Python JIT project was asked to pause development(discuss.python.org)

133 points by kbumsik 4 months ago | 59 comments

PEP 760: No more bare excepts(discuss.python.org)

140 points by ayhanfuat 2 years ago | 303 comments

PEP 750: Tag Strings for Writing Domain-Specific Languages(discuss.python.org)

76 points by lumpa 2 years ago | 46 comments

No-GIL mode coming for Python(lwn.net)

331 points by mappu 3 years ago | 174 comments

LWN brief reporting that the Python Steering Council intends to accept PEP 703, making the GIL optional in CPython, possibly starting with 3.13.

The Nixpkgs core team has disbanded(discourse.nixos.org)

358 points by Meleagris 2 months ago | 182 comments

NixOS Discourse announcement that the Nixpkgs core team has disbanded, reviewing its achievements and citing unsustainability and maintainer health.

PEP 723 – Embedding pyproject.toml in single-file scripts – peps.python.org(peps.python.org)

42 points by Chmouel 3 years ago | 17 comments

No-GIL mode coming for Python(lwn.net)

331 points by mappu 3 years ago | 174 comments

LWN brief reporting that the Python Steering Council intends to accept PEP 703, making the GIL optional in CPython, possibly starting with 3.13.

Shreddit is a Python program to remove all your Reddit comments(github.com)

335 points by wgx 3 years ago | 207 comments

GitHub repository for Shreddit, a Python tool using PRAW to delete your Reddit comment history, since deleting an account does not remove comments.

Anthropic invests $1.5M in the Python Software Foundation(discuss.python.org)

329 points by ayhanfuat 9 months ago | 151 comments

A Python discussion forum post from PSF staff announcing Anthropic's $1.5 million, two-year donation to the PSF focused on security work.

datetime.utcnow() is now deprecated(blog.miguelgrinberg.com)

364 points by Brajeshwar 2 years ago | 409 comments

Miguel Grinberg's blog post explaining that Python 3.12 deprecates datetime.utcnow() and utcfromtimestamp(), and discussing alternatives.

A plea not to use uv-build(blogs.gentoo.org)

63 points by Ravencentric 12 days ago | 63 comments

A Gentoo developer's blog post urging Python project maintainers not to adopt the uv-build packaging backend.

What's up, Python? The GIL removed, a new compiler, optparse deprecated(bitecode.dev)

364 points by BiteCode_dev 3 years ago | 255 comments

Bite code! newsletter roundup of July 2023 Python news: GIL removal, the LPython compiler, Pydantic 2, and soft deprecation of getopt and optparse.