[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.