Core Dispatch 8 is live!
We've got the latest 3.15 beta out (released with love from #EuroPython 💛), a bunch of lively PEP discussions, and a very unhinged "One More Thing" this time.
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Introducing Core Dispatch — a regular digest of what's happening in Python core development🐍
Each edition covers notable merged PRs, PEP status changes, Steering Council updates, Discourse discussions, core dev blog posts, upcoming releases, community picks, and more!
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📡 Core Dispatch #7 is out!
🐍 3.15 beta 3 shipped; beta 4 lands Jul 18
🏎 PEP 836 "JIT Go Brrr" charts the JIT's path to a supported feature
🎉 Pieter Eendebak is now a core dev
🎥 PyCon US core team talks are landing on YouTube
...and more in this edition!
The SC accepted a PEP that establishes a new Packaging Council, the incremental GC is being reverted, Łukasz Langa is stepping down as Developer in Residence, Rust for CPython has a new progress update, four new PEPs — all this and more in this edition of Core Dispatch.
📡 Core Dispatch #6 is out!
🐍 3.14.6 & 3.13.14 shipped; 3.15 beta 3 lands Jun 23
🏎 SC updates on the path forward for the JIT and a thread to share your take
🎉 Security DiR Seth Larson is now a core dev
🔒 A CVE fix
...and more in this edition!
Core Dispatch #1
New releases are slated to drop on Monday: 3.13.13, 3.14.4, and 3.15.0a8.
PEP 803 got accepted, so free-threaded builds will have a stable ABI.
Ken Jin also wrote up what's going on with the JIT in 3.15.
📰 Core Dispatch #3 is out!
It was a busy two weeks for PEPs, leading up to beta 1 next week. 5 PEPs accepted, 2 rejected, an early 3.14.5 to land the incremental GC revert, and 3.15 beta 1 next Tuesday!
📨 Core Dispatch #5 is out!
3.15 beta 2 just dropped 🎉, Python published an official security policy, and the EuroPython Language Summit lineup has been announced 👀.
All this, and more, in the edition!
Core Dispatch #2 is in the works!
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