Python 2.5

Python 2.5 has been replaced by a newer bugfix release of Python. Please download Python 2.5.6 instead.

Python 2.5 was released on September 19th 2006. There's a bunch of places you can look for more information on what's new in this release -- see the "What's New" section further down this page.

This is a final release, and should be suitable for production use.

PEP 356 includes the schedule and will be updated as the schedule evolves. At this point, any testing you can do would be greatly, greatly appreciated.

Extension authors should note that changes to improve Python's support for 64 bit systems mean that some C extension modules may very well break. This post has some pointers to more information for C extension authors.

Please see the separate bugs page for known issues and the bug reporting procedure.

See also the license.