Every year Python has a new major release. This year it's Python 3.12 and it'll come out on October 2, 2023. That's 4 days from when this episode was published. There is quite process involved to test, build, and ship Python across many platforms and channels. We have Seth Michael Larson here to give us a detailed rundown on what exactly is involved in releasing CPython.

Links from the show

Seth on Mastodon: fosstodon.org/@sethmlarson
Seth on Twitter: @sethmlarson
Seth on Github: github.com
Announcing Security Developer-in-Residence: sethmlarson.dev
Visualizing the CPython Release Process: sethmlarson.dev
PEP 101: peps.python.org
CPython on Github: github.com
Best Open SSF: best.openssf.org
pip-audit: github.com
PyPA Advisory Database: github.com
Omnivore App: omnivore.app
What's New in 3.12: docs.python.org
release-tools package: github.com

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