Python 3.9.14

[Dan Stromberg]

‪On Wed, Sep 14, 2022 at 6:05 AM ‫אורי‬‎ <uri at speedy.net> wrote:‬

> Hi,
>
> Python 3.9.14 has been released on Sept. 6, 2022. As I can see written on
> https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3914/:
>
> According to the release calendar specified in PEP 596, Python 3.9 is now
> in the "security fixes only" stage of its life cycle: the 3.9 branch only
> accepts security fixes and releases of those are made irregularly in
> source-only form until October 2025. Python 3.9 isn't receiving regular bug
> fixes anymore, and binary installers are no longer provided for it. Python
> 3.9.13 was the last full bugfix release of Python 3.9 with binary
> installers.
>
>
> Is there a safe way to install a 64-bit version of Python 3.9.14 on
> Windows?
>

I use Windows as little as I can, but you could check to see if Conda or
the Microsoft Store will give you CPython 3.9 binaries.

If that isn't happening, you could try compiling your own from the
python.org sources.  On Linux, that's pretty simple: extract the archive,
./configure && make && sudo make install
I don't know if it'll be easier or harder on WIndows.  I want to say you
could get MSYS2 as a development environment, but ISTR hearing that Python
wants to be compiled with Microsoft's compiler on Windows for ABI
compatibility.