[Slackbuilds-users] upgraded python

Glenn glimrick at epilitimus.com
Fri Jan 2 01:06:07 UTC 2026


Actually it is not rich it is the latest version of markdown-it-py 
(https://slackbuilds.org/repository/15.0/python/python3-markdown-it-py/?search=markdown_it) 
that doesn't support 3.9 anymore. Rich uses markdown-it-py which is 
where that came from.

On 1/1/26 12:38, Glenn wrote:
> A number of python packages I have looked at recently have dropped 
> support for python 3.9, e.g. rich 4.0.0 What is the policy regarding 
> providing an upgraded package provided by Slackware? I know in the 
> past I have seen newer versions of Qt on SBo. I installed python 3.14 
> quite awhile ago. It lives happily next to 3.9. I just modified the 
> Slackware script but I could get it into, I think, the right form for 
> submission here. If it wouldn't pass though I don't want to spend the 
> time to do it.
>
> Part of my reason for asking is that I am working a project that I 
> think would be of use here but it uses 3.14 so it wouldn't work under 
> "stock" 15.0. Another consideration is that the current version listed 
> in slackware-current/d is 3.12, but that may well be upgraded before 
> the next release.
>
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