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Python 2.7.5

Release Date: May 12, 2013

Note: A newer bugfix release, 2.7.6, is currently available. Its use is recommended over previous versions of 2.7.

Python 2.7.5 was released on May 15, 2013. This is a 2.7 series bugfix release. It contains several regression fixes to 2.7.4. Modules with regressions fixed include zipfile, gzip, and logging. The Python 2.7.4 binaries and source tarballs included a data file for testing purposes that triggered some virus scanners. This issue is resolved in the 2.7.5 release.

About the 2.7 release series

Among the features and improvements to Python 2.6 introduced in the 2.7 series are

  • An ordered dictionary type
  • New unittest features including test skipping, new assert methods, and test discovery
  • A much faster io module
  • Automatic numbering of fields in the str.format() method
  • Float repr improvements backported from 3.x
  • Tile support for Tkinter
  • A backport of the memoryview object from 3.x
  • Set literals
  • Set and dictionary comprehensions
  • Dictionary views
  • New syntax for nested with statements
  • The sysconfig module

Resources

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This is a production release. Please report any bugs you encounter.

We currently support these formats for download:

The source tarballs are signed with Benjamin Peterson's key (fingerprint: 12EF 3DC3 8047 DA38 2D18 A5B9 99CD EA9D A413 5B38). The Windows installer was signed by Martin von Löwis' public key, which has a key id of 7D9DC8D2. The Mac installers were signed with Ned Deily's key, which has a key id of 6F5E1540. The public keys are located on the download page.

MD5 checksums and sizes of the released files:

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6334b666b7ff2038c761d7b27ba699c1  12147710  Python-2.7.5.tar.bz2
5eea8462f69ab1369d32f9c4cd6272ab  10252148  Python-2.7.5.tar.xz
e632ba7c34b922e4485667e332096999  18236482  python-2.7.5-pdb.zip
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edc2df9809bcaaf704314ec387ff5ee7   5997097  python275.chm
ead4f83ec7823325ae287295193644a7  20395084  python-2.7.5-macosx10.3.dmg
248ec7d77220ec6c770a23df3cb537bc  19979778  python-2.7.5-macosx10.6.dmg
[1](1, 2) The binaries for AMD64 will also work on processors that implement the Intel 64 architecture (formerly EM64T), i.e. the architecture that Microsoft calls x64, and AMD called x86-64 before calling it AMD64. They will not work on Intel Itanium Processors (formerly IA-64).
[2](1, 2) There is important information about IDLE, Tkinter, and Tcl/Tk on Mac OS X here.

Full Changelog

Files

Version Operating System Description MD5 Sum File Size GPG
Gzipped source tarball Source release aca0e667865359f962dc77ad30a934eb 62.3 MB SIG
XZ compressed source tarball Source release 5eea8462f69ab1369d32f9c4cd6272ab 9.8 MB SIG
bzip2 compressed source tarball Source release 6334b666b7ff2038c761d7b27ba699c1 11.6 MB SIG
Mac OS X 32-bit i386/PPC installer macOS for Mac OS X 10.3 and later ead4f83ec7823325ae287295193644a7 19.5 MB SIG
Mac OS X 64-bit/32-bit installer macOS for Mac OS X 10.6 and later 248ec7d77220ec6c770a23df3cb537bc 19.1 MB SIG
Windows help file Windows edc2df9809bcaaf704314ec387ff5ee7 5.7 MB SIG
Windows debug information files Windows e632ba7c34b922e4485667e332096999 17.4 MB SIG
Windows x86 MSI installer Windows 0006d6219160ce6abe711a71c835ebb0 15.5 MB SIG
Windows x86-64 MSI installer Windows for AMD64/EM64T/x64 83f5d9ba639bd2e33d104df9ea969f31 15.8 MB SIG