Simple graphic library for beginners

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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 <bc at freeuk.com> wrote:
> >> On 11/01/2018 19:41, Paul Moore wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On 11 January 2018 at 18:33, bartc <bc at 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

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Kindest regards.

Mark Lawrence.