Greetings, It is my duty and honor to announce the immediate availability of Python 2.7.11 release candidate 1. Python 2.7.11 will be another bug fix release for the 2.7.x series. Downloads are at: https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-2711rc1/ Please test the candidate and report bugs to https://bugs.python.org If no serious problems are found, 2.7.11 final will be released in two weeks. Regards, Benjamin Peterson (on behalf of Python 2.7.11's contributors)