[Tutor] Python 3.5.1 64 bit?

eryk sun eryksun at gmail.com
Wed Jan 6 03:01:30 EST 2016


On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 1:06 AM, yehudak . <katye2007 at gmail.com> wrote:
> What's wrong with upgrading to newer version?

It depends on how many systems and virtual environments that you're
upgrading. It shouldn't be an issue if it's just a new micro release
for your own development machine. If you come across a regression, you
can just downgrade to the previous version. That said, there's the old
adage that if something isn't broken (for your needs), then you
shouldn't 'fix' it.

Installing a new minor release (e.g. 3.5 to 3.6) is more work, since
you have to reinstall all packages and rebuild extension modules for
source packages. But it's worth it to stay current with the evolution
of the language. On Windows, make sure to set the PY_PYTHON3
environment variable to the version you want as the default "python3".


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