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Subject: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: python 3.9 packages
From: Marco Atzeri via Cygwin-announce <cygwin-announce@cygwin.com>
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Several python packages have been added to the Cygwin distribution
and at the same time the equivalent packages for 3.6/3.7/3.8
have been uploaded.

   python-hypothesis-6.35.0-1
   python-pip-21.3.1-2
   python-virtualenv-20.13.0-1
   python-wheel-0.37.1-1
   python-numpy-1.22.0-1

CHANGES
latest upstream releases

CYGWIN CHANGES

As python2 is no longer supported

https://devguide.python.org/devcycle/#end-of-life-branches

the package are updated to include postinstall script that
use "alternatives" to define for

   /usr/bin/python

   /usr/bin/python3
   /usr/bin/idle3
   /usr/bin/pydoc3

a default to the highest package available.

$ alternatives --display python
python - status is auto.
  link currently points to /usr/bin/python3.9
/usr/bin/python2.7 - priority 27
/usr/bin/python3.6 - priority 36
/usr/bin/python3.7 - priority 37
/usr/bin/python3.8 - priority 38
/usr/bin/python3.9 - priority 39
Current `best' version is /usr/bin/python3.9.

The following link are not provided anymore.
/usr/bin/idle
/usr/bin/pydoc

Rationale:
https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0394/
In other systems as Debian
/usr/bin/python is discouraged.

As on Cygwin we have still several third packages depending on
python2, the usage of alternatives should allow to manage
until all are updated to python3

DESCRIPTION
Python is a programming language that lets you work quickly
and integrate systems more effectively.
Python is powerful... and fast; plays well with others;
runs everywhere; is friendly & easy to learn; is Open.

HOMEPAGE
https://www.python.org/

Regards
Marco Atzeri


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