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Python 3.11 Update #101
Description
- Release schedule: https://peps.python.org/pep-0664/ (3.11.0 on 2022-10-03)
- News: https://docs.python.org/3.11/whatsnew/3.11.html
There are a lot of build system changes/improvements because of wasm, which means more work to rebase, but should help us in the long run (more auto detection, more pkg-config). The new frozen core modules also look like that could be tricky... we'll see.
Checklist:
- Drop windows 7 related patches
- Drop iscygpty patches (??)
- Regenerate Importlib
- Fix New venv launchers are broken #90
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naveen521kk commentedon Jun 19, 2022
Also, python#29041
lazka commentedon Oct 26, 2022
afaik lots of modules have been ported from setup.py to autotools. Should make it easier in the long run, but might make this update a bit harder. See https://bugs.python.org/issue45847
renpytom commentedon Nov 5, 2022
How necessary is dropping the Window 7-related patches? I use cpython-mingw for the windows port of Ren'Py, the 5th most popular game engine, and Windows 7 seems to still be used on about 3.7% of computers, according to the Steam Hardware Survey:
https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam (And click the OS Version dropdown.)
I realize windows 7 is getting a bit up there in years, but it still has its users, such that if dropping it can be delayed, that would be useful. Thank you for your consideration.
ZachBacon commentedon Nov 5, 2022
To be honest it's not just this, it's also a wide Variety of projects dropping windows 7. In my opinion it just needs to be like a bandaid, you gotta rip it off sooner or later. That being said, not my say.
naveen521kk commentedon Nov 6, 2022
Python 3.11 would take ~6-8 months to get into msys2 repos as the default version. We planned to drop support based on Chrome's support date for Windows 7 and Edge's support date, which is till January 15, 2023. The assumption was if they don't have secure browsers to use then that OS support should be dropped.
lazka commentedon Aug 16, 2023
All done now.
Windows 7 support was dropped, iscygpty support is still there.