OpenAI Group PBC today announced plans to acquire Astral Software Inc., a startup with a set of widely used Python development tools. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Astral’s development ...

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OpenAI announced Thursday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Astral, the company behind popular open source Python development tools such as uv, Ruff, and ty, and integrate the company ...

Highlights of Python 3.15, now available in beta, include lazy imports, faster JITs, better error messages, and smarter profiling. The first full beta of Python 3.15 ...

Ask any Python developer about their least favorite part of the job, and environment management will top the list. The endless juggling of virtual environments, dependency conflicts, and version ...