On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 9:48 AM David Rosenstrauch <darose@darose.net> wrote:


On 12/13/22 3:43 AM, David Runge wrote:
> On 2022-11-08 11:18:57 (-0500), David Rosenstrauch wrote:
>> Anyone know if there's any timeline on when we'll see python 3.11 get
>> released to Arch?

> Hi David,
>
> we are on and off working on it, but not in the past weeks.
> There are quite a few things to figure out, as described here [1]
> although a lot of them have been solved technically already.
> Other than that, there are also a few (potentially) blocking TODOs
> [2][3].

> Best,
> David
>
> [1] https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/arch-dev-public@lists.archlinux.org/thread/ZK57U5LPIDDJWPXWU5DSIYSI3EWUBGPP/
> [2] https://archlinux.org/todo/remove-python-pip-from-makedepends/
> [3] https://archlinux.org/todo/stop-using-python-setuppy-test/
> [4] https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/arch-dev-public@lists.archlinux.org/thread/BHSMYEHPRW3UGOSA4OWMUSPSMZO2DFDR/


Very helpful, David.  Thanks much for the response.

DR

Just in addition, if you really want to use/tests new python versions without waiting for it to be available in the official repos, you should try `pyenv` [1] and install the versions you want without the fear of damaging your OS

[1] https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv

--
CJ