On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 at 21:13, Marco Atzeri via Cygwin-apps < cygwin-apps@cygwin.com> wrote:
> Hi All, > > I am working on the next round of python pakages update. > > My highest priority update for Cygwin Python is for Python 3.9, followed by a test version of Python 3.10 when the RC release appears. I am writing all my code for Python 3.9 so without a Cygwin Python 3.9, I have lost the ability to test my apps with Cygwin. I write a lot of console apps, some Flask sites and a few Tkinter apps. I have the Python 3.10 alpha release installed on Win10 to check for breaking changes. I have PYTHINDEVMODE permanently set in my environment, as the overhead is not noticeable. I have absolutely no desire to run Python 2 code. I use "python -m pip ..." to install third party extensions, both pure Python and those requiring compilation. When this fails, I notify the maintainer or offer a fix to help improve the package's portability. I don't find the Cygwin packages built from pure Python packages to be of much value, unless they track the latest upstream updates very closely. As a result, I find that I end up with a lot of incomplete Cygwin Python packages where I have updated the package using pip. I'm retired now, but I always asked for local admin or sudo for the 20 odd years when I was a contractor. Doug -- Doug Henderson, Calgary, Alberta, Canada - from gmail.com