[Bankq]

[NEW]I just ask my friends in China to visit the site and it turns out to be ok. Don't know how and when it recovered. Another funny story is python.org is blocked for a long time. Somebody say it is the version number 2.6.4; Somebody claim it's because GAE(could be set up as proxy); The other part believe it's because python.com...... We don't know which is the truth or neither of them.

[be5invis]

Python.org is blocked BEFORE 2.6.4 releases. If you know Chinese you can read this article: http://www.douban.com/group/topic/8332828/

The date blocking detected is 15th Oct, however, v2.6.4 is released on 25th Oct.

[vorg]

Only the download page http://www.python.org/download/ is blocked by the Great Firewall, and has been for over 2 years now. Your referenced page says 15th Oct 2009, which seems about right.

Perhaps the reason is it's perceived as a "Google" product because the inventor Guido van Rossum works there.

Aside... China PyCon is on now (http://cn.pycon.org/2011/) in Shanghai (Dec 3 & 4th 2011).

[wahnfrieden]

Are you sure 2.6.4 was not mentioned at all on the site before its release? Django 1.4 is not out yet but there's quite a lot about it on their site, for instance.

[be5invis]

I'm sure. Python.org/download does not contain any information about future releases.