[RELEASE] Python 3.8.6 is now available

Mats Wichmann mats at wichmann.us
Wed Sep 30 14:35:11 EDT 2020


On 9/29/20 9:16 AM, David Raymond wrote:
>> Python 3.8.6 is the sixth maintenance release of Python 3.8. Go get it here:
> 
>> https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-386/ <https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-386/>
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> 
> Just a quick note that there still seem to be a few places on the website which are still showing 3.8.5 as the latest release. (Looking at it with Firefox on Windows)
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> On the main page www.python.org it has 3.8.6 down in the latest news section, and a direct link in the little download box right above that. But if you hover over the big "Downloads" tab at the top it gives a big 3.8.5 button
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> If you click on that Downloads tab and go to www.python.org/downloads, again there's a big gold button for 3.8.5, and if you scroll down to the "Looking for a specific release?" section there is no 3.8.6 visible. The most recent line is 3.5.10 from Sept 5th
> 

A lot of this is automated.

But if you go to https://www.python.org/downloads/windows, the entry for
3.8.6 says "No files for this release".  That's somewhat going to impact
the ability to download :)






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