Managing Python Versions

Getting your head around Python releases. Not just the tools we use to switch between one Python environment to another, but also how the sausage gets made.

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April 25, 2023
- Python

The support that the Python maintainers put in to organize the language and the community can be connected to the release cycle and the features there in.

Status of Python Versions

PEP 602 – Annual Release Cycle for Python | peps.python.org

The practical point: switching between Python versions...

Pyenv

Dev Containers

How the (Python) sausage gets made...

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