From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 87533 invoked by alias); 29 Mar 2019 19:03:49 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 87485 invoked by uid 89); 29 Mar 2019 19:03:48 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,KAM_NUMSUBJECT,SPF_HELO_PASS autolearn=no version=3.3.1 spammy=H*M:cygwin, H*F:D*cygwin.com X-HELO: mx1.redhat.com Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Fri, 29 Mar 2019 19:03:47 +0000 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx08.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.23]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DD836307D848 for ; Fri, 29 Mar 2019 19:03:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ovpn-121-162.rdu2.redhat.com (ovpn-121-162.rdu2.redhat.com [10.10.121.162]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 91E6419C67 for ; Fri, 29 Mar 2019 19:03:45 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <365852a2feb85400d7ee49a33ee52b670994c115.camel@cygwin.com> Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] python38 3.8.0-0.2.a3 From: Yaakov Selkowitz To: cygwin@cygwin.com Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2019 19:03:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <7498351d-7ce0-2bed-29b2-44b24e9cca00@SystematicSw.ab.ca> References: <2731eac5-af4b-bcbc-a022-9fb5d3f9a7b3@SystematicSw.ab.ca> <3c63a91a3b956e682b93027c7415b3be6d07725e.camel@cygwin.com> <7498351d-7ce0-2bed-29b2-44b24e9cca00@SystematicSw.ab.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" User-Agent: Evolution 3.30.5 (3.30.5-1.fc29) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SW-Source: 2019-03/txt/msg00669.txt.bz2 On Fri, 2019-03-29 at 12:51 -0600, Brian Inglis wrote: > On 2019-03-29 12:38, Yaakov Selkowitz wrote: > > On Fri, 2019-03-29 at 12:27 -0600, Brian Inglis wrote: > > > On 2019-03-29 12:09, Yaakov Selkowitz wrote: > > > > The following packages have been uploaded to the Cygwin distribution: > > > > * python38-3.8.0-0.2.a3 > > > > * python38-devel-3.8.0-0.2.a3 > > > > * python38-test-3.8.0-0.2.a3 > > > > * python38-tkinter-3.8.0-0.2.a3 > > > > * idle38-3.8.0-0.2.a3 > > > > Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming > > > > language. It incorporates modules, exceptions, dynamic typing, very high > > > > level dynamic data types, and classes. Python combines remarkable power > > > > with very clear syntax. It has interfaces to many system calls and > > > > libraries, as well as to various window systems, and is extensible in C > > > > or C++. It is also usable as an extension language for applications that > > > > need a programmable interface. > > > > This is an update to the latest 3.8 Alpha 3 pre-release. > > > Should that be flagged as a test release? > > > You said 3.7 will be the next default version. > > As of a few weeks ago, each X.Y version of Python is parallel- > > installable. > > So python3 will get upgrades, as will python38 and python37 for now, but what > about python36 when python3 becomes python37? python3 is now just a bunch of symlinks to the default 3.y versions (currently 3.6). Each of python35, python36, python37, and python38 should continue to get updates for the duration of their upstream support (at least). However, I am neither building, nor encouraging others to build, most(*) modules for 3.5 (too old) or 3.8 (too new). Eventually we will probably stop building most(*) modules for 3.6 too, but not before the 3.7 transition is 100% complete, and more likely just before or as part of the eventual 3.8 transition (in 2020 at the earliest). [1] setuptools, pip, wheel, and virtualenv are being built for *all* versions, as they are pretty central to basic Python usage. -- Yaakov -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple