Thanks to everyone for the information.

Sounds like the best plan for now, is to get students to use the same setup as 
me.

Irv


> On Mar 23, 2020, at 9:52 PM, Irv Kalb <i...@furrypants.com> wrote:
> 
> I teach Python classes (now live online!)
> 
> I'm getting to the point in my course where I use Pygame, and I want to 
> encourage my students to download and use it for projects.
> 
> I have not upgraded my personal setup for a while.  I am using Python 3.7.3 
> with Pygame 1.9.6 on a Mac, and everything is working very well.  
> 
> But I've read here that Python 3.8 doesn't, or at least didn't, work with the 
> current version of Pygame.  Is this still true?  Would it be best to have my 
> students use the same set up as me with Python 3.7.x  ?   If not, what are 
> the proper versions to use?    
> 
> These are beginner students (mostly art students) - it is a stretch to even 
> get them to use pip.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Irv

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