Behind the Python Release: Motivation, Fails & Rituals with Łukasz, Pablo & Hugo

Have you ever wondered how a CPython release works? In this episode, I talk with Hugo van Kemenade, Pablo Galindo Salgado, and Łukasz Langa about CPython release management.

About the guests

• Hugo van Kemenade – Release Manager for Python 3.14 & 3.15, currently employed at the Sovereign Tech Agency as a fellow. Maintainer of open-source projects such as Pillow. Co-organizer of local Python events in Helsinki.
• Pablo Galindo Salgado – Core Python developer, currently employed in the Software Infrastructure department at Bloomberg. Release Manager for Python 3.10 & 3.11, and a member of the Steering Council. Co-host of the core.py podcast.
• Łukasz Langa – Python’s Developer in Reside ...