features may be modified or, in rare cases, deleted up until the start
of the release candidate phase (2016-12-05). Our goal is have no changes
after rc1. To achieve that, it will be extremely important to get as
much exposure for 3.6 as possible during the beta phase. Please keep in
mind that this is a preview release and its use is not recommended for
production environments

The next planned release of Python 3.6 will be 3.6.0b2, currently
scheduled for 2016-10-03. More information about the release schedule
can be found here:

https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0494/

Python 3.6.0 alpha 4 preview release is now available

Python 3.6.0a4 has been released.  3.6.0a4 is the last of four planned alpha pre-releases of Python 3.6, the next major release of Python.  During the alpha phase, Python 3.6 remains under heavy development: additional features will be added and existing features may be modified or deleted.  Please keep in mind that this is a preview release and its use is not recommended for production environments.  Python 3.6.0 is planned to be released by the end of 2016.  The first beta pre-release, 3.6.0b1, is planned for 2016-09-12.

Python 3.6.0 alpha 3 preview release is now available

Python 3.6.0a3 has been released.  3.6.0a3 is the third of four planned alpha pre-releases of Python 3.6, the next major release of Python.  During the alpha phase, Python 3.6 remains under heavy development: additional features will be added and existing features may be modified or deleted.  Please keep in mind that this is a preview release and its use is not recommended for production environments.  Python 3.6.0 is planned to be released by the end of 2016.  The next alpha, 3.6.0a4, is planned for 2016-08-15.

Python 2.7.12 released

The Python 2.7.x series has a new bugfix release, Python 2.7.12, available for download.

Python 3.5.2 and Python 3.4.5 are now available

Python 3.5.2 and Python 3.4.5 are now available for download.

You can download Python 3.5.2 here, and you can download Python 3.4.5 here.

Python 2.7.12 release candidate available

The first release candidate of Python 2.7.12, the next bugfix release in the Python 2.7.x series, is now available for download.

Python 3.6.0 alpha 2 preview release is now available

Python 3.6.0a2 has been released.  3.6.0a2 is the second of four planned alpha releases of Python 3.6, the next major release of Python.  During the alpha phase, Python 3.6 remains under heavy development: additional features will be added and existing features may be modified or deleted.  Please keep in mind that this is a preview release and its use is not recommended for production environments.  Python 3.6.0 is planned to be released by the end of 2016.  The next alpha, 3.6.0a3, is planned for 2016-07-11.