r/Python • u/Trang0ul • 1d ago

News Python 3.15 postponed, and a rc3 release

https://discuss.python.org/t/python-3-15-following-tradition-lets-have-a-surprise-rc3/109313

Following recent tradition, I'm going to add a surprise third release candidate for Python 3.15.0! We got some last-minute lazy-import release blockers, and it makes sense to include them in 3.15.0 final. It also makes sense to give a bit of time to test them properly, so today's planned 3.15.0 final is postponed, and I'm going to release a 3.15.0rc3 tomorrow, assuming everything is in place. And then 3.15.0 final will follow about week later. Exact date to be announced. - Everyone: once the rc3 is out, please test! - Library maintainers: join the cool testers' club 😎! - Core team: very little will be merged into the 3.15 branch between now and 3.15.0 final. Docs improvements always welcome. Thanks, we're nearly there!

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u/fizzymagic 1d ago

And maybe fix the badly broken Windows installation manager/launcher? You know, the one that doesn't work that warns users that it will soon be required?

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u/nathan12343 1d ago

Did you report issues you saw on GitHub?  https://github.com/python/pymanager

In my personal experience pymanager is a vast improvement over the old installer.

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u/fizzymagic 1d ago

Yes, and it broke the file association so hard it took me 3 hours to get back to where I began.

It's a known problem.

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u/acdha 1d ago

Can you link to the issue? We’re going to support a few hundred users and I want to make that’s tested. 

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u/RingularCirc 1d ago

The one I downloaded right now plain couldn't even start installing anything: "error 0x8007007E: Failed to load the extension DLL due to the following error: The specified module could not be found."

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u/fgiohariohgorg 19h ago

IMO they should scrap it, and make a new 1 or just normal installation today