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Python 3.6: all versions and old releases

Python is a programming language that lets you work more quickly and integrate your systems more effectively.

Python Software Foundation Languages & SDKs

9 versions of Python 3.6 are listed here, from December 23, 2016 to the current 3.6.8. Each one links to the publisher’s own installer files.

2016: 1 1 16 2017: 4 4 17 2018: 4 4 18

9 versions over 2 years · about 4.5 a year

VersionDateSizeFiles
3.6.8Latest December 23, 2018 31.8 MB 64-bit EXE (WiX Burn) 31.8 MB64-bit EXE (WiX Burn) 31.8 MB32-bit EXE (WiX Burn) 30.8 MB32-bit EXE (WiX Burn) 30.8 MB
Release notes
Library
- bpo-31715: Associate .mjs file extension with application/javascript MIME Type.
Build
- bpo-35499: make profile-opt no longer replaces CFLAGS_NODIST with CFLAGS. It now adds profile-guided optimization (PGO) flags to CFLAGS_NODIST: existing CFLAGS_NODIST flags are kept.
- bpo-35257: Avoid leaking the linker flags from Link Time Optimizations (LTO) into distutils when compiling C extensions.
C API
- bpo-35259: Conditionally declare Py_FinalizeEx() (new in 3.6) based on Py_LIMITED_API. Patch by Arthur Neufeld.
3.6.7 October 20, 2018 32.0 MB 64-bit EXE (WiX Burn) 32.0 MB64-bit EXE (WiX Burn) 32.0 MB32-bit EXE (WiX Burn) 31.0 MB32-bit EXE (WiX Burn) 31.0 MB
Release notes
There were no new changes in version 3.6.7.
3.6.6 June 27, 2018 31.9 MB 64-bit EXE (WiX Burn) 31.9 MB64-bit EXE (WiX Burn) 31.9 MB32-bit EXE (WiX Burn) 30.9 MB32-bit EXE (WiX Burn) 30.9 MB
Release notes
There were no new changes in version 3.6.6.
3.6.5 March 28, 2018 31.8 MB 64-bit EXE (WiX Burn) 31.8 MB64-bit EXE (WiX Burn) 31.8 MB32-bit EXE (WiX Burn) 30.7 MB32-bit EXE (WiX Burn) 30.7 MB
Release notes
Tests
- bpo-32872: Avoid regrtest compatibility issue with namespace packages.
Build
- bpo-33163: Upgrade pip to 9.0.3 and setuptools to v39.0.1.
3.6.4 December 18, 2017 31.7 MB 64-bit EXE (WiX Burn) 31.7 MB64-bit EXE (WiX Burn) 31.7 MB32-bit EXE (WiX Burn) 30.7 MB32-bit EXE (WiX Burn) 30.7 MB
Release notes
There were no new code changes in version 3.6.4 since v3.6.4rc1.
3.6.3 October 3, 2017 31.6 MB 64-bit EXE (WiX Burn) 31.6 MB64-bit EXE (WiX Burn) 31.6 MB32-bit EXE (WiX Burn) 30.6 MB32-bit EXE (WiX Burn) 30.6 MB
Release notes
Library
- bpo-31641: Re-allow arbitrary iterables in concurrent.futures.as_completed(). Fixes regression in 3.6.3rc1.
Build
- bpo-31662: Fix typos in Windows uploadrelease.bat script. Fix Windows Doc build issues in Doc/make.bat.
- bpo-31423: Fix building the PDF documentation with newer versions of Sphinx.
3.6.2 July 17, 2017 31.4 MB 64-bit EXE (WiX Burn) 31.4 MB64-bit EXE (WiX Burn) 31.4 MB32-bit EXE (WiX Burn) 30.5 MB32-bit EXE (WiX Burn) 30.5 MB
3.6.1 March 21, 2017 31.4 MB 64-bit EXE (WiX Burn) 31.4 MB64-bit EXE (WiX Burn) 31.4 MB32-bit EXE (WiX Burn) 30.5 MB32-bit EXE (WiX Burn) 30.5 MB
3.6.0 December 23, 2016 31.5 MB 64-bit EXE (WiX Burn) 31.5 MB64-bit EXE (WiX Burn) 31.5 MB32-bit EXE (WiX Burn) 30.6 MB32-bit EXE (WiX Burn) 30.6 MB

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