Support for Python 3.12

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Question: When will Python 3.12 be supported in ActiveState?

Challenge(s): There are at least two challenges this creates

  • Cannot access new features/functionality in libraries
    The current Python release as of this entry is 3.12. There are a few libraries which offer new or corrected functionality based on Python 3.12. An example is the Pathlib which supports a directory walk feature as of 3.12.

  • No new bug fix releases for the available ActiveState versions of Python
    The last Python release 3.11.9 supported by ActiveState had its final bug fix release as of 04/02/2024.
    PEP 664 – Python 3.11 Release Schedule | peps.python.org

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Sorry it is in the Platform but it’s not marked stable yet (in our system) so it’s not available in your account.

In the interim can I add it as a fork to one of your projects or a new project so you can get started since it is already in the platform?

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Can we create a new project in my account with the latest version of Python?
We will place a note on it that it is in beta, not yet stable, and not available for production use :smile: .

Going forward will ActiveState consider a mechanism to request releases in beta/alpha to test with?
(I assume there will need to be some disclaimer that the release is in beta and is not recommended for production project etc.)

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Created and building, we have considered a way to opt into unstable but it has not yet been a request we get more than once a year so it has not yet been high on the feature request list!