Greetings, I have the distinct privilege of informing you that the latest release of the Python 2.7 series, 2.7.8, has been released and is available for download. 2.7.8 contains several important regression fixes and security changes: - The openssl version bundled in the Windows installer has been updated. - A regression in the mimetypes module on Windows has been fixed. [1] - A possible overflow in the buffer type has been fixed. [2] - A bug in the CGIHTTPServer module which allows arbitrary execution of code in the server root has been patched. [3] - A regression in the handling of UNC paths in os.path.join has been fixed. [4] Downloads of 2.7.8 are at https://www.python.org/download/releases/2.7.8/ The full changelog is located at http://hg.python.org/cpython/raw-file/v2.7.8/Misc/NEWS This is a production release. As always, please report bugs to http://bugs.python.org/ Till next time, Benjamin Peterson 2.7 Release Manager (on behalf of all of Python's contributors) [1] http://bugs.python.org/issue21652 [2] http://bugs.python.org/issue21831 [3] http://bugs.python.org/issue21766 [4] http://bugs.python.org/issue21672