Release 2026-01 follow-up #1903

date : early march 2026

wanted:

• simplify github workflow
• Python-3.14 slim version 99.8% complete (just missing a wheel for Deap... looks a dead thing)
• Python-3.14 free-threading complete at 88%, it will truly take-off on 3.15-beta, when abi3t is defined
• publish Python-3.15 a6 standard and "free-threading", as there is a great speed-up already:
  • Tail Call (arrived with alpha6): 15-20% speed-up
  • JIT better: 5-10% speed-up
  • free-threading shall get a standard API to speed-up community transition, only truly there with 3.15
  • with Claude code invading the minds, more good surprises may come
  • LIVE statistics here .. but not for windows yet
• Pandas-3.0.1 final (if streamlit doesn't block it, waiting pydeck fix pypi publishing)

general direction:

• simplify to ease maintenance
• pushing the enveloppe: pylock, free-threading, apu-threading, AI local
• thinking about the "AI as your always here one-to-one-tutor, or your right arm(s) to do things, that you still must be able to understand/control/rectify" (see Mark Andressen , see also Jeremy Howard
• next level of programming is "directing AI agents that do scripts" ... you still need to understand enough layers below to be "good" , use AI to teach you instead of making you stupid ... and better learn mathematical proofing to avoid catastrophic events
• the "agents" acceleration augments use of "uv" in github CI... and so pip will continue go down in usage, because of CI extreme bias ... to likely 50% in 2026 ....