Python 3.9.6

Get it here: https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-396/ 
<https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-396/>
Python 3.9.6 is the newest major stable release of the Python programming 
language, and it contains many new features and optimizations. There’s been 146 
commits since 3.9.5 which is a similar amount compared to 3.8 at the same stage 
of the release cycle. See the change log 
<https://docs.python.org/release/3.9.6/whatsnew/changelog.html> for details.

On macOS, we encourage you to use the universal2 binary installer variant 
whenever possible. The legacy 10.9+ Intel-only variant will not be provided for 
Python 3.10 and the universal2 variant will become the default download for 
future 3.9.x releases. You may need to upgrade third-party components, like 
pip, to later versions once they are released. You may experience differences 
in behavior in IDLE and other Tk-based applications due to using the newer 
version of Tk. As always, if you encounter problems when using this installer 
variant, please check https://bugs.python.org <https://bugs.python.org/> for 
existing reports and for opening new issues.

The next Python 3.9 maintenance release will be 3.9.7, currently scheduled for 
2021-08-30.

The First Security-Only Release of Python 3.8

Get it here: https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3811/ 
<https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3811/>
Security content in this release contains three fixes. There’s also two fixes 
for 3.8.10 regressions. Take a look at the change log 
<https://docs.python.org/release/3.8.11/whatsnew/changelog.html> for details.

According to the release calendar specified in PEP 569 
<https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0569/>, Python 3.8 is now in security 
fixes only stage of its life cycle: 3.8 branch only accepts security fixes and 
releases of those are made irregularly in source-only form until October 2024. 
Python 3.8 isn’t receiving regular bugfixes anymore, and binary installers are 
no longer provided for it. Python 3.8.10 was the last full bugfix release of 
Python 3.8 with binary installers.

Security releases of 3.7.11 and 3.6.14

Get them here:
https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3711/ 
<https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3711/>
https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3614/ 
<https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3614/>
Security content in those releases contains five fixes each. Check out the 
relevant change logs for 3.7.11 
<https://docs.python.org/release/3.7.11/whatsnew/changelog.html> and 3.6.14 
<https://docs.python.org/release/3.6.14/whatsnew/changelog.html> for details.

Similarly to 3.8, Python 3.7 and 3.6 are now in security fixes only stage of 
their life cycle. Python 3.7 will be providing them until June 2023 while 
Python 3.6 ends its life in December 2021.

We hope you enjoy the new releases

Your friendly release team,
Ned Deily @nad <https://discuss.python.org/u/nad>
Steve Dower @steve.dower <https://discuss.python.org/u/steve.dower>
Łukasz Langa @ambv <https://discuss.python.org/u/ambv>

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