It is my pleasure to announce the first release candidate of Python 2.7.13, a new bugfix release in the Python 2.7x series. Downloads may be found on python.org: https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-2713rc1/ Please test the release and report any bugs to https://bugs.python.org A final release is scheduled for 2 weeks time. Servus, Benjamin (on behalf of all of 2.7's contributors)