Determining latest stable version for download

[Tim Johnson]

* Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly at gmail.com> [190320 12:00]:
> 1) https://www.python.org/downloads/ has release information. Based on that
> you would currently want 3.7.2. Make sure you actually download 3.7.2 and
> not 3.7.2rc1.
  Understood. Thanks. Your info is the solution.

> 2) The tarfiles are not distro-specific. For Linux there are really only
> two options: Python-3.7.2.tar.xz and Python-3.7.2.tgz. The only difference
> is that one is compressed with xz and the other is compressed with gzip.
> Pick the .xz unless you're unable to decompress it.
> On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 12:43 PM Tim Johnson <tim at akwebsoft.com> wrote:
> 
> > Some time in the near future I will want to install the latest
> > current stable version of python on a remote server. I anticipate
> > that I will either use wget from the server shell or download to my
> > workstation and transfer via FTP. I will need source to compile.
> >
> > I see python source at https://www.python.org/ftp/python/.
> >
> > How do I determine the following?
> > 1) Latest current stable version of python 3*
> > 2) Correct tarfile for linux - at this time I assume it will be
> >    linux centOS
> >
> > TIA
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