On Thursday, January 11, 2018 at 8:34:30 PM UTC, bartc wrote: > On 11/01/2018 20:12, Chris Angelico wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 7:02 AM, bartc <b...@freeuk.com> wrote: > >> On 11/01/2018 19:41, Paul Moore wrote: > >>> > >>> On 11 January 2018 at 18:33, bartc <b...@freeuk.com> wrote: > >> > >> > >>> python -m pip install XXX > >>> > >>> just works, for 99% of things anyone wants. In particular it works for > >>> pygame. > >>> > >>> Continuing to complain about a situation that has been resolved for a > >>> year or more > >> > >> > >> I tried that on my brand-new, just installed Python 3.7. It didn't work as > >> detailed in my other post. > >> > >> Please don't assume that because it works for you, that it MUST work for > >> everyone, and that they must be doing something wrong if it doesn't. > >> > >> Apparently it's missing a file called 'Setup'. Is it my fault if it can't > >> find it? Or if it insists on continuing to install something even when some > >> vital component is missing. > >> > > > > Most people would use the latest STABLE RELEASE of a language, if they > > expect it to be stable. Unreleased versions, alphas, and so on, may be > > very useful, but should not be expected to work perfectly with all > > third-party modules. > > > >> I downloaded Python 3.7. It didn't work. > > > > Where from? > > I found it at www.python.org. (in /downloads/windows). Although it said > 'latest' release was 3.6.4, it didn't say anything about 3.7 being alpha > or beta release. >
>From [1] the title is "[RELEASE] Python 3.7.0a4 is now available for testing". The full text is:- <quote> Python 3.7.0a4 is the last of four planned alpha releases of Python 3.7, the next feature release of Python. During the alpha phase, Python 3.7 remains under heavy development: additional features will be added and existing features may be modified or deleted. Please keep in mind that this is a preview release and its use is not recommended for production environments. The next preview release, 3.7.0b1, is planned for 2018-01-29. You can find Python 3.7.0a4 and more information here: https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-370a4/ </quote> The link is dated Tue Jan 9 10:48:01 EST 2018, two whole days ago. [1]https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2018-January/729985.html -- Kindest regards. Mark Lawrence. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list