On Wed, 11 Aug 2021 at 08:50, Miro Hrončok <mhron...@redhat.com> wrote: > > Hello PyPyistas, > > we have renamed the pypy3 package to pypy3.7 (both the component and the > "binary" package) on Fedora 35+. The package no longer installs to > /usr/lib64/pypy3-7.x/ but rather to /usr/lib64/pypy3.7/. > > *What is this good for?* > > When PyPy 3 was updated from Python 3.N to 3.N+1, traditionally we have only > updated it in Rawhide (and Branched), not to do a backward-incompatible update > in stable Fedoras. > With this renaming, you can now¹ install pypy3.7 on all Fedoras, despite pypy3 > being 3.6 on Fedora 33 and 34. > > ¹ (The builds are still running, expect an update in Bodhi later today.) > > Once PyPy 3.8 is released, we can introduce it to all Fedora versions. > > > *Warning to Rawhide/Fedora 35 users* > > If you already used the pypy3 package with PyPy 3.7, the pypy3.7 package will > obsolete it. However, the installation paths are different, so you will need > to > re-create your PyPy 3 virtual environments. > > > *Details* (feel free to ignore the rest of this email) > > During a lifetime of one stable Fedora release, you will get: > > - pypy3.N that provides pypy3 and has /usr/bin/pypy3 > - pypy3.N+c introduced later in the lifetime > > E.g. for Fedora 35: > > - pypy3.7 that provides pypy3 and has /usr/bin/pypy3 > - pypy3.8 (or newer) might be introduced in the future > > For Fedora 33 and 34, there is a transition period: > > - pypy3 provides pypy3.6 and has /usr/bin/pypy3 > - pypy3.7 was just introduced > - pypy3.8 (or newer) might be introduced in the future > > See for example on Fedora 33: > > $ rpm -qa | grep pypy3 > pypy3-libs-7.3.1-6.fc33.x86_64 > pypy3-7.3.1-6.fc33.x86_64 > pypy3-devel-7.3.1-6.fc33.x86_64 > pypy3.7-libs-7.3.4-4.fc33.x86_64 > pypy3.7-7.3.4-4.fc33.x86_64 > pypy3.7-devel-7.3.4-4.fc33.x86_64 > > $ pypy3.6 --version > Python 3.6.9 (831ff17f8cd1, May 26 2021, 11:41:48) > [PyPy 7.3.1 with GCC 10.3.1 20210422 (Red Hat 10.3.1-1)] > > $ pypy3.7 --version > Python 3.7.10 (8dd9fc18a6f0, Aug 11 2021, 06:30:36) > [PyPy 7.3.4 with GCC 10.3.1 20210422 (Red Hat 10.3.1-1)] >
Is there a reason it's not 7.3.5, which was out in May? > $ pypy3 --version > Python 3.6.9 (831ff17f8cd1, May 26 2021, 11:41:48) > [PyPy 7.3.1 with GCC 10.3.1 20210422 (Red Hat 10.3.1-1)] > > Note that we *do not* plan to maintain old PyPy versions indefinitely, we plan > to retire them from Rawhide/Branched as soon as new versions arrive and only > keep them alive until stable Fedoras goes EOL. > > -- > Miro Hrončok -- Elliott _______________________________________________ python-devel mailing list -- python-devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/python-devel@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
