--- title: EuroPython 2026 - CPython Panel | daily.dev description: A panel of CPython core developers at EuroPython 2026 discusses the evolution of Python, covering governance changes from BDFL to steering council, free... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/europython-2026---cpython-panel-xx4fdxscx twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: EuroPython 2026 - CPython Panel | daily.dev og:description: A panel of CPython core developers at EuroPython 2026 discusses the evolution of Python, covering governance changes from BDFL to steering council, free... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/europython-2026---cpython-panel-xx4fdxscx og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/xx4FdXSCX.png og:image:alt: EuroPython 2026 - CPython Panel og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # EuroPython 2026 - CPython Panel **[EuroPython Conference](https://daily.dev/sources/europython)** · 60 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A panel of CPython core developers at EuroPython 2026 discusses the evolution of Python, covering governance changes from BDFL to steering council, free threading, JIT compilation, the C API, garbage collection trade-offs, async/await design decisions, Python packaging challenges, and the future of the language. Panelists share insights on contributing to CPython, diversity challenges, debugging approaches, and what they would change with a magic wand. They also address community involvement, PEP discussion moderation, and how to make a first meaningful contribution to the project. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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